VGM of the Week #42

My turn again, alright, let's do this!

My VGM of the Week this week is from one of the best Gamecube games you didn't play; Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.

G.I.A.N.T. E.G.G! Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg is the simple tale of a boy in a chicken suit who must save all the chicken elders from the evil crows and bring peace back to the land. All while hatching magical monsters to help him in his quest. Okay, it's completely stupid but it's a lot of fun and highly overlooked.

The music, much like the game, is up-beat and bubbly and just dripping with charm. This specific track is title "Let's Go Easy" and it's from the pirate themed stage, Pirates Island, which is probably my favorite world in the game. I don't know, you just can't wrong with pirates. The theme may not scream pirate adventures, but it is definitely fun and inviting. If your pirate ship was playing this music, I'd gladly get on board!

The Top Ten Game Franchises That Need to Make a Comeback

The last few years have been pretty good years for older gaming properties. With the resurgence of sidescrolling games thanks to NEW Super Mario Bros. and the whole download market allowing developers to make smaller games, tons of game franchises both new and old are seeing revisits. Games like Rayman Origins, A Boy and His Blob, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Mega Man 9 & 10, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Yars’ Revenge and plenty of others have all brought attention back to long dead franchises. As well as other games returning still existing franchises back to their roots such as Sonic Generations, Donkey Kong Country Returns and Kirby’s Return to Dream Land. The point is, we live in a world where nostalgia rules, especially the gaming industry.

No, the other Bionic Commando reboot.

So it got me thinking about what other franchises I’d like to see get a facelift. There’s plenty of great gaming franchises from the past that are well deserving of making a comeback and for some, there’s no excuse. Not all of them need to be retail releases and most of them don’t even need to make the leap to three dimensions; all we need is for them to come back. So without further delay, let’s take a look at the ten game franchises I want to make a comeback.