[Multiplatform] Game Series you just stopped playing. Sonic is the correct answer, by the way.

Have you ever noticed that you stop playing game series as a whole? You know, waaaay back in the day, you thought that series was one (if not THE) best? Well, what stopped you from playing them? Money? Life? Boredom? Stupid features?

Here are a few series that come to mind:

Pokemon: I will admit it. The FIRST batch of Pokemon games had me excited. I bought Blue, my friend bought Red. We both tried to go for all 150 Pokemon (he succeeded but I did not because he got the WRONG Pokemon at some point in the game. OR something like that). We both played them and then had fun with battles and such. The game was also fun given the rather simple but effective formula.

What Happened?: The game felt like it was recycled with just a few new features added in for several incarnations. More so, the game had the 'only for kids' stigma which wasn't good for teenager becoming a young adult. Also, around this time, sitting there, waiting for Pokemon to pop up and capturing them just seemed boring.

Final Fantasy: I played the first game simply because "Hey, this game has the most game genie codes. It's got to be good!". Despite that rather odd mentality, I played and beat the game. I then didn't play any Final Fantasies (excluding adventure and I think Legends but not sure) until FF6/3. I played FF3, and the music, the graphics, the battle system, all of it was awesome. I HAD to have that game and I did get it. I also played FFIV, which I enjoyed and eventually decided to get the other Final Fantasies available at the time.
When FF7 was coming up, I bought it and went through the game twice. The updated graphics, the music, the story, were all quite fun. Getting super materia was just awesome. All and all, a fun game, as was the next game, Final Fantasy Tactics (which I might replay on my PSP).

What Happened?: Final Fantasy 8. I tried the game and within a few hours was bored with it. I put it down, never to play it again. The music was fine, heck, the final boss music was excellent and so I was excited with the game. However, the game just didn't have that "Fantasy" feel for some reason. Final Fantasy 9 was a step in the right direction, which I enjoyed, but due to time constaints and just the Final Fantasy aura wearing off due to 8, I never beat it. Same deal with X. As for X-2, and up, I never even bothered, mainly due to 1) the cost (although they have gone down), 2) time, and 3) again, the aura that Final Fantasy had being gone.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Wait, SFIIIEp3 was translated (I can't get the link to work and when I checked the forum that has the translation project, it seems like they are not finished)?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

You did try out Zelda: Minish Cap though, right my friend? I found that game was pretty decent and brought back the feeling of Zelda of old to a degree.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Deni and I were talking about the Mutant League games and how it's amazing they never were remade. They are pretty darn awesome.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I just look at the fact of the type of games people like today (GTA IV, NFL Blitz, Wayne Gretzy Hockey, etc) or within the last few years and super amazed that Mutant League Hocket/Football was never updated.

The Megaman series is another series that has slowed down. I went through all the NES and SNES games, but never really went far on the PS1 or PS2. Not that they were horrible, but just uninteresting. The GBA series was different but the difficulty was insane. I got smashed by the bosses way too many times. And if it's true you must go through the entire level/boss right without taking a hit to get their weapon, then geez, forget that.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I, myself, didn't like the Blitz games. However, Mutant League Hockey was just fun, fun, FUN. It's just one of those games that seriously, again, I look and say, 'In this day and age, with these types of games, how did this NOT get remade/a sequel?'.

Maybe I meant NHL Hitz, but I thought for sure it was Wayne Gretzy Hockey for N64. Ya know, the game where there is crazy scoring and the CPU will never trail too much?

How ya doing, buddy?