Game Ideas for 2012 Marathon [locked]

2011-01-19 05:53:03 pm

Quote from Flip:

Even if you can't make it to the next marathon, a LittleBigPlanet run would be a great addition to the site!

I'm actually surprised no one has done this before. There have been mentions, but they seem to have been long forgotten.

Naegleria

(user is banned)

2011-01-19 05:53:55 pm

Earthbound would be awesome. I used to hate RPGs till I played Earthbound and Star Ocean 2. Earthbound is popular and entertaining. I don't think the Star Ocean games are particularly popular RPGs, and they are certainly not short. Any Fallout game would be pretty decent, and not too long either.

But if you don't care about length, I could start practicing FFX and race someone.

Grogman

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2011-01-19 05:55:50 pm

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but IMO a Phantasy Star run would be awesome. I'm terrible at it myself, but if anyone could do it that would be amazing.

ZenicReverie

2011-01-19 06:20:19 pm

Waiting hurts my soul...

Anyone with a good DS recording rig that can come to the next marathon would allow for DS games.

Also, some more games:

Lost Vikings
Maniac Mansion
Lunar (1 or 2)
Tenchu (1 or 2)
Psychonauts
Shadow Hearts
Shining Force
EVO
Lemmings

PSP Games? Prinny? Half-Minute Hero?

randomzero

2011-01-19 06:35:32 pm

More races. Specifically for the Mario and Zelda games. Race between two different games could be interesting if they were games more people were familiar with next year.

Anyway, game ideas:

God of War(any of the 3)
Assassin's Creed(any of the 3)
3D Dot Game Heroes
Mirror's Edge
Darksiders
Final Fantasy 13
All of the Halo games

Eldar

2011-01-19 06:39:27 pm

Quote from Axel Ryman:

Quote from Eldar:

I thoroughly enjoyed Kingdom Hearts 2 this year, so it'd be awesome to have it next year! If Axel Ryman is up for it of course (or anyone else for that matter).

Kingdom Hearts 2

Proud Mode

All Worlds + Sephiroth

Except Atlantica

Yeah right Tongue

I doubt people would wanna see it, but then again it's also a maybe.

Now you must do it! Cheesy

Zeupar

2011-01-19 06:55:17 pm

Sonical!

Quote from randomzero:

Mirror's Edge

This.

kariohki

2011-01-19 09:45:46 pm

waifus are laifu

Shorter RPGs like Rhapsody, Valkyrie Profile, or Suikoden would be nice. And more Treasure games, cause those are always a blast.

Phở

2011-01-19 09:50:58 pm

Too cool for 7th grade.

Color a Dinosaur 100%

I'd also like to see Sonic Adventure.

ZenicReverie

2011-01-19 09:57:24 pm

Waiting hurts my soul...

Quote from Kari:

Shorter RPGs like Rhapsody, Valkyrie Profile, or Suikoden would be nice. And more Treasure games, cause those are always a blast.

On that note, I'll suggest Bangai-O (Dreamcast). Would be awesome to see that game in action live.

Josh the Funkdoc

2011-01-19 10:43:37 pm

spread the dirt to the populace

Valkyrie Profile is still my all-time favorite video game (non-competitive, anyway). That said, there are far too many unskippable cutscenes to make it a good marathon pick and I'm surprised it's getting as much love as it is itt.

I'll probably have more to say later but I need to think about things besides marathons for awhile...

mikwuyma

2011-01-19 11:22:26 pm

My feelings on The Demon Rush

2012 Marathon:

Suggested games still being suggested.

1000 hours and counting.

Seriously, try to pass this stuff by when we actually start planning for the 2012 marathon. I think between the lot of you, we've passed 150 hours :X

Mickey_Mage

2011-01-19 11:36:58 pm

Glitching EB 1 flying man at a time

Well, we definitely speedran this thread anyway...

ZenicReverie

2011-01-19 11:43:31 pm

Waiting hurts my soul...

It's like the speedrun request thread (part 2: the marathon wars).

MAS8705

2011-01-19 11:44:54 pm

SDA Apprentice -- (3-1)

Quote from ZenicReverie:

It's like the speedrun request thread (part 2: the marathon wars).

Hmm... is it too late to change the title of the thread?

Arrow

2011-01-20 02:33:10 am

Now a hit show on the CW

I think it's a good time to start discussing it, since the marathon is still fresh in our minds and we can remember what the viewers were talking about. But obviously this is all going to depend on who can actually show up for next year's marathon, and I think a lot of people here won't be able to commit to that until we get much closer to the date.

Sir VG

2011-01-20 02:35:55 am

Fucking Weeaboo

Yeah, there's no real way of knowing now exactly what we can do next year and who's gonna be there. I mainly want to hit what Arrow said - get the ideas that are fresh in our minds from the marathon of the "what ifs" and "we should have..." on paper (so to speak) so we have something to look back for next year.

CrypticJacknife

2011-01-20 02:41:57 am

Ganondorf = Donkey Kong LOOK IT UP!!

Less 4-6 hour RPG's. More games that people under 20 have heard of (e.g N64 era onwards). 'Nuff said.
Also, MOAR SURGE BOARDS!!!! =)

InsipidMuckyWater

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2011-01-20 07:51:32 am

Visit my profile to see my runs!

How is it too early for this? I'll even go further and suggest that there's justification for this beyond recording what is fresh in our minds. Planning This Year's Marathon was first posted back in May, and much of this forum got rolling over the summer, if I remember correctly. If we're talking about having a possible summer marathon, I don't see the problem.

Plus, what Arrow said. Besides, this forum seems somewhat permanent these days, so we might as well use it to its fullest. At the same time we discuss the aftermath of the past marathon, there is no reason not also to start discussion on the next.

I do agree that this thread could turn into another Request Thread (that is not a positive, in my estimation). Hopefully it does not get out of hand. Maybe whoever started it might want to consider posting a list of candidate games in the first post. This list would be limited only to popular ideas or practical ones, to help eliminate the clutter. How we determine which those are is the question. Maybe a Suggest and "Seconded" system for which games to include? I dunno, it's probably premature to get into that kind of stuff, but it's an idea for future reference.

How is it too early for this? I'll even go further and suggest that there's justification for this beyond recording what is fresh in our minds.  Planning This Year's Marathon was first posted back in May, and much of this forum got rolling over the summer, if I remember correctly. If we're talking about having a possible summer marathon, I don't see the problem.

Plus, what Arrow said.  Besides, this forum seems somewhat permanent these days, so we might as well use it to its fullest. At the same time we discuss the aftermath of the past marathon, there is no reason not also to start discussion on the next.

I do agree that this thread could turn into another Request Thread (that is not a positive, in my estimation). Hopefully it does not get out of hand.  Maybe whoever started it might want to consider posting a list of candidate games in the first post.  This list would be limited only to popular ideas or practical ones, to help eliminate the clutter. How we determine which those are is the question.  Maybe a Suggest and "Seconded" system for which games to include?  I dunno, it's probably premature to get into that kind of stuff, but it's an idea for future reference.

Zeo

2011-01-20 09:23:33 am

Zelda 2 race, TGES rules. Kristian and breakdown

the only real issue i see is luck, but that's part of a tournament.

I have no name

2011-01-20 09:34:52 am

Obscure games ftw

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Spyro yet.

PJ

2011-01-20 09:55:29 am

Is PJ

Quote from I have no name:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Spyro yet.

I'm not. <_<

neskamikaze

2011-01-20 10:09:57 am

Quote from PJ:

Quote from I have no name:

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Spyro yet.

I'm not. <_<

I'd love to see the first Spyro, just none of them besides that.

Aitamen

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2011-01-20 10:39:46 am

Bwahahaha... there WILL be domination!

If I'm able to attend, I'd like to run MegaMan: the Power Battles. Any other runs I'd do would be 2P runs, I think, unless people would want to see me stomp NG+ Mystic Heroes?

I'm guessing MM:tPB would probably be allowed because the run + setup probably won't even be 10 minutes, but the Mystic Heroes run is ~ an hour real time, hoping for at least sub-40 game time. I don't know if that much time should be dedicated to what is essentially "Dynasty Warriors: Cute".

Also, @Zenic, I have King's Field for PS2 and loved it, but a lot of the speedrunning tricks available would make it a very risky game to run (mistake = death = 3 minutes of load time + whatever retravel time, and that's if you saved at every checkpoint...)

Zealie

2011-01-20 10:50:22 am

I think this thread is a bit useless (I kinda agree with Mike).

And on top of that, shouldn't it be more logical to find out who's actually going go the marathon (and can do the runs he/she wants to do) before compiling some huge ass list of games that you would want to see.

Of course it could be that if you promote some games well people that go to the marathon are willing to practice for it.

Ah well, I'll shush now.