What?! No way man. ZX is not classic styles, but it's still a great game (unless there's something really wrong with ZXA?) It's like comparing Sonic Genesis to Sonic Rush or *shudders* Sonic Rivals and/or Adventure. Heck, the X games were already different enough to blue bomber; more focused on cool, less on precision.
Okay, perhaps having both a great saber and a great buster makes it lose uniqueness. TBH, the later X games sucked and the classics never really got much better past the first 3. Capcom probably don't want to churn out some more as yet because so many ppl have complained about the blatant milking already. Metroid-styles can work; we're just still testing waters is all.
It's great what Konami are doing with Contra. An even more topical question here is why don't they do something similar with Castlevania. Ever since that awe-inspiring SotN, they've left the origins behind. DXC isn't what I really wanted either; already run that game to death in the last 2 years, had enough.
Btw, i don't have the foggiest what this thread is s'posed to be about; I just zipped onto the 2nd page. Anyone else looking forward to that DS action game where you play as a pig? Oink