[General Discussion] Classic Games and Future Generations?

Originally Posted by me in my journal

It's getting to the point where many of the great titles from the past are becoming lost to obscurity. I, as a young'n during the days of the SNES, and not having disposable income during the N64 PSX days missed out on a lot of games that i really regret not playing. I never once experienced the Breath of Fire series, the Mana series (except for Children which i heard doesn't come close to the other games) Earthbound, among many other titles that aren't RPGs many of which i'm sure i haven't even heard of before.

The question on my mind is is it time for game developers to make a bigger effort to remake their games? I realize that Squeenix is doing alot to bring back classic Dragon Quest and Final fantasy, and Capcom has given us various Megaman collections, and there are lots of other instances of games being remade, or brought up for resale, but does it hit the franchises most deserving of being recognized and passed on to new gamers?

Can anybody understand my point/question? To sum it up, i suppose i'm asking, in a move to bring classic games back from the dead should developers perhaps set aside a development team to bring back that developer's classic games? That's just one idea i had, and i'm not sure if it would be worth it. Totally hypothetical of course, but does anybody else agree with me?

That's the entry i made about this in my journal. Obviously Nintendo has done this concern a favour by way of the Vitual Console, but it doesn't really help knowing that we'll probably never see Chrono Trigger or Terranigma on the VC. What are other people's opinions on this? Should future generations (and current generations) be given a (second) chance at some franchises? I know there are tons of games, some that i haven't even heard of probably, that i would love to play but can't for various reasons.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

In response to Angel of Light, i live in Canada, where the video game culture is limited strongly by our population. We're sitting just over 30 million people, and that doesn't leave alot of room for niche markets. A friend an i were just in EB the other day, and we got to talking about it's very hard to sustain an obscure taste in games in Canada because there's such little demand for such games. It took me forever to find Pheonix Wright, the guy at the store said they were out of Okami and didn't know when they'd be getting more in, and that he hadn't seen a copy of Odin Sphere in two months.

On the other hand, i look behind the counter, and there's an entire shelf dedicated to Halo 3, one to Call of Duty and another to various sports games. Many young gamers in Canada buy what they are told to by TV. This forces many games to fade into obscurity in Canada prematurely. I would make a habbit of driving down to Fargo at least twice a year to go game shopping if crossing the border wasn't such a hassle.

There's nowhere I can't reach.