Comments on: TOP TEN FRANCHISES (PLUS FOUR) on which I would love to work (in no particular order)

By: E. W. Lynch

E. W. Lynch — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:28:35 +0000

Ah Robert, I knew I could count on you to flame me for that one.

By: Robert Lynch

Robert Lynch — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:45:52 +0000

What the hell is a Robot Suit? Chozo Battle Armor does shit tons more than a silly Robot Suit. They don’t call her The Hunter because of a Robot Suit, and a mere Robot Suit would not at all explain prophecies of the Newborn.

But yeah, I’d love to see you do Metroid–especially if it involved Samus locked in combat with Ridley.

By: E. W. Lynch

E. W. Lynch — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:50:38 +0000

Thanks for that, John. Spelling corrected!

Also, I think I intentionally leaned towards lo-fi art games because it leaves me more room for artistic interpretation.

Anime is a tough nut to crack as well since I don’t draw manga. Still it might be fun to reinterpret the characters in my own style…

By: John Lynch

John Lynch — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:34:03 +0000

Great post!

I’m not sure if there’s anything I would add to it. I’ll note that despite consuming a decent amount of anime, your only Japanese franchises are video games with lo-fi art. What about something like Neon Genesis Evangelion (giant semi-organic robots) or Cowboy Bebop (space western; Jet seems right up your alley)? As with Automata, you would be lending your own style to a universe whose orthodox style is vastly different from your own.

Also, you probably want to spell “Fantasy” correctly. =P