HD remake of a classic

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:33 pm

There has been quite some talk about Capcom's upcoming HD remake of classic Street Fighter 2 recently which made me think whether such an artdepartment update would be also possible for an oldschool shmup.
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2007/04/ ... rites.html
Of course R-Type was the first that came to my mind with its biomechanical creatures and ship designs. Would love to see the bosses redesigned by a mangaka like Tsutomu Nihei (Blame!) or even the master of biomech style himself, H.R. Giger. What do you guys think, would fans of the original R-Type appreciate such a "rebirth" of a classic with untouched gameplay but redesigned art?

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 1:18 am

Fighters have a bit more charm than shooters in this respect.

I'd rather see new games in new hi res graphics than I would old ones.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:24 am

I'd hit it.

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:08 am

Youd spank the rtype monkey all over again?

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:31 am

Eh, resolution doesn't matter as much to me when it's shooters and not fighters...
And no. Keep R-Type the way it is. The only way it would get updated would be by a fan or something, and then ungh..