Strike appears in all of the names, but that doesn't make it a given that people will know they are related. If I remember correctly, they put "the sequel to Desert Strike" on the box of Jungle Strike, so they might have figured it wasn't obvious.
***EDIT***
The developers clearly were worried that you wouldn't know about the relation because each game box art said the following:
Desert Strike
Jungle Strike - The sequel to Desert Strike
Urban Strike - The sequel to Jungle Strike
Soviet Strike - From the creators of the Desert Strike Trilogy
Man, I totally forgot about that one. I love the Darius series and have both Darius Twin and Super Nova right next to each other. I was looking at my collection seeing if there were more examples and I totally overlooked that one.
How about Mega Man & Bass for the SNES? It takes place after Mega Man 8, so is clearly the next installment in this series. But, it got a name that looks like it has nothing to do with the series at all.
To add to the confusion, many years later there was a separate Mega Man 9 released for the Wii, so that complicates things even more. Mega Man & Bass is now between 8 & 9, so how does that work?
Robo Warrior (NES) (was called 'Bomber King' in Japan and was originally meant to be the sequel to Bomberman, before Bomberman II came out as the 'true' sequel) ->
Blaster Master Boy (Game Boy) (Actually 'Bomber King 2' in Japan) '
Also on Game Boy to add to the confusion...
Wario Blast! featuring Bomberman (Actually 'Bomberman GB' in Japan) ->
First off some of the game listed in this thread are successors not sequels. Ikaruga is not a sequel to Radiant Silvergun. A sequel IMO is a game that takes place in the same universe with most of the same characters from the previous game.
So guys, I just remembered this crazy clusterf**k.
What do Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Roger Rabbit, Woody Woodpecker, Garfield, some cartoon called Hugo, Kid Klown, and the Ghostbusters have in common? Well they were all part of one game series of course!
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES, USA)
--- Roger Rabbit (Famicom, Japan)
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy, USA)
--- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy, PAL Regions)
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Without seeing and playing all of them, it might not be obvious that Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and The Last Guardian are related.
Damn, you beat me to it.
Desert Strike
Jungle Strike
Urban Strike
Soviet Strike
Nuclear Strike
Strike appears in all of the names, but that doesn't make it a given that people will know they are related. If I remember correctly, they put "the sequel to Desert Strike" on the box of Jungle Strike, so they might have figured it wasn't obvious.
***EDIT***
The developers clearly were worried that you wouldn't know about the relation because each game box art said the following:
Desert Strike
Jungle Strike - The sequel to Desert Strike
Urban Strike - The sequel to Jungle Strike
Soviet Strike - From the creators of the Desert Strike Trilogy
Nuclear Strike - The sequel to Soviet Strike
- 1986 - Arcade game Wonder Boy is released by Sega/Westone.
- Adventure Island for NES is an altered port of the 1986 arcade game. Hudson had the rights to publish as long as they changed the characters.
- Sega released a straight port on the SMS.
- 1987 - Arcade game 'Wonder Boy in Monster Land', first Wonder Boy sequel.
- Sega did a straight port on the SMS.
- Hudson released their own version on the PC Engine called Bikkuriman World, again with altered characters.
- A Brazilian company named TecToy reworked and released it as 'Monica no Castelo Do Dragao', also on SMS.
- Jaleco ported an unauthorized version called Saiyuki World to Famicom. (Saiyuki World 2 was reworked and released in the US as Whomp 'Em).
- 1988 - Arcade game Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair was released.
- Sega did a straight port to the Genesis/MD.
- Hudson did a straight port to the PC Engine.
- The US version (TG-16) was just called 'Monster Lair'.
- 1989 - Sega released an original game, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, because they wanted a Wonder Boy III game on the SMS.
- Hudson released it as 'Dragon's Curse' on the TG-16, and 'Adventure Island' on the PC Engine.
- 1991 - Sega released Wonder Boy V: Monster World III on the MegaDrive. It was called Wonder Boy in Monster World on the Genesis.
- Hudson ported the game to the PC Engine as Dynastic Hero.
- Hudson created Adventure Island II on the Famicom/NES.
- 1992 - Hudson created Super Adventure Island on the Super Famicom/SNES.
- Hudson created Adventure Island III on the Famicom/NES.
- Hudson created New Adventure Island on the PC Engine/TG-16.
- 1994 - Sega released Monster World IV on the MegaDrive.
- Hudson created Adventure Island 4 for the Famicom (Takahashi Meijin no Boken Jima 4).
- 1995 - Hudson created Super Adventure Island 2 for the Super Famicom/SNES.
I read that in the same voice that did the dates part in Falco's Rock Me Amadeus.
7th Saga and Mystic Ark
Super Nova and any other Darius game
Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga
Man, I totally forgot about that one. I love the Darius series and have both Darius Twin and Super Nova right next to each other. I was looking at my collection seeing if there were more examples and I totally overlooked that one.
Originally posted by: jonebone
On Genesis, El Viento is a sequel to Earnest Evans. On SNES, Rival Turf is followed by Brawl Brothers and then The Peace Keepers finished the trilogy.
Nice one, most people don't realize it's the "Rushing Beat" trilogy
I recently learned that Konami made an Arcade game called Mystic Ninja that was basically a successor to Sunset Riders!
Mystic Warriors
To add to the confusion, many years later there was a separate Mega Man 9 released for the Wii, so that complicates things even more. Mega Man & Bass is now between 8 & 9, so how does that work?
Drakengard 2
Nier
Drakengard 3
Nier: Automata
First Blood
Rambo: First Blood Part 2
Rambo III
Rambo
I mean, what's wrong with people?
Bomberman (Famicom/NES) ->
Robo Warrior (NES) (was called 'Bomber King' in Japan and was originally meant to be the sequel to Bomberman, before Bomberman II came out as the 'true' sequel) ->
Blaster Master Boy (Game Boy) (Actually 'Bomber King 2' in Japan) '
Also on Game Boy to add to the confusion...
Wario Blast! featuring Bomberman (Actually 'Bomberman GB' in Japan) ->
Bomberman GB (Actually 'Bomberman GB2' in Japan.)
Star Gladiator - Plasma Sword
Rival Schools - Project Justice
X-Men Children of the Atom - Marvel Super Heroes
The Mark of Kri - Rise of the Kasai
Commando followed by MERCS
Joe & Mac followed by Congo's Caper followed by Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics (at least in Europe they did release it as Joe & Mac 3)
Maniac Mansion followed by Day of the Tentacle
Snake Rattle 'N Roll (NES) followed by Sneaky Snakes (GB)
A Boy and His Blob (NES) followed by The Rescue of Princess Blobette (GB)
Flashback followed by Fade to Black
The Magical Quest followed by The Great Circus Mystery
Not really sequels but kind of:
Kid Kool (NES), Psycho Fox (Master System), Decap Attack (Genesis)
And there's the Illusion series:
Castle of Illusion
World of Ilusion
Land of Illusion
Legend of Illusion
So guys, I just remembered this crazy clusterf**k.
What do Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse, Roger Rabbit, Woody Woodpecker, Garfield, some cartoon called Hugo, Kid Klown, and the Ghostbusters have in common? Well they were all part of one game series of course!
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (NES, USA)
--- Roger Rabbit (Famicom, Japan)
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy, USA)
--- The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (Game Boy, PAL Regions)
--- Mickey Mouse (Game Boy, Japan)
The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 2 (Game Boy, USA)
--- Mickey Mouse 2 (Game Boy, Japan)
--- Mickey Mouse (Game Boy, PAL Regions)
--- Hugo (Game Boy, PAL Regions)
Kid Klown in Night Mayor World (NES, USA)
--- Mickey Mouse 3 (Famicom, Japan)
The Real Ghostbusters (Game Boy, USA)
--- Mickey Mouse 4 (Famicom, Japan)
--- Garfield Labyrinth (Game Boy, PAL Regions)
Mickey Mouse Magic Wands (Game Boy, USA)
--- Mickey Mouse 5 (Game Boy, Japan)
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 (Game Boy / Color, USA)
--- Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 (Game Boy/Color, Japan)
--- Go! Go! Kid! (Game Boy/Color, Japan)
--- Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 (Game Boy/Color, PAL Regions)
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4 (Game Boy Color, USA)
--- Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4 (Game Boy Color, Japan)
Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5 (Game Boy Advance, USA)
--- Woody Woodpecker Crazy Castle 5 (Game Boy Advance, Japan)
WHAT THE.....%#((*&*(%@&;@ *( !)*(%
And then all the tie-ins too.
Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout is the first example, but what about the entire Kid Klown series now?
OH WAIT, Kemco is a total screwball because guess what else....
Did you know that Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular on the NES...is Donald Duck in Japan.
That's some Wonderboy levels of confusion right there.
Balloon Fight -> Hello Kitty World (Released on Gameboy as Balloon Kid)
Tail Concerto -> Solatorobo
The Osu Series -> Elite Beat Agents
Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!: What did I do to Deserve this! -> What Did I do to deserve this, My Lord? 2 -> No Heroes Allowed!
Adventures of Lomax is a spinoff of the Lemmings series
The Disgaea series, Phantom Brave, Makai Kingdom, and Soul Nomad have a lot of crossover
Mobile Light Force 1 is actually a (shitty) localization of Gunbird
Mobile Light Force 2 is a (shitty) localization Castle of Shikigami 1
Then Castle of Shikigami 2 and 3 were localized with original content in-tact