Remakes

[Incognitus]

I want to see a Square classics line. Again, not ****ed with, enhanced. The greats don't need tuning. First and foremost, XENOGEARS. This game didn't get to realize it's potential to be the best game ever made. It has the best storyline in any game I've ever played, hands down, and that's saying a lot.
Ogre Battle: March of The Black Queen. Excellent game that could use a graphics upgrade, some new classes, monster units, and stages.
FF1-8 & Tactics. Would be great to play these games with fresh experience and feel with new secrets and upgrades. Remaster the best of the franchise, reminding people there was greatness once, before IX and the Enix era.
Secret of Mana. I call it Zelda done properly. Great game that would benefit from from new graphics.

What I would do for any of these to be enhanced properly/not ****ed with.

I was pretty stoked when they were making the Xenosaga games because I figured if they were successful enough, they'd eventually circle back and just remake Xenogears in some way, or perhaps create a game around one of the earlier episodes in the Xenogears series, i.e. a previous incarnation of Elly and Fei. How could would that have been? I'd love to see another game in the Ogre Battle franchise. I have fond memories of the SNES and N64 versions. FIGHT IT OUT!

Tactics would be interesting. It probably has the most remake potential, if I'm honest, but they probably won't because of the PSP port a few years back. And if they ever made a Final Fantasy VI remake/remaster, I'd target my nearest retailer and use Coin Toss like the blackjack-playin', world-travelin', casino-dwellin', airship-flyin', heart-stealin', eyebrow-raisin' gambler that... well, that I'd like to be.

Also, Rock & Roll Racing. This game you could fully reboot. Keep the fundamentals, add more vehicles, worlds, racers, weapons and upgrades for each vehicle, customization and tuning options, and make a career mode rather than just a single season before beating it. This game would do extremely well in the online era as well.

Points to you, sir, for even bringing this game up. What a fun game. I rented it at least a dozen times for the SNES back in the '90s. I should've just bought the damn game. Adding customization/tuning options would be awesome. I salivate at the thought of an online mode.

How much of a headache would the licensing issues be in this day of digital rights, though? Back in the day, they could get away with nasty-sounding MIDI versions of songs like "Bad to the Bone" and "Born to be Wild." Today? Well, I guess if any company has the cash to pull it off, it's Activision-Blizzard.