Board 8 > What is the best series with 5-10 games?

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HaRRicH
10/03/23 12:01:18 PM
#1:


No series with tons of mainline games like Super Mario-platformers and Mega Man, but also no small-library series like Portal and Pokemon Snap.

Try to be careful about when spin-offs/DLC/remakes are significant enough to count together or separate, but the line gets messy fast and I don't know the answers all the time. Navigate it as you see fit.

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Leonhart4
10/03/23 12:03:04 PM
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Metal Gear

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banananor
10/03/23 12:06:24 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Metal Gear


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Johnbobb
10/03/23 12:06:50 PM
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God of War and Kingdom Hearts are both among my favorites

Is Assassins Creed above 10 yet? It feels like it's close

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Arti
10/03/23 12:06:52 PM
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Yakuza

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hombad46
10/03/23 12:08:08 PM
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Gonna go with AA here. Even with AA4 dragging it down, it's the only one here I've played every game of besides Smash Bros, which I just don't like as much.

For Paper Mario I haven't played CS or OK, but even if I had and liked them, Sticker Star would hurt it more than AA4 hurts AA.

GoW I really enjoyed the main games for the most part, but the only side game I've played was Ascension, which is not great.

I've loved the Persona games I've played, but that's really only 4 Golden, 5, Royal, and Strikers. I can't really rate a series if I haven't even played half the numbered entries.

For KH I love 1 and 2, and the others are hit or miss.

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HaRRicH
10/03/23 12:08:45 PM
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Dangit I had Metal Gear in and then took it out after getting in my head about how people would add the other MG games in the mix beyond MGS1-5 and MG1-2. I'll own that.

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KamikazePotato
10/03/23 12:10:27 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Metal Gear


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MacArrowny
10/03/23 12:11:08 PM
#9:


For the poll:

Persona = Smash > Xeno > AA > DMC > KH > Paper Mario > God of War >= GTA > Elder Scrolls

I'd consider myself a fan of the first four.

Leonhart4 posted...
Metal Gear
What are the canon Metal Gear games?

1, 2, Solid 1-4, Ground Zeroes, Phantom Pain, Ghost Babel, Portable Ops, Peace Walker?

Johnbobb posted...


Is Assassins Creed above 10 yet? It feels like it's close

It's absolutely above 10.

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Fiop
10/03/23 12:12:24 PM
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Voted Smash, though the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic was Suikoden.

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Leonhart4
10/03/23 12:15:34 PM
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I would group Ground Zeroes and Phantom Pain into a single game at this point. They're meant to be two parts of the same game, and they're often bundled together now.

So with MG1 and 2, MGS1-5, Peace Walker, Portable Ops, and throw in REVENGEANCE, that's an even 10.

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Leonhart4
10/03/23 12:17:07 PM
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Also Ace Attorney is technically at 11 if you count the Layton crossover, but it's also not canon storywise, so I guess it's in the clear!

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NFUN
10/03/23 12:17:54 PM
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Arti posted...
Yakuza


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MZero
10/03/23 12:19:56 PM
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Persona 5 is so good that I voted for it despite only playing 4G, 5/R, and Strikers

I would also throw in Soul Calibur and Katamari

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10/03/23 12:20:24 PM
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Leonhart4 posted...
Metal Gear


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FFDragon
10/03/23 12:30:01 PM
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Resident Evil

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MacArrowny
10/03/23 12:33:05 PM
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Yakuza might be over 10 too, depending on whether you count the Judgment and Ishin/Kenzan games!

Resident Evil is absolutely over 10 <_<

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Snake5555555555
10/03/23 12:33:54 PM
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FFDragon posted...
Resident Evil


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MartinFF7
10/03/23 12:35:40 PM
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Havent played any Xenoblades, still voted Xeno, no regrets
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UshiromiyaEva
10/03/23 12:42:40 PM
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Umineko

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XIII_Rocks
10/03/23 12:48:05 PM
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MGS is #1 with a bullet yeah

Resident Evil, GoW, AA are all solid picks

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pyresword
10/03/23 12:48:12 PM
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Trails is still on 10 exactly in the English-released mainline games at least and that is my favorite game series by a lot.

I guess Persona is probably my vote if that does count.

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BlackMageJawa
10/03/23 12:57:51 PM
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Portable Ops is basically non-canon, several plot points are directly contradicted by later games (most notably, characters turn up who definitely weren't there), and Kojima's stance is essentially "MSF were active in the time and place it's set, but nothing we saw in the game happened".

Ghost Babel might be semi-canon if you go with the theory that the whole game is a VR training scenario inspired by Snake's missions, and you're really playing as Raiden undergoing part of the 'Solid Snake Simulation' program. Assuming that that definition of 'SSS' was actually a thing in-universe as well as the other, sillier definition we got later.

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KCF0107
10/03/23 12:58:50 PM
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I voted for GTA without much thought. Then I realized that it had at least 11 games in the series. My next answer among the poll options would be one of God of War/Paper Mario/Elder Scrolls with God of War coming to mind first.

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Leonhart4
10/03/23 1:00:10 PM
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Yeah, Portable Ops is semi-canon, I'd say. Kojima clearly didn't like what they did with it, so he basically ignored it in Peace Walker and V.

I say semi-canon because the post-credits phone call was a big setup for MGS4.

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kenrmcha
10/03/23 1:02:28 PM
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Suikoden
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Kamekguy
10/03/23 1:03:40 PM
#27:


Donkey Kong Country

Metal Gear's also an acceptable answer, though.

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-hotdogturtle--
10/03/23 1:04:57 PM
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Oh so this is gonna be another one of those topics where people fudge the numbers so people can fake-math their favorite giant series into having "only" 10 games. Just like the developers do when they name/number those games. Looks like a lot of people still fall for it.

Since you gave Pokemon Snap a shoutout you should make another topic for series with exactly 2 games so I can vote for that.

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pjbasis
10/03/23 1:05:12 PM
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Eh I think part of the point is to eliminate even series like Metal Gear that are so prolific they have tons of spin offs.

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HaRRicH
10/03/23 1:10:33 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Since you gave Pokemon Snap a shoutout you should make another topic for series with exactly 2 games so I can vote for that.

You can take the lead on this. I'd love to vote for Portal.

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Leonhart4
10/03/23 1:10:51 PM
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pjbasis posted...
Eh I think part of the point is to eliminate even series like Metal Gear that are so prolific they have tons of spin offs.

The OP made it sound like we were ignoring stuff like Snake's Revenge, but if we're not and Metal Gear no longer applies (and now Ace Attorney no longer applies), I'd probably go with Kingdom Hearts.

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Underleveled
10/03/23 1:33:53 PM
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My gut was to say Ace Attorney but there are a few stinkers in there. Also aren't there 11 games now? Smash is more consistently good, with each game having its pros.

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Zylothewolf
10/03/23 1:34:20 PM
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Yakuza

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Kenri
10/03/23 1:34:34 PM
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...
Oh so this is gonna be another one of those topics where people fudge the numbers so people can fake-math their favorite giant series into having "only" 10 games. Just like the developers do when they name/number those games. Looks like a lot of people still fall for it.
when you think about it there are only like 8 real mario games so I vote for that

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lordjers
10/03/23 1:45:42 PM
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Street Fighter II

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Isquen
10/03/23 2:13:38 PM
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If you're willing to slice the main styles of Gameplay in half, then my vote is SotN-style Castlevanias.

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HaRRicH
10/03/23 3:17:50 PM
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I almost split Metroid by Prime and non-Prime to have them in the poll...resisted ultimately.

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HanOfTheNekos
10/03/23 3:23:21 PM
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King Hearts has...
1
CoM
2
CoM again
Days
BBS
DDD
The data one
Aqua side story
3
Mobile game and multiple versions
Theathrythm
Some extra xehanort story

It's probably erroneous to include it in this list.

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malyg
10/03/23 3:30:32 PM
#39:


Rayman. Only got five main line games but all five are very, very good. Six if you want to count the Rabbids shite.
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malyg
10/03/23 3:32:02 PM
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MacArrowny posted...
Yakuza might be over 10 too, depending on whether you count the Judgment and Ishin/Kenzan games!

Yakuza has 0-7, Kiwami 1+2, and Dead Souls it shouldn't count if we're being rigid about 5-10.
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NFUN
10/03/23 3:35:34 PM
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malyg posted...
Yakuza has 0-7, Kiwami 1+2, and Dead Souls it shouldn't count if we're being rigid about 5-10.
remakes don't count and why are you naming the explicit worst spinoff instead of the one anybody cares about?

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Thorn
10/03/23 3:37:10 PM
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Xeno > Persona > KH > Paper Mario > Metal Gear > Smash


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malyg
10/03/23 3:51:51 PM
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NFUN posted...
remakes don't count and why are you naming the explicit worst spinoff instead of the one anybody cares about?

The OP states to count them separate if they're significantly different enough, i'd consider Kiwami1+2 significantly different from 1 and 2 to constitute separate games that offer separate experiences.
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andel
10/03/23 4:01:46 PM
#44:


legend of heroes/trails series is my favorite videogame series ever so that

for this poll its a tossup for me between persona and xeno but assuming gears and saga count that definitely makes it xeno for me

someone mentioned yakuza and that is a great one too and obviously final fantasy is a great series

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Treasure
10/03/23 4:27:17 PM
#45:


Ultima or Wizardry

You are now aware.


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MXCM
10/03/23 6:02:22 PM
#46:


No Mega Man?

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KCF0107
10/03/23 6:15:23 PM
#47:


MXCM posted...
No Mega Man?

I guess Super Smash Bros from this poll for me.

There 11 numbered Mega Man games alone

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MacArrowny
10/03/23 6:26:15 PM
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Trails already has 12 games so that definitely doesn't count, much less Legend of Heroes.

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WazzupGenius00
10/03/23 6:34:03 PM
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Even setting aside Kiwami and the Judgement games, there are those Black Panther Yakuza spin-offs only Japan got, Ishin, Kenzan, Dead Souls, plus the mobile game that technically introduced Ichiban. Its got too many games for sure.

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FLOUR
10/03/23 7:00:26 PM
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It's Ultima, bro.

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