Gaming Switch is soon to have all of the 'Big Three' IPs from the SNES era

[Xzi]

Mario Odyssey/Kingdom Battle
Sonic Mania/Forces
Rayman Legends

I'm not sure what I wouldn't have given to see these three franchises all on one system as a kid, and available for portable play too none the less. Even in 2017 it's certainly a dream come true of sorts.

 

[Harsky]

Didn't they all appear on the GBA as well?

 

[RustInPeace]

Rayman was really that big? I feel like Castlevania is a bigger platforming entity (at least in the 8-bit/16/bit era) than Rayman. SNES had Super Castlevania IV. While I reminded myself of Castlevania, it'd be awesome if Switch had such a title that went back to basics, no Metroidvania stuff.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Rayman?
Wasn't that more like early 32 bits?

 

[Deleted-355425]

Rayman was huge in the 90's on PC.

 

[Xzi]

Rayman?
Wasn't that more like early 32 bits?

I'm not sure on the exact timing, but I think I remember playing Rayman on PC around the same time as the SNES era.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I'm not sure on the exact timing, but I think I remember playing Rayman on PC around the same time as the SNES era.

I remember playing it on PS1. (2D Rayman I mean)
If I remember correctly, the game was originally released on one of those weird 32 bit consoles... 3DO perhaps.

EDIT: Wikipedia says it was originally released on Atari Jaguar... so a "64 bits" (do the math edition) game actually /s

 

[Xzi]

Didn't they all appear on the GBA as well?

Hey, right you are. Still, many of those games feel like trimmed down versions of the originals, and obviously displays have improved drastically since then.

 

[mikefor20]

Rayman doesn't belong in the same breath as Mario or Sonic. If you are talking about the SNES era Better Choices would be Donkey Kong, Earth Worm Jim, Saberwolf, Ryu, Raiden, Mega man, Terry Bogard, Battletoads, Shaq, Power ranger, Bonk, Simon Belmont, Strider, well you get the idea. I Though Rayman was mostly on GBA wasn't it? I always though of Rayman as a beautiful clone. Looked nice but not much groundbreaking stuff ever in a Rayman game. Kinda boring...

 

[sarkwalvein]

If you are talking about the SNES era Better Choices would be Donkey Kong, Earth Worm Jim , Saberwolf, Ryu, Raiden, Mega man, Terry Bogard, Battletoads, Shaq, Power ranger, Bonk, Simon Belmont, Strider, well you get the idea.

Groooovy.

 

[Xzi]

Rayman doesn't belong in the same breath as Mario or Sonic. If you are talking about the SNES era Better Choices would be Donkey Kong, Earth Worm Jim, Saberwolf, Ryu, Raiden, Mega man, Terry Bogard, Battletoads, Shaq, Power ranger, Bonk, Simon Belmont, Strider, well you get the idea. I Though Rayman was mostly on GBA wasn't it? I always though of Rayman as a beautiful clone. Looked nice but not much groundbreaking stuff ever in a Rayman game. Kinda boring...

Most of those you mention were already on SNES. Early on, Rayman was one of the big flagship mascots like Mario and Sonic. The first Rayman games played uniquely too, kinda like Plok.

I like Earthworm Jim too, but he played second fiddle to Sonic back in the day. Not to mention that Mario, Sonic, and Rayman have all continued to get new installments where Earthworm Jim has not.

 

[Apache Thunder]

I don't think Sonic technically qualifies here. Sonic was still on Sega hardware during the "age of the SNES". There was no official SNES Sonic game. I would instead use Metroid instead of Sonic. If you meant to include non Nintendo software, you should have titled your thread:

"Switch is soon to have all of the 'Big Three' IPs from the 16-bit era" as that would have been generalized enough to include the other 16-bit consoles.

 

[sarkwalvein]

I don't think Sonic technically qualifies here. Sonic was still on Sega hardware during the "age of the SNES". There was no official SNES Sonic game. I would instead substitute Sonic for Metroid.

But that wouldn't qualify, as the idea is those IPs that weren't together in one console.
Because of this I would suggest Commander Keen instead.

 

[Xzi]

I don't think Sonic technically qualifies here. Sonic was still on Sega hardware during the "age of the SNES". There was no official SNES Sonic game. I would instead substitute Sonic for Metroid. If you meant to include non Nintendo software, you should have titled your thread:

"Switch is soon to have all of the 'Big Three' IPs from the 16-bit era" as that would have been generalized enough to include the other 16-bit consoles.

Eh, semantics. I intentionally included three different mascots for three different early systems/three different developers. It was all during the SNES era anyway. I only call it that because IMO SNES won. It didn't edge out Genesis by a lot, though.

 

[rileysrjay]

Since when were the rabbids on the SNES?

 

[grossaffe]

Hey, right you are. Still, many of those games feel like trimmed down versions of the originals, and obviously displays have improved drastically since then.

I dunno about that. The Mario Advance series (though SNES ports) was legit. Sonic Advance was a solid 2D sonic entry (didn't play the sequels). Didn't play GBA Rayman, but the GBC one felt like a full game.

 

[mikefor20]

How would how would anybody consider Rayman a flagship mascot? Mario was Nintendo's mascot. Sonic was sega's mascot Rayman was just a game. Not a flagship mascot for any particular system.

During the during the Super Nintendo era it was Super Nintendo, Genesis, Turbo grafx 16. The third character should be Bonk.

Genisis does what Nintendon't.

 

[linuxares]

I see no Donkey Kong Country, Zelda or Star Fox on that list.

 

[The Catboy]

Rayman? That's weird way to spell Donkey Kong

 

[mikefor20]

I see no Donkey Kong Country, Zelda or Star Fox on that list.

During the entire early 90s, which was the Super Nintendo era, there was only one non-portable Home console version of Zelda that's why I did not include link or Zelda. The Zelda franchise is more of a treat not a flagship. I did include Donkey Kong I did not specify country. Star Fox on the Super Nintendo, while very cool, I do not feel was a flagship game so much. I assumed OP were talking about the era not just the Super Nintendo.