Ummm hey! Hope you enjoy the next chapter in this series. Quick question though...Konami or Square Enix next? Also please do like the video and subscribe if you enjoyed! It means a lot. Also if you're feeling extra supportive check out my memberships :)
@@breezeoutKonami is in a weird spot in which they have abandoned AAA game development and focused instead in small-scale games focused on the Japanese market, Momotaro Dentetsu (a mix between a train simulator and Monopoly) has become their highest-selling game in Japan. Outside of Japan their only noticeable titles in the last few years have been eFootball, some retro collections and weird revivals of old franchises like Contra. I don't know what do they expect with the recently announced Metal Gear and Silent Hill games, I don't think they care about the controversies associated to them
I loved the video as always, Square-Enix would be a difficult one to tackle because of also its manga editorial. Konami can wait, SNK or Arc System Works would be fun. There's a few things that I need to point though: 1.) Xenosaga is not owned by Nintendo, is still Bandai Namco. Xenosaga and Xenoblade are each separate franchises, you can see this on KOS-MOS and T-elos having Bandai Namco copyrights when they showed up in Xenoblade 2. 2.) Code Vein is part of the God Eater franchise, though can't blame you there. That was a plot twist. 3.) Around 2 months ago, on anniversary concert was confirmed that .hack// is getting a brand name game. But yeah I agree with the position until more is shown. 4.) Like many have stated, is surprising you didn't showed Last Bronx, as is still an active, with a brand new game that is about to release, Fuga 2. 5.) Super Robot Wars should be on mainstays as it doesn't get US releases not because of lack of interest, is because of the hellish licensing issues, and that has been changing recently. Again this topics are not complains (maybe number 5 a bit), I vastly enjoy these vídeos and I am happily waiting for the next video.
I think Square would also be hard because of the Final Fantasy franchise. Final Fantasy follows the "Each game is a different story" formula, kind of like Fire Emblem or Persona\Shin Megami Tensei. FFVII is separate from FFVIII which is separate from FFIX which is separate from.. You get the idea. Because of this, each mainline FF game is treated as it's own series. And that's not even factoring in the dozens of sub-series, MaNa, SaGa, or Kingdom Hearts. Same thing goes for Dragon Quest, although that game doesn't have nearly as many sub-series. The reason why Fire Emblem and Persona\Shin Megami Tensei weren't nearly as hard to determine as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest is because those series aren't as critically and financially acclaimed or long-running. For context, Dragon Quest I came out in 1986, followed by both the first SMT game and the first Final Fantasy game a year later, and then the first Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon And The Blade Of Light in 1990
@@melodi_bunniez It will be a pain no matter what. I suppose he should just count the FF entries that have more than one game, and put 'em in the spin-off area based if they are still running. FFIV, FFVII, FFX, FFXIII, FFXIV, FFXV would be the most likely of these. And that without actually getting into the proper spin-offs like the Chobobo Mystery Dungeons, DISSIDIA, bunch of Mobile games, ect. Quite a similar vein to Dragon Quest, though as you stated DQ main games don't great nearly as many entries. However we still get spin-offs like Joker Monster, Build, ect. Specially when other factors like Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai or another similar products. He needs to bring the Itadaki Street series of course. I'm confident smaller franchises like SaGa, the Mana/Seiken Densetsu series, Valkyrie Profile, ect shouldn't really be that much of an issue honestly. It also brings the fact that Square-Enix is also a manga company, which bring things like Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Akame ga Kill!, ect. into an already confusing equation.
This is a simply _incredible_ video, both in how comprehensive it is, and how well its presented. Simply bravo Hopefully more people can come to see this in time, you certainly deserve it!
Even with all the obscure series, I'm surprised you didn't mention the Little Tail Bronx series, particularly its first two entries, Tail Concerto and Solatorobo, which are owned by Bandai Namco. The latest entry was released this year, which was without their involvement. It's probably in the zombie tier or even dead tier since the last BN published game in the series released in 2010, but Cyberconnect2 has interest in revisiting it, although it's up to Namco if that comes into fruition.
God I want a remaster or remake of those games. They are masterpieces in my eyes, well solatorobo at least lol, but tail concerto is good too. I'm so glad cc2 is keeping the series alive.
@@reinweissritterHaven't played Solatorobo but I loved Tails Concerto. Even just a remaster of that game would be good to see. Guess the best I can do is play it on Duck station with enhancements.
@@luckluca8982 Yeah, it's kind of hard to miss if you played solatorobo, since in the ending of the first Fuga they rename the country as the Shephard Republic in honor of the kids and Baion has a cameo too. And solatorobo has the characters of tail concerto in some side quests.
@@nintendolife25 Yes, let me explain a little for you: Square almost went bankrupt because of the MASSIVE flop Final Fantasy movie had, losing a lot of talented employees and shares, forcing them to merge with Enix. Then, they focused more on their most marketable and recognizable franchises to keep themselves in the green as much as possible, that means almost to none big budget experiments and trying to appeal for the tendencies instead of doing what made them lots of money and gave them prestige.
@@paperluigi6132 I agree 100%! The business model after the merge that they use to this day is becoming more and more tired. And with a myriad of loved titles, I think they can at least allow to experiment with them: Imagine bringing Chrono Trigger back? Xenogears HD-2D Remake? Or even sequels of loved titles, like Chrono or Vagrant Story! Man, they are missing out!
As great as Bandai Namco is to most people now, I only really see them as 'that developer of licenced anime games". Let me preface this by saying that while those sorts of games are not a personal interest of mine, I won't disregard other's enjoyment of those games and series. The thing that bothers me is that because of this huge focus on developing licensed anime games, it's left a bevy of Namco's classic catalogue IPs in limbo.
This is an insanely ambitious video series! I skimmed through the series that I know of and just want to correct or clarify some things: Super Robot Wars didn't usually get released in the west because of licensing issues. Because Macross was a mainstay in these games, Harmony Gold in particular blocked the Super Robot Wars Alpha games because they held copyrights to Macross in the west. Xenosaga is still a property of Bandai Namco. Xenoblade Chronicles does contain elements of Xenosaga, but as seen on the copyrights of Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed, Xenosaga is still property of Bandai Namco. The series Project X Zone is pronounced with a Cross not an X. As in, crossover and the Cross Active Battle System. Same goes for Namco X Capcom's X pronunciation.
The lack of Idolmaster in this list irks me. It had a single English release but it's a very very popular franchise in Japan and basically became the framework of every other idol rhythm gacha like games that came before it.
As much as I love my boy Klonoa, I must admit it is on Life Support right now. The recent remaster collection (which did increase its rank from Zombie) didn't sell too many copies, and the last original title was created in 2002. Klonoa also had a webcomic (that had some chapters released) and a planned movie even, but both have since been canceled. The franchise doesn't sell well at all, and the fact we even got any remasters in the current generation feels like a miracle.
You seriously think Klonoa suffered? Look at Mappy, Bravoman, and Wonder Momo. They're really great game series that unfortunately got obscured and didn't get a new major sequel for years, let alone they're forgotten outside of people who are into retro games or dig deep in video game history. And the chance them getting a new sequel or revival would be a miracle.
It actually outsold both Pac-Man Museum + and Pac-Man World Re-Pac on Steam alone, believe it or not. I feel Klonoa's dormancy and time to grow his beard of reception over the years has only strengthened his following, Whereas Pac-Man was heavily struggling in the 2010's due to severe series mismanagement and a disastrous reboot that made the IP kind of a laughing stock.
Seriously though, You have no idea how much Klonoa was starting to actually OVERSHADOW Pac-Man in gaming discussion last decade all because of the state and public image of the Pac-Man franchise as a whole, It was getting so bad to the point people kept claiming Pac-Man was an IP that couldn't have anything done with it anymore and had lived past it's worth, Even to the point the most successful modernizations of the franchise (Pac-Man World) were actively slowly being forgotten over time or having people shit on it with revisionist history akin to the Sonic Adventure games over time.
Hey Legend of Kai, I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make these videos. It’s not easy looking up the history of not one but two companies that merged together into one that also happens to have successful anime series into the mix. I greatly appreciate it and this history. Ask for Bandai Namco, yeah they definitely did better than our last company, though it’s funny how many of their Flagships and Mianstays are anime related. I’m so glad Digimon is still a Flagship franchise after all these years. I love Digimon Adventures as a child.
I personally would put Ace Combat as a BN flagship IP. It's definitely more alive than Katamari Damacy who only receive re-releases, and even Soul Calibur which the future is uncertain due to lackluster sales from the last titles. An Ace Combat song even played during 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony. If this is not a Flagship status, I don't know what else is.
Not to mention that we had the orchestra in 2021, ace combat 7 is almost at 5 million units sold, and also, they've created a new studio focused for ace combat So yes, ace combat is definitely a flagship IP And also, my favorite BN franchise
Hello, fantastic video by the way I really enjoyed it and I watched it all while I ate dinner lol. The only thing I would change or add is adding the Idolmaster franchise on this list, because they did get one game in the us, but in Japan its a very huge franchise thats still going very strong to this day, with constant real life concerts and new games
While not necessarily the west, Super Robot Wars has had a couple of games get official English translations exclusively to the Asian region (since a lot of Asian countries do speak English.) SRW V and X specifically both have English versions.
Im gonna have to choose Square Enix as thats the company Im most familiar with. Also, "The State of...." series has been one of my favorite series on UA-cam and I look forward to every new entry. It had solidified itself as a mainstay in my UA-cam watching.
AAAAAAA super awesome video!!! I really love Pac-Man, Digimon, and Taiko!!! I recently got into Mr. Driller as well! I’d absolutely love love love a Square Enix video omg
Spoilers for Xenoblade 3 and Future Redeemed 1:08:23 First of all you seem to think that Xenosaga is owned by Nintendo but it is not, the IP is owned by Bandai Namco. Also I think Xenosaga should be moved up a tier. While it has not had any games in a while it has been referenced in the Xenoblade series. Kos-mos and T-elos appeared in Xenoblade 2 as blades and In Future redeemed the radio referenced Xenosaga, potentially even making it cannon to the Xenoblade series. That combined with the recent remaster of Baten Kaitos on switch, I think it is decently likely for it to get a remake eventually.
@@June26A7 A mean let's be real here. We are not getting remakes. At best, we will get ports. Games didn't sell well enough to get a remake. I think Monolith just wanted to make a reference.
@@__Soya__ There would have to be some retcons to make it cannon but not huge ones. The biggest problem is the existence of the Zohar and the Conduit, but that can be solved. One could be an emulator for the other.
To be fair, Pac-Man was a series that essentially almost died in the 2010's due to the disasterous reboot (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures) and being demoted because of said reboot's failure and regulated to mobile-tier shovelware for the remainder of the decade. The remake of the first Pac-Man World was basically the thing that singlehandedly saved the series from it's dark age and even then the series still has management issues, particularly with the legal mess surrounding Ms. Pac-Man.
I wouldn't really count Ridge Racer Unbounded as a mainline game since it wasn't handled directly by namco and its also a huge departure from the traditional ridge racer formula going for more of a Flatout or Burnout take to gameplay which makes sense because Unbounded was developed by the same team Bugbear. But besides that its really depressing that we haven't had a true Ridge Racer game from Namco since Ridge Racer 7 which was released 16 years ago, I really hope we get a new mainline game in the future probably as a launch title like they usually do. But regardless this is a great video looking back at Namco's history, this one has to be my favorite so far! hope to see more in the future.
While the sudden drought of Sailor Moon games in the last few years is unfortunate, with not even the franchise's 30th Anniversary last year being enough of a push to make / announce a new one, there are indeed a great amount of SM games already released during the series' initial run for any fan to enjoy. And most of them have since been getting English fan translations recently. Makes one wonder why so very few of these were officially released overseas, considering just how big the series was back then. But still, hopefully a new game gets made soon. Aside from the fighting and beat em up games mentioned, there're also some puzzle games and a visual novel game for the PC Engine CD too. The latter even has an original story set during the show's second season (while the Super Famicom RPG takes place after the third) and both it and the arcade beat em up make use of impressive pixel art renditions of key art that very closely matches the art of the show itself. And one of the fighting games in particular, a Super Famicom entry based on the third season (Sailor Moon S), has recently become notorious for being an early effort done by Arc System Works, now of Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball FighterZ fame; as well as for it having very broken and unbalanced gameplay overall. And after being rediscovered by some fighting game fans a few years ago, it has since turned into a cult favorite in the fighting game community and has even been featured in various tournaments.
It truly is unfair that Sailor Moon seems to get the short end of the stick when it comes to licensed games getting an international release while Dragon Ball Z keeps getting worldwide releases left and right. I know the Magical Girl genre isn't exactly everyone's cup of tea, but there people out there who would love to play these on an actual console/ PC/ handheld system and not have to go to the App Store to play some mobile game in which micro transactions are involved. Heck I'd even settle for a Warriors style game or even a remake/remaster of Sailor Moon Another Story with all the voice actors from the Viz dub returning to reprise their roles.
Hey Kai, it's worth noting that God Eater was continued through Code Vein in 2019. The game takes place in the world of God Eater and is a Souls-like. Largely this should keep the God Eater franchise as an existing series. Not sure if there will be a follow-up sequel though.
Desperately hoping for a new Mr. Driller game, or at least Dig Dug/Baraduke/Star Trigon. I love Susumu and the Hori family. Sad how 2 out of the 3 sub-series (not including Star Trigon as it was a one-off) are essentially dead. This franchise is one of my all time favorites.
59:14 WOW!!! I really did not expect you to put Digimon on the "Flagships" 😳, I thought it would be "Mainstay" at much; specially considering that Bandai Namco seems to treat the IP as "less important" than some of their other stuff like Gundam or Dragon Ball......still, I'm happy that people are finally recognizing Digimon's own worth!!! 😄
Honestly Super Robot Wars has kinda interesting story regarding why it has no Western release. One of the big Ossues that hindered a western release was ironically it's nature as a mecha crossover title. Due too multiple parties it is basically stuck in licensing hell not only due to japanese corps but also american (like how harmony gold would make it impossible for any games with macross in it too apear in the west due to robotech). The devs where however aware about that even the west where big fans of the series and one loopway to get it olayable in the west was that most of the latter game also had an english translation in their asia releases and the only thing left to do was too import the games.
Dead To Rights should be an inherited property for Bandai Namco, as for Ni No Kuni...Idk who has the rights to it, since the developer Level-5 publishes the game in Japan themselves
Good video, Kai. It's honestly pretty sad how much they focus on the licensed IPs over their original ones. I know it's what makes the most money, but still, many of these are dead in the water, including those that died with defunct mobile games. I checked how many games BN published, and around half of them were based on pre-existing non-video game IPs.
Yeah though that's mostly due to the Bandai side of things. Namco itself is the part with most of the cool original game stuff, but from what I've seen they aren't about making new entries in old classics that have dormant
@@MagillanicaLouM Well, that's something Namco should work on, especially if they're serious competing head to toe with the likes of Nintendo and Sega in terms of new games. Namco has lot of great IPs just collecting dust these days and They've been doing that for quite a long time. It's time Namco revive these IPs from the dead. Bring back Mappy, seriously. That's a really great series Namco shouldn't have abandoned to begin with. Bring back Bravoman, Wonder Momo, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder. The list goes on. Pacman shouldn't be the only classic franchise for Namco to make new entries of.
@@retrofan4963 Even Bandai's original IPs are a bit questionable. They're doing way better than most of Namco's dead franchises, but get nowhere near the same level of treatment as the licensed properties (and Gundam now that BN has 100% ownership) Digimon had a game that released last year that didn't do that well, Little Tail Bronx got a game this year but without BN's involvement, and .hack got a port of a remaster last year, but there are discussions of a new game in the series. They've all gotten something, but they're still niche compared to their usual output. Speaking of their 80s IPs, they at least tried with Shiftylook but that nowhere. They still appear in collections and Arcade Archives, which is already way better than some of the niche 90s arcade IPs which still remain unported and forgotten. They're putting all their energy into Tekken which I commend, at least for the quality of the game itself. The main issue I believe is that there are way too many mouths to feed, but most of those mouths don't even belong to them. (The franchises as a whole, not the VG rights, which they do own)
It really is a shame. I wish that Bandai Namco could focus some of their efforts into revitalizing and bringing some new light into those IPs that have been pretty much laying dormant for decades at this point. Maybe find a way to integrate the characters and Worlds into the PAC-MAN series at least? I don't know, I just don't want to have to wait for the next Namco Museum or whatever for those games and characters to receive recognition again.
Legend of Kai: "They're certainly doing a better job than Sega that's for sure. But then again, that's not necessarily a hard thing to achieve." Sega: "Ight bet"
Great original and licensed games, truly Bandai Namco is one of the greatest companies. I hope Numen Athletics gets a port in some kind of arcade bundle, this is the only time you'll catch me rooting for a sports game outside of Mario & Sonic Olympic titles.
Okay a few things. 1. Thank you so much for these videos they are truly a treat. 2. Your Japanese is pretty solid when pronouncing Japanese games, curious if you’ve studied any 3. ONE PIECE IS PEAK FICTION LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO! Edit: bro really did Robin like that 😭
One piece is certainly the peak, and no haven't studied it just enjoy my anime/manga to the point where I've heard enough Japanese to help pronouncing lmao
Great vid man! Really love these series and I watch little by little as vids are long, I mean it is not like I am a one piece fan 👀. That thang is just too long! Bleach on the other hand 👌🔥 Can we have SNK next? That would be veeeeeeery interesting and maybe would take a bit less of time than this Namco's and Sega's😅 Keep it up!
lol i enjoyed one piece odyssey a lot and the pirate warriors games are some of my favs! also as a fan of naruto I can say shippuden isn't like the best ever lol i enjoy the OG series more too
Bro why don't you start a series in which you cover evolution of collectors editions of entire franchises like that of uncharted, Mario, zelda etc. It would be very interesting to watch and something fresh which no one has done yet in my opinion. ❤
Tower of Daruga had its own theme park ride for a while. Sadly Namco shut down the park in 2000 so I dont think there is a lot of images of it floating around.
Man I love Digimon, especially the games, but sometimes it feels like the series is kept alive by the spite fans have for Bandai. Before Survive released I remember one if the higher ups on the game said the budget they get for the games is largely decided by the success of the previous game. And paired with the extremely limited PR for Digimon outside Japan it's depressing to think the company would pull the plug on western release again if the games don't do well.
Good video,... But just one thing : the first Digimon game was "Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers" on Saturn (23/09/1998). Yoh, always looking for more ring.
Feel like you missed Armored Core, but that's just me. Bamco has published the last 3 games after all, even if that seems a bit unfair. But if they own the Souls series, I feel it's fair to drop Bamco as well as the owner of Armored Core (currently). Not sure what your standards were. Another solid video though, love these!
1:01:10 The MotoGP games from Namco are not average. Ignore the journalists and instead look deeper at the fanbase. Many fans would agree those games have good controls and the physics were well coded. Each MotoGP entries added more content than the previous ones until MotoGP 4 which was considered by many to be the best game in the Namco series due to the full rider rosters/tracks of the same irl season. The game was that good that it can also rival some of the later MotoGP games. Also, you forgot to mention the Namco MotoGP series originated from an early arcade exclusive Namco game, 500 GP so technically, there are six games. Btw, the footage you shown in that segment (before the Milestone scene) is not from any of the Namco MotoGP games which means it can be very misleading to any viewers that are familiar with the series
Super Robot Wars only stayed in Japan or on SEA territory the majority of time because the license nightmare, that's why SRW 30 was a miracle of miracles (maybe that explains why not a single Gainax franchise is in that game, or was a coincidence), but the OG titles, like Masokishin and others, they can be release outside Japan but somebody in Bandai Namco needs to yell that games never left Japan. Also, did you know the Project X Zone games are canon for the SRW OG games? Because the fisrt PxZ game features Zanger Zonvolt, a SRW OG character and Haken Browning, from SRW Endles Frontier, who they re appear in SRW Moon Dwellers, who are the very same of that PxZ game. Also there is this character, named Gillian Jagger, who appear way back in a obscure JRPG game named Hero Senki: Project Olympus, a crossover game with Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman, in that game, he was the final boss, who entered in a dimensional warp, made him travel across various SRW games and non SRW games, to finally stay in the SRW OG games, meaning, the interaction of Gundams, Ultramans, Kamen Riders, and now characters from Capcom, Sega, and thanks to PxZ2, Nintendo, make that the one of the biggest, if not the biggest multimedia crossover that ever exist and it's canon thanks to SRW OG Moon Dwellers. (Sorry for my broken grammar)
Nihon Falcom please 😢is one of my favorite company is super underrated and I think they deserve more love 😔Thanks for the video I love it I gonna watch konami now ❤🙏
i didn't even realize many games i played are from bandai namco starting from klonoa, then tekken and souledge series,then taiko no tatsujin, then ace combat, then idolm@ster, then lastly tales of vesperia sure they have tons of game libraries
SAO: Alicization is the last game according to the writer as he wants to focus on the anime instead of also tying it into the game series so it sadly may be a dead franchise depending on whether Bandai Namco can think of new storylines for games going forwards even if the anime writer is no longer interested in continuing
How i missed this video? Anyway great video, there are franchises i think need to rank higher (ridge racer need to be on it exists because playstation plus, dig dog need to be at least on zombie or life support and taiko need to be flagship they add him on mario kart arcade gp) and lower (mappy need to be zombie, sword art online need to be on it exists and god eater need to be on life support because the franchise didn’t got anything new)
I just started watching the video but I don't see Armored Core on the timestamp list. Even if it was though, Namco Bandai has only published three AC games, Armored Core 5, Armored Core Verdict Day, and Armored Core 6. Yeah it's their IP now, but the series famously has bounced around publishers and even more confusingly was published by different companies in different regions. It's especially weird when games in the same generation were published by different companies. AgeTec (formerly Ascii) published Armored Core all the way through Last Raven in the US, but Sega published Armored Core 4, and Ubisoft published it's sequel, Armored Core For Answer. It's very bizarre.
If we want to get technical, Galaxian/Galaga is probably their most active franchise when you take in consideration Galaga, Galaxian, Baraduke, Dig Dug, Mr. Driller, Ace Combat, Xevious and more are part of one big narrative. Yeah... A video game universe lmao. The Dig Dug thing confused me with Baraduke too until I found out that the Pookas are aliens? If I'm not mistaken Air Combat is one gigantic prequel.
What a wonderful video! Out of all the game series on this list I can only say that Ridge Racer is number one for me. Not a single game has music that rivals it on here, some are damn good but not RIDGE RACER good.
I’ve only played the two Swordcraft Story games of Summon Night and they’re clearly different but I loved those. It’s a shame that they’re only spinoffs of a dead franchise. I’d play the hell out of them as mainstays Also I also thought the taiko mascot was sushi.
Ummm hey! Hope you enjoy the next chapter in this series. Quick question though...Konami or Square Enix next?
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Konami
@@KoalaSpace360 Konami
Square Enix is cool but Konami is more interesting in my opinion so i think you should do Konami next also because i love bomberman
Square Enix have many game so let's start with Konami
Konami can’t wait to see Contra and Castlevania
Konami, Square Enix, Koei Tecmo, and SNK are good options
Konami will have literally nearly every series in the dead tier
@@breezeoutKonami is in a weird spot in which they have abandoned AAA game development and focused instead in small-scale games focused on the Japanese market, Momotaro Dentetsu (a mix between a train simulator and Monopoly) has become their highest-selling game in Japan. Outside of Japan their only noticeable titles in the last few years have been eFootball, some retro collections and weird revivals of old franchises like Contra. I don't know what do they expect with the recently announced Metal Gear and Silent Hill games, I don't think they care about the controversies associated to them
Oh I would LOVE a SNK video, they seriously are a huge favorite of mine I’m glad they’re making a comeback
Arcs are good too
Bruh SNK is dope
I loved the video as always, Square-Enix would be a difficult one to tackle because of also its manga editorial. Konami can wait, SNK or Arc System Works would be fun.
There's a few things that I need to point though:
1.) Xenosaga is not owned by Nintendo, is still Bandai Namco. Xenosaga and Xenoblade are each separate franchises, you can see this on KOS-MOS and T-elos having Bandai Namco copyrights when they showed up in Xenoblade 2.
2.) Code Vein is part of the God Eater franchise, though can't blame you there. That was a plot twist.
3.) Around 2 months ago, on anniversary concert was confirmed that .hack// is getting a brand name game. But yeah I agree with the position until more is shown.
4.) Like many have stated, is surprising you didn't showed Last Bronx, as is still an active, with a brand new game that is about to release, Fuga 2.
5.) Super Robot Wars should be on mainstays as it doesn't get US releases not because of lack of interest, is because of the hellish licensing issues, and that has been changing recently.
Again this topics are not complains (maybe number 5 a bit), I vastly enjoy these vídeos and I am happily waiting for the next video.
I think Square would also be hard because of the Final Fantasy franchise. Final Fantasy follows the "Each game is a different story" formula, kind of like Fire Emblem or Persona\Shin Megami Tensei. FFVII is separate from FFVIII which is separate from FFIX which is separate from.. You get the idea. Because of this, each mainline FF game is treated as it's own series. And that's not even factoring in the dozens of sub-series, MaNa, SaGa, or Kingdom Hearts. Same thing goes for Dragon Quest, although that game doesn't have nearly as many sub-series. The reason why Fire Emblem and Persona\Shin Megami Tensei weren't nearly as hard to determine as Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest is because those series aren't as critically and financially acclaimed or long-running. For context, Dragon Quest I came out in 1986, followed by both the first SMT game and the first Final Fantasy game a year later, and then the first Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon And The Blade Of Light in 1990
@@melodi_bunniez It will be a pain no matter what. I suppose he should just count the FF entries that have more than one game, and put 'em in the spin-off area based if they are still running. FFIV, FFVII, FFX, FFXIII, FFXIV, FFXV would be the most likely of these. And that without actually getting into the proper spin-offs like the Chobobo Mystery Dungeons, DISSIDIA, bunch of Mobile games, ect.
Quite a similar vein to Dragon Quest, though as you stated DQ main games don't great nearly as many entries. However we still get spin-offs like Joker Monster, Build, ect. Specially when other factors like Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai or another similar products. He needs to bring the Itadaki Street series of course.
I'm confident smaller franchises like SaGa, the Mana/Seiken Densetsu series, Valkyrie Profile, ect shouldn't really be that much of an issue honestly.
It also brings the fact that Square-Enix is also a manga company, which bring things like Fullmetal Alchemist, Soul Eater, Akame ga Kill!, ect. into an already confusing equation.
Watching these videos while doing a playthrough of Project X Zone is one hell of a trip down memory lane
This is a simply _incredible_ video, both in how comprehensive it is, and how well its presented. Simply bravo
Hopefully more people can come to see this in time, you certainly deserve it!
Even with all the obscure series, I'm surprised you didn't mention the Little Tail Bronx series, particularly its first two entries, Tail Concerto and Solatorobo, which are owned by Bandai Namco. The latest entry was released this year, which was without their involvement. It's probably in the zombie tier or even dead tier since the last BN published game in the series released in 2010, but Cyberconnect2 has interest in revisiting it, although it's up to Namco if that comes into fruition.
God I want a remaster or remake of those games. They are masterpieces in my eyes, well solatorobo at least lol, but tail concerto is good too. I'm so glad cc2 is keeping the series alive.
@@reinweissritterHaven't played Solatorobo but I loved Tails Concerto. Even just a remaster of that game would be good to see. Guess the best I can do is play it on Duck station with enhancements.
Those games that are in the same universe as Fuga?
@@luckluca8982 Yeah, it's kind of hard to miss if you played solatorobo, since in the ending of the first Fuga they rename the country as the Shephard Republic in honor of the kids and Baion has a cameo too. And solatorobo has the characters of tail concerto in some side quests.
The merge between Bandai + Namco was a blessing for the company AND the fans. Unfortunately, we can't say the same about Square + Enix merge...
Forgive me for being uninformed but did things really get worse for the franchises owned by Square Enix after the merge?
@@nintendolife25 Yes, let me explain a little for you: Square almost went bankrupt because of the MASSIVE flop Final Fantasy movie had, losing a lot of talented employees and shares, forcing them to merge with Enix. Then, they focused more on their most marketable and recognizable franchises to keep themselves in the green as much as possible, that means almost to none big budget experiments and trying to appeal for the tendencies instead of doing what made them lots of money and gave them prestige.
@@Lemon-bh5nyat first, it was understandable, in trying to stay stable. But nowadays, I think they can afford to experiment more often again.
@@paperluigi6132 I agree 100%! The business model after the merge that they use to this day is becoming more and more tired. And with a myriad of loved titles, I think they can at least allow to experiment with them: Imagine bringing Chrono Trigger back? Xenogears HD-2D Remake? Or even sequels of loved titles, like Chrono or Vagrant Story! Man, they are missing out!
As great as Bandai Namco is to most people now, I only really see them as 'that developer of licenced anime games". Let me preface this by saying that while those sorts of games are not a personal interest of mine, I won't disregard other's enjoyment of those games and series. The thing that bothers me is that because of this huge focus on developing licensed anime games, it's left a bevy of Namco's classic catalogue IPs in limbo.
This is an insanely ambitious video series! I skimmed through the series that I know of and just want to correct or clarify some things:
Super Robot Wars didn't usually get released in the west because of licensing issues. Because Macross was a mainstay in these games, Harmony Gold in particular blocked the Super Robot Wars Alpha games because they held copyrights to Macross in the west.
Xenosaga is still a property of Bandai Namco. Xenoblade Chronicles does contain elements of Xenosaga, but as seen on the copyrights of Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed, Xenosaga is still property of Bandai Namco.
The series Project X Zone is pronounced with a Cross not an X. As in, crossover and the Cross Active Battle System. Same goes for Namco X Capcom's X pronunciation.
The lack of Idolmaster in this list irks me. It had a single English release but it's a very very popular franchise in Japan and basically became the framework of every other idol rhythm gacha like games that came before it.
As much as I love my boy Klonoa, I must admit it is on Life Support right now. The recent remaster collection (which did increase its rank from Zombie) didn't sell too many copies, and the last original title was created in 2002. Klonoa also had a webcomic (that had some chapters released) and a planned movie even, but both have since been canceled. The franchise doesn't sell well at all, and the fact we even got any remasters in the current generation feels like a miracle.
maybe it's a hint for Klonoa 3
You seriously think Klonoa suffered? Look at Mappy, Bravoman, and Wonder Momo. They're really great game series that unfortunately got obscured and didn't get a new major sequel for years, let alone they're forgotten outside of people who are into retro games or dig deep in video game history. And the chance them getting a new sequel or revival would be a miracle.
It actually outsold both Pac-Man Museum + and Pac-Man World Re-Pac on Steam alone, believe it or not. I feel Klonoa's dormancy and time to grow his beard of reception over the years has only strengthened his following, Whereas Pac-Man was heavily struggling in the 2010's due to severe series mismanagement and a disastrous reboot that made the IP kind of a laughing stock.
Seriously though, You have no idea how much Klonoa was starting to actually OVERSHADOW Pac-Man in gaming discussion last decade all because of the state and public image of the Pac-Man franchise as a whole, It was getting so bad to the point people kept claiming Pac-Man was an IP that couldn't have anything done with it anymore and had lived past it's worth, Even to the point the most successful modernizations of the franchise (Pac-Man World) were actively slowly being forgotten over time or having people shit on it with revisionist history akin to the Sonic Adventure games over time.
It won’t bro, it will return and get more love, we gotta believe, it even got a top 5 spot in the UK. So much for an over look series.
Hey Legend of Kai, I just want to say thank you for taking the time to make these videos. It’s not easy looking up the history of not one but two companies that merged together into one that also happens to have successful anime series into the mix. I greatly appreciate it and this history.
Ask for Bandai Namco, yeah they definitely did better than our last company, though it’s funny how many of their Flagships and Mianstays are anime related. I’m so glad Digimon is still a Flagship franchise after all these years. I love Digimon Adventures as a child.
I personally would put Ace Combat as a BN flagship IP. It's definitely more alive than Katamari Damacy who only receive re-releases, and even Soul Calibur which the future is uncertain due to lackluster sales from the last titles. An Ace Combat song even played during 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony. If this is not a Flagship status, I don't know what else is.
Not to mention that we had the orchestra in 2021, ace combat 7 is almost at 5 million units sold, and also, they've created a new studio focused for ace combat
So yes, ace combat is definitely a flagship IP
And also, my favorite BN franchise
Hello, fantastic video by the way I really enjoyed it and I watched it all while I ate dinner lol. The only thing I would change or add is adding the Idolmaster franchise on this list, because they did get one game in the us, but in Japan its a very huge franchise thats still going very strong to this day, with constant real life concerts and new games
While not necessarily the west, Super Robot Wars has had a couple of games get official English translations exclusively to the Asian region (since a lot of Asian countries do speak English.) SRW V and X specifically both have English versions.
Im gonna have to choose Square Enix as thats the company Im most familiar with.
Also, "The State of...." series has been one of my favorite series on UA-cam and I look forward to every new entry. It had solidified itself as a mainstay in my UA-cam watching.
Not Flagship?
@@__Soya__ Not yet. It's getting there.
@@gotojayl Fair enough
This current state of bandai namco franchise video is so interesting to watch and great video man :]
AAAAAAA super awesome video!!! I really love Pac-Man, Digimon, and Taiko!!! I recently got into Mr. Driller as well!
I’d absolutely love love love a Square Enix video omg
Mr. Driller is one of my all time favorites!
Spoilers for Xenoblade 3 and Future Redeemed
1:08:23 First of all you seem to think that Xenosaga is owned by Nintendo but it is not, the IP is owned by Bandai Namco. Also I think Xenosaga should be moved up a tier. While it has not had any games in a while it has been referenced in the Xenoblade series. Kos-mos and T-elos appeared in Xenoblade 2 as blades and In Future redeemed the radio referenced Xenosaga, potentially even making it cannon to the Xenoblade series. That combined with the recent remaster of Baten Kaitos on switch, I think it is decently likely for it to get a remake eventually.
Xenoblade is definitely owned by Nintendo
@@__Soya__ Xenosaga not Xenoblade.
@@June26A7 A mean let's be real here. We are not getting remakes. At best, we will get ports. Games didn't sell well enough to get a remake. I think Monolith just wanted to make a reference.
@@erkantiryaki5542 That's my bad. Also events like Xenosaga might of happened before xenoblade but the games themselves can never be canon.
@@__Soya__ There would have to be some retcons to make it cannon but not huge ones. The biggest problem is the existence of the Zohar and the Conduit, but that can be solved. One could be an emulator for the other.
To be fair, Pac-Man was a series that essentially almost died in the 2010's due to the disasterous reboot (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures) and being demoted because of said reboot's failure and regulated to mobile-tier shovelware for the remainder of the decade.
The remake of the first Pac-Man World was basically the thing that singlehandedly saved the series from it's dark age and even then the series still has management issues, particularly with the legal mess surrounding Ms. Pac-Man.
I wouldn't really count Ridge Racer Unbounded as a mainline game since it wasn't handled directly by namco and its also a huge departure from the traditional ridge racer formula going for more of a Flatout or Burnout take to gameplay which makes sense because Unbounded was developed by the same team Bugbear. But besides that its really depressing that we haven't had a true Ridge Racer game from Namco since Ridge Racer 7 which was released 16 years ago, I really hope we get a new mainline game in the future probably as a launch title like they usually do. But regardless this is a great video looking back at Namco's history, this one has to be my favorite so far! hope to see more in the future.
This is absolutely Amazing. keep it up my dude!!
While the sudden drought of Sailor Moon games in the last few years is unfortunate, with not even the franchise's 30th Anniversary last year being enough of a push to make / announce a new one, there are indeed a great amount of SM games already released during the series' initial run for any fan to enjoy. And most of them have since been getting English fan translations recently. Makes one wonder why so very few of these were officially released overseas, considering just how big the series was back then. But still, hopefully a new game gets made soon.
Aside from the fighting and beat em up games mentioned, there're also some puzzle games and a visual novel game for the PC Engine CD too. The latter even has an original story set during the show's second season (while the Super Famicom RPG takes place after the third) and both it and the arcade beat em up make use of impressive pixel art renditions of key art that very closely matches the art of the show itself. And one of the fighting games in particular, a Super Famicom entry based on the third season (Sailor Moon S), has recently become notorious for being an early effort done by Arc System Works, now of Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball FighterZ fame; as well as for it having very broken and unbalanced gameplay overall. And after being rediscovered by some fighting game fans a few years ago, it has since turned into a cult favorite in the fighting game community and has even been featured in various tournaments.
It truly is unfair that Sailor Moon seems to get the short end of the
stick when it comes to licensed games getting an international
release while Dragon Ball Z keeps getting worldwide releases left
and right. I know the Magical Girl genre isn't exactly everyone's
cup of tea, but there people out there who would love to
play these on an actual console/ PC/ handheld system and
not have to go to the App Store to play some mobile game
in which micro transactions are involved. Heck I'd even
settle for a Warriors style game or even a remake/remaster
of Sailor Moon Another Story with all the voice actors from
the Viz dub returning to reprise their roles.
Super hyped for this one !!! Already pre ordered Armored Core 6 by the way ! 👍
Hey Kai, it's worth noting that God Eater was continued through Code Vein in 2019. The game takes place in the world of God Eater and is a Souls-like. Largely this should keep the God Eater franchise as an existing series. Not sure if there will be a follow-up sequel though.
hah, *of course* Trombe would be the music accompanying the SRW segment.
Desperately hoping for a new Mr. Driller game, or at least Dig Dug/Baraduke/Star Trigon. I love Susumu and the Hori family. Sad how 2 out of the 3 sub-series (not including Star Trigon as it was a one-off) are essentially dead. This franchise is one of my all time favorites.
59:14 WOW!!! I really did not expect you to put Digimon on the "Flagships" 😳, I thought it would be "Mainstay" at much; specially considering that Bandai Namco seems to treat the IP as "less important" than some of their other stuff like Gundam or Dragon Ball......still, I'm happy that people are finally recognizing Digimon's own worth!!! 😄
We still need a port of Time Crisis 5…
He forgot to put Xenosaga into the dead tier on the tier list even though he brought it up in the video.
I love this concept
Keep up the good work bro
Honestly Super Robot Wars has kinda interesting story regarding why it has no Western release. One of the big Ossues that hindered a western release was ironically it's nature as a mecha crossover title. Due too multiple parties it is basically stuck in licensing hell not only due to japanese corps but also american (like how harmony gold would make it impossible for any games with macross in it too apear in the west due to robotech). The devs where however aware about that even the west where big fans of the series and one loopway to get it olayable in the west was that most of the latter game also had an english translation in their asia releases and the only thing left to do was too import the games.
Whoa, this is a super cool video. I like this, definitely subscribed!
Wow this was great! Though I didn't see Dead to Rights or Nino Kuni.... Didn't Namco and Bandai Namco publish these games?
Dead To Rights should be an inherited property for Bandai Namco, as for Ni No Kuni...Idk who has the rights to it, since the developer Level-5 publishes the game in Japan themselves
I don’t know what to say, so, great job and keep up the great work!
Good video, Kai.
It's honestly pretty sad how much they focus on the licensed IPs over their original ones.
I know it's what makes the most money, but still, many of these are dead in the water, including those that died with defunct mobile games.
I checked how many games BN published, and around half of them were based on pre-existing non-video game IPs.
Yeah though that's mostly due to the Bandai side of things. Namco itself is the part with most of the cool original game stuff, but from what I've seen they aren't about making new entries in old classics that have dormant
@@MagillanicaLouM Well, that's something Namco should work on, especially if they're serious competing head to toe with the likes of Nintendo and Sega in terms of new games. Namco has lot of great IPs just collecting dust these days and They've been doing that for quite a long time. It's time Namco revive these IPs from the dead. Bring back Mappy, seriously. That's a really great series Namco shouldn't have abandoned to begin with. Bring back Bravoman, Wonder Momo, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder. The list goes on. Pacman shouldn't be the only classic franchise for Namco to make new entries of.
@@retrofan4963 agreed
@@retrofan4963 Even Bandai's original IPs are a bit questionable. They're doing way better than most of Namco's dead franchises, but get nowhere near the same level of treatment as the licensed properties (and Gundam now that BN has 100% ownership)
Digimon had a game that released last year that didn't do that well, Little Tail Bronx got a game this year but without BN's involvement, and .hack got a port of a remaster last year, but there are discussions of a new game in the series. They've all gotten something, but they're still niche compared to their usual output.
Speaking of their 80s IPs, they at least tried with Shiftylook but that nowhere. They still appear in collections and Arcade Archives, which is already way better than some of the niche 90s arcade IPs which still remain unported and forgotten.
They're putting all their energy into Tekken which I commend, at least for the quality of the game itself.
The main issue I believe is that there are way too many mouths to feed, but most of those mouths don't even belong to them. (The franchises as a whole, not the VG rights, which they do own)
It really is a shame. I wish that Bandai Namco could focus some of their efforts into revitalizing and bringing some new light into those IPs that have been pretty much laying dormant for decades at this point. Maybe find a way to integrate the characters and Worlds into the PAC-MAN series at least? I don't know, I just don't want to have to wait for the next Namco Museum or whatever for those games and characters to receive recognition again.
Its crazy how they went from making many franchises, to barley any new franchises.
My favorite Bandai Namco franchises are Pac-Man, Galaxian, Soulcalibur, TEKKEN, Taiko no Tatsujin, and Mr. Driller.
Mr. Driller is one of my favorites too!
Legend of Kai: "They're certainly doing a better job than Sega that's for sure. But then again, that's not necessarily a hard thing to achieve."
Sega: "Ight bet"
I'm so sad you didn't cut to the Atari ad when talking about Pole Position, I still have that one living rent-free in my brain.
little nightmares is getting a new game next year probably its more of a flagship franchise now
Great original and licensed games, truly Bandai Namco is one of the greatest companies.
I hope Numen Athletics gets a port in some kind of arcade bundle, this is the only time you'll catch me rooting for a sports game outside of Mario & Sonic Olympic titles.
Okay a few things.
1. Thank you so much for these videos they are truly a treat.
2. Your Japanese is pretty solid when pronouncing Japanese games, curious if you’ve studied any
3. ONE PIECE IS PEAK FICTION LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO!
Edit: bro really did Robin like that 😭
One piece is certainly the peak, and no haven't studied it just enjoy my anime/manga to the point where I've heard enough Japanese to help pronouncing lmao
@@Legend-of-Kai Idk if you’re into this… but I’d love to see you do an anime and or manga tier list 🤔
@@bozodluffy1818 I probably wouldn't mind it I am a big fan of anime and manga, but I'm not sure much of my audience would be interested
@@Legend-of-KaiWhat does it have to do with it?Chinese
@@Legend-of-Kaibandai in japanese
Why? Chinese
Nice to see you are a fellow OP fan. I pray for a One Piece FighterZ every day.
You should untangle the messes that are Gust, Falcom and NIS
Great vid man! Really love these series and I watch little by little as vids are long, I mean it is not like I am a one piece fan 👀. That thang is just too long! Bleach on the other hand 👌🔥
Can we have SNK next? That would be veeeeeeery interesting and maybe would take a bit less of time than this Namco's and Sega's😅
Keep it up!
Damn Bandai namco is bigger than Disney and Activision blizzard and Xbox, Hasbro and Sony. Can you do Atari.
Epilepsy warning at 46:24 and 55:09
Yoooo let’s gooo new vid!!!!
lol i enjoyed one piece odyssey a lot and the pirate warriors games are some of my favs!
also as a fan of naruto I can say shippuden isn't like the best ever lol i enjoy the OG series more too
I can't hear "Ridge Racer" without hearing it in my head as that E3 CEO trying to hype the crowd: "Riiii-iii-i-i-i-idge Rrrrrracerrrr!!!!"
Xenosaga is owned by Bandai Namco
one thing i remember about bandai namco is prior to 2015 alot of their namco games would be branded as such and vice versa with bandai
i know konami and square enix are planned to be the next two, but an snk episode is what i'm looking forward to
I agree with you but I actually want to see koei tecmo next
Bro why don't you start a series in which you cover evolution of collectors editions of entire franchises like that of uncharted, Mario, zelda etc. It would be very interesting to watch and something fresh which no one has done yet in my opinion. ❤
Props for using the more popular logo.
Re: Xenosaga it may not be as dead as you think, judging by Xenoblade 3 Future Redeemed’s ending
Aren't they two separate franchises?
@@AUM_-po9sc not anymore
Since miyazaki has basically confirmed ds3 was the last dark souls idk if you can call it a flagship without including the other soulsborne games
Gotta love the refusal to use the new company logo lol
Tower of Daruga had its own theme park ride for a while. Sadly Namco shut down the park in 2000 so I dont think there is a lot of images of it floating around.
Man I love Digimon, especially the games, but sometimes it feels like the series is kept alive by the spite fans have for Bandai. Before Survive released I remember one if the higher ups on the game said the budget they get for the games is largely decided by the success of the previous game. And paired with the extremely limited PR for Digimon outside Japan it's depressing to think the company would pull the plug on western release again if the games don't do well.
Great that you took positive feedbaxk with some of your statements.
Do one of this for Sony.
So many dead franchises after PS3 ended.
i look forward to these videos
Awesome video as usual! But i just wanted to point out that you're pronouncing the word "adaptation" funny, as you omit the 'ta-' part
Rally-X's legacy is as the most overpowered item in Smash
You forgot Cosmo Gang
I know its probably in at best Life Support tier (but probably lower) but you still forgot it
The bricks in the original Tank Battalion give me flashbacks to Eric and the Floaters...
Good video,...
But just one thing : the first Digimon game was "Digital Monster Ver. S: Digimon Tamers" on Saturn (23/09/1998).
Yoh, always looking for more ring.
First time I've seen Digimon above One Piece in something in a while. Really happy to see it get the flagship recognition.
Feel like you missed Armored Core, but that's just me. Bamco has published the last 3 games after all, even if that seems a bit unfair. But if they own the Souls series, I feel it's fair to drop Bamco as well as the owner of Armored Core (currently). Not sure what your standards were.
Another solid video though, love these!
We are so back
Do Level5
How did Kissy fumble the bag that hard 😭
Just ask i know jojo not have many games with same title but why not mention that game
Where's Weekly Shonen Jump Games?
1:01:10 The MotoGP games from Namco are not average. Ignore the journalists and instead look deeper at the fanbase. Many fans would agree those games have good controls and the physics were well coded. Each MotoGP entries added more content than the previous ones until MotoGP 4 which was considered by many to be the best game in the Namco series due to the full rider rosters/tracks of the same irl season. The game was that good that it can also rival some of the later MotoGP games.
Also, you forgot to mention the Namco MotoGP series originated from an early arcade exclusive Namco game, 500 GP so technically, there are six games.
Btw, the footage you shown in that segment (before the Milestone scene) is not from any of the Namco MotoGP games which means it can be very misleading to any viewers that are familiar with the series
Super Robot Wars only stayed in Japan or on SEA territory the majority of time because the license nightmare, that's why SRW 30 was a miracle of miracles (maybe that explains why not a single Gainax franchise is in that game, or was a coincidence), but the OG titles, like Masokishin and others, they can be release outside Japan but somebody in Bandai Namco needs to yell that games never left Japan.
Also, did you know the Project X Zone games are canon for the SRW OG games? Because the fisrt PxZ game features Zanger Zonvolt, a SRW OG character and Haken Browning, from SRW Endles Frontier, who they re appear in SRW Moon Dwellers, who are the very same of that PxZ game. Also there is this character, named Gillian Jagger, who appear way back in a obscure JRPG game named Hero Senki: Project Olympus, a crossover game with Gundam, Kamen Rider and Ultraman, in that game, he was the final boss, who entered in a dimensional warp, made him travel across various SRW games and non SRW games, to finally stay in the SRW OG games, meaning, the interaction of Gundams, Ultramans, Kamen Riders, and now characters from Capcom, Sega, and thanks to PxZ2, Nintendo, make that the one of the biggest, if not the biggest multimedia crossover that ever exist and it's canon thanks to SRW OG Moon Dwellers. (Sorry for my broken grammar)
I like to be an schizo and put shin megami tensei in the canon, because Dante was also in PxZ.
Soulcalibur sold more units than I thought it's weird no one seems to talk about the series outside of the Dreamcast game and part two having Link.
Nihon Falcom please 😢is one of my favorite company is super underrated and I think they deserve more love 😔Thanks for the video I love it I gonna watch konami now ❤🙏
I’d love to see one on square Enix one day
As for my favourites they are dragon ball pac man soul calibur and tekken
Definitely want you to do SQUENIX next, Konami is kind of not making games anymore?
i didn't even realize many games i played are from bandai namco
starting from klonoa, then tekken and souledge series,then taiko no tatsujin, then ace combat, then idolm@ster, then lastly tales of vesperia
sure they have tons of game libraries
SAO: Alicization is the last game according to the writer as he wants to focus on the anime instead of also tying it into the game series so it sadly may be a dead franchise depending on whether Bandai Namco can think of new storylines for games going forwards even if the anime writer is no longer interested in continuing
Too bad.
Some of the SAO games were actually fun.
I agree 100%: Original Naruto is peak shonen while I could never past the first 10 episodes of Shippudden
I would sell my soul to bandai. Scratch that, already HAVE sold my soul or at least a substantial amount of it already.
Sony or Square Enix next
You forgot the jojo series who as 4 games edited by BN.
How i missed this video?
Anyway great video, there are franchises i think need to rank higher (ridge racer need to be on it exists because playstation plus, dig dog need to be at least on zombie or life support and taiko need to be flagship they add him on mario kart arcade gp) and lower (mappy need to be zombie, sword art online need to be on it exists and god eater need to be on life support because the franchise didn’t got anything new)
song at 12:59??
What about the Dark Pictures franchise, especially since Supermassive Games laid off 100 of its staff? Would you consider them in limbo?
Great video 👍 My vote is for Konami❤
39:50 even in this video, Trombe overides
God, my eyes. The Point Blank section is seizurecore. I hope you fixed that in the compilation...
Came back to watch this after Armored Core 6 release, and I think it's gotta go in the Mainstay tier!
I just started watching the video but I don't see Armored Core on the timestamp list. Even if it was though, Namco Bandai has only published three AC games, Armored Core 5, Armored Core Verdict Day, and Armored Core 6. Yeah it's their IP now, but the series famously has bounced around publishers and even more confusingly was published by different companies in different regions. It's especially weird when games in the same generation were published by different companies. AgeTec (formerly Ascii) published Armored Core all the way through Last Raven in the US, but Sega published Armored Core 4, and Ubisoft published it's sequel, Armored Core For Answer. It's very bizarre.
Don't forget playstation studios franchises or ubisoft franchises
28:53 Not to mention rolling thunder inspired the Shinobi series by Sega
If we want to get technical, Galaxian/Galaga is probably their most active franchise when you take in consideration Galaga, Galaxian, Baraduke, Dig Dug, Mr. Driller, Ace Combat, Xevious and more are part of one big narrative. Yeah... A video game universe lmao. The Dig Dug thing confused me with Baraduke too until I found out that the Pookas are aliens? If I'm not mistaken Air Combat is one gigantic prequel.
Yup and Ace Combat 3 is the first game in the big Namco verse
@@QF_Dan72And Ridge Racer is connected with Ace Combat since the mascot of the former is sisters with a character in the latter.
Wait, pookas are aliens? WHERE IS THIS INFORMATION I MUST KNOW
I'm pretty sure Pac-Man would also fall into there considering Pookas appear in numerous Pac-Man games.
What a wonderful video!
Out of all the game series on this list I can only say that Ridge Racer is number one for me. Not a single game has music that rivals it on here, some are damn good but not RIDGE RACER good.
Hope to see EA soon
I’ve only played the two Swordcraft Story games of Summon Night and they’re clearly different but I loved those. It’s a shame that they’re only spinoffs of a dead franchise. I’d play the hell out of them as mainstays
Also I also thought the taiko mascot was sushi.