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Top 10 Games That Came Out On The Wrong Console


here we have some great games but we
can’t help but feel that they could have
been better
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be counting down our picks to the top
ten games they came out on the wrong
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content for this list we’re looking at
games that debuted on consoles that
alienated their audiences or longtime
fans at hardware limitations or were
just an odd choice in general and what
is it that you came to fetch my man real
funny
number 10 cameo elements of power xbox
360 originally a launch title for the
system rares fantasy platformer began
life destined for the n64 before being
announced for the Gamecube then
Microsoft bought out rare and the game
was reworked for the original Xbox
before finally ending up on the 360 in
that time many changes from the original
concept were made and the graphics were
updated to add more detail
while it proves popular with critics
upon release cameos mix of cartoony rare
visuals and Nintendo like gameplay made
it difficult to find a target audience
on a console synonymous with
first-person shooters and games with
more mature content
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number nine alien versus Predator Atari
Jaguar the Jaguar was infamous for being
hard to program games for having
lackluster software and a controller
that was them compensating for something
despite all of that and delays of its
own release this FPS was the real deal
not only was it heralded for having the
predator
alien Xenomorphs and colonial Marine
characters that had different gameplay
experiences but it also had a decent
looking 3d engine for the time plus ADB
was scary in a good horror movie kind of
way
being a console exclusive to the poor
selling Jaguar however meant that the
game would go down as a semi obscure
underappreciated gem number eight Mega
Man 6 in Tendo Entertainment System
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the Mega Man franchise has meant a lot
to the NES in its heyday
but by the time the sixth installment of
the Blue Bomber series debuted the Super
Nintendo took priority many of Mega
Man’s 8-bit contemporaries like Mario
and Link had made the jump to the SNES
and left him behind
what makes this decision even more
perplexing is that Megaman X had just
released on this Ness a few months prior
making this decision to release a game
on a system three years out of date very
ill-advised
fortunately Capcom learned from their
mistake and released Mega Man 7 on the
SNES the following year number seven
Bayonetta 2 we you missed you a lot
still knows how to make it in
the situation with this games inclusion
on this list is kind of frustrating
Bayonetta was a massive hit on the
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 with fans
eager for a sequel
they got one but here’s the catch with
Sega running into financial difficulties
Platinum Games had to partner with
Nintendo to continue making Bayonetta 2
thus the game became a console exclusive
for the Wii U Bayonetta 2 is a
phenomenal game but many ps3 and xbox360
fans were upset that they cannot get a
copy of the game for their chosen
console and sales suffered as a result
without Nintendo’s help however producer
at sushi Inaba stated that they attitude
wouldn’t exist at all number 6 Monster
Hunter Tri we
Monster Hunter Tri was the game that
changed the series’s trajectory forever
no this isn’t about the water levels
those things like a stone and never
resurfaced from this game forwards the
RPG series became exclusive to
Nintendo’s home and handheld console
prior to trys we debut the series was
exclusively released on Sony’s
PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable
devices with try originally set to
launch on the ps3 lockout column sites
expensive production costs for the
switch and the game selling really well
many fans felt that the weaker power of
the Wii severely held back the
franchise’s full potential while
spin-off Monster Hunter games still get
released on other consoles in Japan for
the main series after try Capcom and you
have to look fat
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number five jet force Gemini Nintendo 64
rares amazing space adventure was a
critical and cult success in part
because I found Bish’s the title once
packed with detailed visuals for its
time and an orchestral soundtrack the
game has been known to become sluggish
and experience issues maintaining its
optimal frame rate around this time the
n64 had the expansion pack that would
boost your systems Ram Y rare didn’t use
it for Gemini especially when the pack
first appeared on their other titles
Donkey Kong 64 was kind of a mystery
also due to the n64 limited cartridge
size the second half of the game
includes an excessive amount of
backtracking in some areas like the
abandoned Space Station feels kind of
incomplete perhaps it would have been
better to wait for the gamecube for this
one number 4 halo wars Xbox 360 it’s an
energy shield that they can deploy on
the planet yes captain
we can’t see through it the Covenant off
to something agreed it’s a real-time
strategy game on a console nope that’s
pretty much the only thing you need to
know realtime strategy games work on the
pc because you need the tracking
precision of a mouse to get your units
to a specific location while a keyboard
allows you to set a huge amount of
shortcuts to manage the large
battlefield a lot easier gonna research
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without the precision of both of these
control schemes the gameplay for Halo
Wars is severely hindered and while the
title uses very simplified controls and
beautiful series standard cutting to
entice the players the game doesn’t give
as many options that hardcore fans of PC
based RTS games crave for the sequel
Microsoft did release the game on PC at
the same time as the Xbox one but
unfortunately the port committed the
Cardinal PC gaming sin of retaining the
console versions restrictions God was a
changed evolved argument number three
super mario 64 DS Nintendo DS the n64
version was a revolutionary title
designed to demonstrate what 3d games
were capable of and while this D s port
does have more content and the ability
to play as Yoshi Luigi and Mario the one
glaring oversight about putting this
game on a handheld console is the
absence of an analog stick
other controls are implemented in its
place but they aren’t simple to use the
DSS d-pad requires the Y button to be
pressed to run and is not as precise
while the touchscreen is even more
imprecise basing the controls as a whole
difficult to adapt to and just kind of a
pain to use the gaming community loves
challenging gameplay but not challenging
control
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number two Resident Evil Revelations the
intend oath 3df this is one wake up
column which was long over to find learn
at our number two spot is the second
Resident Evil game to come out on the
Nintendo 3ds despite being considered a
financial success and one of the best
games to come out for the 3s that we
certainly on it didn’t sell enough to
fully offset Capcom’s production cost
envision console and PC gamers were left
out in the dust until over a year later
I’ll go back to HQ take charge of the
search and rescue while it’s unclear
sales were the reason that revelations 2
was released for the PlayStation Xbox
and the PC there was definitely no 3ds
version and that’s certainly telling we
can clean up this
I guess you’ve thought of everything
number one sonicboom rise of lyric we
you
unlike other entries on this list which
were only mildly hindered by the choice
of system this case was a complete
disaster sonic boom was set to be
developed for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox
one
using Crytek’s CryEngine 3 however
things got complicated when Sega signed
an exclusivity deal with Nintendo
forcing developer big red button to
shift production to the Wii U I’m the
only one who can handle this area thanks
al
rise of lyric saw a noticeable graphical
downgrade on the console but worse yet
because CryEngine 3 was not designed to
be compatible with the Wii U the switch
caught many performance problems
including framerate issues and lots and
lots of widget the results this was
arguably the worst Sonic game since
sonico 6 and that’s saying something I
leave anything out yeah you forgot the
part where it was all Sonics fault I was
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