10 Classic Nintendo Games That Deserve a Reboot

Since the beginning of the video game evolution peaked around most of our childhood days, our younger years consisted of absolutely amazing games. Since video game companies were experimenting and releasing games straight from their ideas, they wanted to see which ones would become a major hit and which didn't. Even though there were a ton of games many of us enjoyed playing, there were also games that had us snoozing by level three. Certain video games simply bored us, and this was a way for companies to determine which games worked well and which didn't.

However, there were games where we definitely loved, but for some reason, discontinued. These video game companies believed that there were games that weren't doing well. And even if some people didn't like them, there were a ton of other people who truly enjoyed playing these video games! And this bummed us out when discovering that some of our favorite video games canceled. But which video games exactly were amazing? These are definitely the classic Nintendo games that need a reboot... like now.

Also seen as Famicom Wars and Advance Wars, the Wars series as a whole is a bunch of military turn-based tactic games. This was actually created by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo. Advance Wars was the one to reach the North American and European markets first.

While Nintendo Wars was released in the US on September 10, 2001, it was put on hold in Japan and Europe because of the terrorist attacks that occurred in the US. However, it was still released in Europe in January of 2002, but the Game Boy Advance game was dropped in Japan until the Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2 compilation was released in November of 2004. The game consisted of many armies with a wide variety of foot troops, tanks, planes, varied terrain types, ships to control, and a ton of commanding officers to guide the troops around. Since it had tactics for real-time battles, this was certainly a game that was loved by so many players.

You literally play as a dragon and trap robots and fruit in bubbles… what’s not to love? Among the best classic Nintendo games that need a reboot, Bubble Bobble was a fantastic game that was a comical action platformer game by Taito. It was actually first released in the arcades in 1986 and later on was moved to home systems.

The game started off with twin Bubble Dragons Bub and Bob. The whole concept of the game was to travel through 100 stages, bursting bubbles, jumping on and off of blown bubbles in order to navigate the level obstacles, demolish and dodge enemies, and continue to collect items to gain power-ups and other benefits. The game was fairly popular during its release, and it makes no sense to completely discontinue the game. As unique as the video game sounds, it also has various endings, depending on the player’s performance and discovery of secrets.

Released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992, Battle Clash, known as Space Bazooka in Japan, this mechs-themed light gun shooting game is one of the classic Nintendo games that needs another shot in the video game world. It was certainly thrilling and overall exciting to play. The story takes place in the distant future where Earth is living in utter chaos and the only order that rules in the “Battle Game,” is that winner takes control over the world.

The battles are fought with mechs that are called “Standing Tanks” (ST) and a fighter named Anubis eventually becomes the winner of the Battle Game. In order to avenge his father’s death, Mike Anderson, Anubis trains himself in everything ST related and aims to defeat the Battle Chiefs. With a complex story behind it, it was no wonder many video game lovers enjoyed playing this game. And since the story behind this game was pretty deep, it definitely deserves another shot in the video game industry.

StarTropics was seen as an awesome action-adventure video game that was released in 1990 by Nintendo. Aside from the majority of Nintendo games that’s usually released or intended to in Japan, this one never was. It was only released in North American and Europe, yet designed by Japanese designers who were living in the US. And StarTropics is pretty similar to the classic Zelda games.

StarTropics consisted of yo-yos, baseball bats, and bolas rather than bows, swords, and bombs. Players play as Mike Jones while he searches the islands of the South Seas for his missing uncle, Steve Jones. The game used a really similar look to Zelda II with style overworked exploration, random monster encounters, dungeon exploration, and puzzle solving. That’s why StarTropics was loved so much, it was fairly similar to Zelda!

Based on the Disney animated TV series, DuckTales, the video game was developed and published by Capcom. Its first released was in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 then ported to the Game Boy in 1990. The video game basically revolves around Scrooge McDuck who’s traveling across the world to collect treasure and outwit his rival Flintheart Glomgold in order to become the richest duck in the world.

It’s one of the classic Nintendo games that was so popular, it sold over a million copies worldwide on each system. The game was practically praised for its tight control and unique storyline. So why did a game such as DuckTales never got a second chance? Even after it’s been adored by so many video game lovers? No one knows...

Now this was definitely an amazing game that people were obsessed with—Castlevania! Among the classic Nintendo games out there, Castlevania seriously has to be rebooted again because of its fantastic storyline and overall concept. It’s a series of Gothic fantasy action-adventure video games that was developed by Konami.

The story is based on the Belmont family, a clan of vampire hunters where they aim to fight and completely demolish Dracula. While the series was debuted in Japan in September of 1986, it was released with the original game for the Family Computer Disk System then followed by an alternative version for the MSX2 platform on October 30. This horror-themed video game is filled with vampires, ghosts, and Dracula himself with whips, holy water, and daggers. And since it was such a diverse and interesting story compared to the many video games that was being released during the time, many people had a strong fascination with this one.

Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is an adventure game developed by Cing that was published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. While it’s one of the classic Nintendo games that so many people enjoyed playing, they still yearn for the game to return with a great comeback. Through its intriguing storyline and detailed illustrations, so many people want Hotel Dusk to be rebooted for another great game.

This video game revolves around Kyle Hyde who’s a 33-year-old ex-detective who now works as a salesman for the Red Crown Company. He quit his previous job for shooting his partner Brian Bradley in 1976, and he shot him because Brian betrayed the police department to the criminal organization, Nile. However, Kyle knew that Brian wasn’t killed from the gunshot, and Kyle is on the hunt to find him.

For a series of science fiction action role-playing video game that was developed by NOISE and published by Nintendo, Custom Robo is certainly one of the classic Nintendo games that needs a reboot. Launched in 1999, the series only spans five games, but is yearned to see more by players who’ve enjoyed playing the game. The game basically allowed players to collect and customize a wide variety of mechs to use in closed combat arenas.

Since players can build and customize their own mechs, that’s what lured them to love the game so much. Custom Robo is a video game where player had full control and gave them the chance to be creative! Imagine this game rebooting? People would lose their minds.

Oh gosh, Dr. Mario seriously... seriously has to be rebooted. I personally don't understand why this game didn't go further in the video game world, especially in the Super Mario realm. People loved Dr. Mario because of how diverse the concept was compared to all of the other Super Mario games. Since it was an action puzzle video game, it was an addicting game to people, because of how simple it was.

It’s so similar to Tetris, yet players had to destroy the viruses that continued to populate the playing field by using the colorful capsules that are being tossed into the field by Dr. Mario. While using the capsules, the goal is to align similar colors in order to get rid of the viruses. And players get through each level by eliminating all of the viruses. For an easy play like this, and Mario-themed, I don’t see why Dr. Mario doesn’t get revived into the video game world.

Lastly, from the classic Nintendo games that definitely need to be brought back is Sin and Punishment. For a shooting game that was co-developed by Treasure and Nintendo, it was originally published in 2000 and the game takes place in the near future of 2007 when humanity is struggling with a global famine. While scientists create a new species to raise as food, the creatures revolt and a war suddenly breaks out.

From here, players take on the roles of Saki and Airan to fight and save the Earth from destruction. Players have to shoot at the enemies and projectile while dodging their attacks to survive in the game. Since the plot of the video game is really interesting, people loved playing it. And it certainly deserves to be given another shot.