{"id":17363,"date":"2018-01-05T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17363"},"modified":"2017-12-30T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T17:55:59","slug":"cary-is-looking-forward-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/05\/cary-is-looking-forward-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary is Looking Forward in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We\u2019re going to do things a little differently this month.\u00a0 Usually at the beginning of January I\u2019ll post my Game of the Year blog, and then I\u2019ll write a blog after that about the games I\u2019m looking forward to in the coming year.\u00a0 But this time we\u2019re going to reverse that and I\u2019m going to do my looking forward blog first.\u00a0 There\u2019s a couple of reasons why I want to do it that way.\u00a0 First, there\u2019s a couple of games that are coming out early this year that I want to put on this list before they\u2019re actually released.\u00a0 And second, I want to wait a bit on my Game of the Year blog so I have time to play a couple of games that came out last year to see if they\u2019ll make my list.\u00a0 So that blog won\u2019t go up until later on in January.\u00a0 Hope nobody minds.\u00a0 Anyway, let\u2019s take a look at some of the games that are coming out next year, at least the ones I know about anyway.<\/p>\n

Kirby Battle Royale (3DS)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know what\u2019s cool is that we\u2019re not getting just one, but TWO new Kirby games this year!\u00a0 The first one is on 3DS, and it\u2019s a four-player fighting game featuring different Kirby\u2019s with various copy abilities.\u00a0 I\u2019m not quite as excited about this one, but you know I\u2019ll get it anyway since I\u2019m such a big Kirby fan.\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 It may be better than I think.\u00a0 And it actually comes out very soon.\u00a0 The middle of this month, in fact.<\/p>\n

Kirby Star Allies (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now THIS is the Kirby game I\u2019m excited for!\u00a0 It\u2019s a standard 2-D platform Kirby game, but it combines elements from past games like helpers (Super Star), combining abilities (Kirby 64), and four player support (Return to Dream Land).\u00a0 Supposedly it\u2019ll be out on Switch sometime in the spring!\u00a0 The world seems like a better place when you know there\u2019s a new Kirby game coming out!<\/p>\n

Yoshi (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nintendo hasn\u2019t come up with a name for this yet, but they announced this new 2-D ish platformer at E3 for Switch.\u00a0 It looks like it combines elements from Yoshi\u2019s Woolly World and Yoshi\u2019s Story.\u00a0 Hopefully it\u2019ll capture the fun of Woolly World, because that game came close to being as magical as the original Yoshi\u2019s Island game on SNES.<\/p>\n

Metroid Prime 4 (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I know most people are saying that this won\u2019t come out until 2019, and they\u2019re probably right.\u00a0 But you never know.\u00a0 Nintendo may just release it this year.\u00a0 I\u2019m not holding my breath or anything, but it could happen.\u00a0 Nintendo is full of surprises.\u00a0 But whether it\u2019s coming out this year or next, either way, I\u2019m still looking forward to it.<\/p>\n

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Besides Nintendo, another game company who is winning me over this year is Square-Enix.\u00a0 It\u2019s like my high school days during the 16-bit era!\u00a0 Dissidia Final Fantasy is a fighting game series featuring characters from their popular RPG franchise.\u00a0 I loved the ones on PSP, and have always wanted one on a big console, so I\u2019m very happy for this.\u00a0 It comes out soon, too!\u00a0 Only thing I\u2019m worried about is that it\u2019s a bit more arcadey.\u00a0 I played it at PAX West last year.\u00a0 But I heard it\u2019s based on the Dissidia FF game that was in Japanese arcades, and it was co-developed by Team Ninja, who specializes in arcade 3-D fighters like Dead or Alive, so we\u2019ll just have to see.<\/p>\n

Secret of Mana remake (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This was another one I played at PAX West last year.\u00a0 I played the SNES game to death so I\u2019m looking forward to this one.\u00a0 Some have said it looks bad, but I did enjoy what I played of it at PAX.\u00a0 This and the Dissidia game come out very soon!<\/p>\n

Lost Sphear (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another one I played at PAX.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t want to stop playing it there, as it plays like classic RPGs like I used to play as well!\u00a0 It\u2019s done by the same people who made I am Setsuna, and while it\u2019s not a sequel, it does share gameplay aspects and game assets.\u00a0 Only thing I\u2019m worried about is that the demo you can download on the Switch, the boss you fight is very hard, and that was one of the problems I had with I am Setsuna is that some of the bosses were too hard.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll just have to see.\u00a0 I believe this also comes out soon as well.<\/p>\n

Project Octopath Traveler (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may not be the actual name when it\u2019s released, but the demo really sold me on this RPG with the 3-D visuals mixed with classic 2-D sprites.\u00a0 Someone said they\u2019d love to see a FF6 remake done in this style, and I totally agree!<\/p>\n

Kingdom Hearts 3 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not really sure if this is coming out this year or not.\u00a0 I think it has just as much of a chance as Metroid Prim 4 does.\u00a0 But we\u2019ll just have to see!<\/p>\n

Ni no Kuni 2 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

One more RPG, but this one is not from Square, but Namco instead.\u00a0 I enjoyed the first game, but never beat it, as it got too long and meandering.\u00a0 I\u2019m kind of on the fence about the sequel, because the battle system is totally different and Studio Ghibli is not behind this game, although members of that studio still worked on the sequel, like the composer.\u00a0 Also not sure if I\u2019ll have enough time for it either, but I\u2019ll still keep my eye on it.<\/p>\n

Dragon\u2019s Crown Pro (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

So as I was looking around trying to find info on upcoming games, I checked out GameStop\u2019s release schedule and saw this.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t even know about this, did you?\u00a0 Ever since they re-released Odin Sphere on PS4, I thought it would be cool if they did the same with Dragon\u2019s Crown.\u00a0 Hopefully the \u201cPro\u201d in the title doesn\u2019t mean the game is a lot harder.\u00a0 Can you guess who my favorite character is in Dragon\u2019s Crown?<\/p>\n

Soul Calibur 6 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soul Calibur is one of the few 3-D fighters I really like.\u00a0 I appreciate that they make them accessible to everyone, but pros can still find ways to perfect their game.\u00a0 I enjoyed SC2 a lot on GameCube, and aside from Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, I think Soul Calibur 3 and 4 were my most played games on 360.\u00a0 I hope they have a character creation mode in this one, too. I think I spent more time making my own characters than actually fighting!\u00a0 Although with DLC the way it is nowadays, I hope that doesn\u2019t ruin how character creating is done in this sequel.\u00a0 Can you guess who my favorite Soul Calibur characters are?<\/p>\n

Mega Man 11 (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capcom recently just announced this, and I am SUPER stoked for it!\u00a0 I\u2019m glad they went with a more modern look this time.\u00a0 I liked the 8-bit style of MM9 and 10, but I\u2019d like to see a new Mega Man game with more modern graphics and such.\u00a0 They don\u2019t need Inafune to make another Mega Man game.\u00a0 I wonder if this will cause them to make Mega Man Legends 3 as well?\u00a0 Yeah, that\u2019s probably hoping for too much.\u00a0 Hopefully 11 will be good.\u00a0 I think even WayForward could make a good Mega Man game, don\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

Monster Boy (PS4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I played this at PAX South last year.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually a true sequel to the Wonder Boy in Monster World franchise, which hasn\u2019t had a new game since the 16-bit days.\u00a0 They said it would release in the summer of 2017, but that never happened.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they ran into development snags or if the success of the Wonder Boy 3 remake caused them to delay it, but hopefully it\u2019ll come out this year instead.<\/p>\n

Penguin Wars (Switch)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Most of the games I\u2019ll review this year will probably be downloadable titles, but it\u2019s harder to keep up with the release schedules for those, so there are probably lots more that I missed.\u00a0 But here\u2019s one I recently got a press release on.\u00a0 Anyone remember Penguin Wars?\u00a0 It was an old 8-bit title that was mostly on Japanese systems, but we got it in the US on the Game Boy.\u00a0 You play as different animals and throw balls at the other side of a table and try to have the least amount of balls on your side.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a cross between ping pong, dodgeball, and a game I played in elementary school PE called \u201cSock it to me.\u201d\u00a0 Anyway, someone is remaking that game for the Switch, and I hope I get to review it.\u00a0 It looks pretty sick!<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 Naturally there will be more games I\u2019ll look forward to, they just haven\u2019t announced them yet.\u00a0 In the comments section, let me know what you think of my list, and if there are any titles you think that I\u2019d like that I missed.\u00a0 Also, let me know what games YOU\u2019RE looking forward to in 2018.\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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