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kirbymuncher posted...

a genre with only one notable game in the past 6 years sounds pretty dead to me tbh

That "one notable game" is the sixth best selling game of all time. The reason there aren't many others is because the cream of the crop (Mario Kart) is so hard to beat, but Mario Kart alone sells more than some other genres do nowadays, period. And even despite knowing they will never top Mario Kart, imitations still exist. That genre isn't dead at all. Saying kart racing is a dead genre implies a new Mario Kart wouldn't sell, which we know isn't even remotely true. Kart racing is just fairly unique in that one series has dominated the genre immensely, but that doesn't mean it's "dead" at all. The truth is that a new Mario Kart would outsell 99% of other games, still.

kirbymuncher posted...

RTS

aoe4 and 2 definitive are thriving, and stormgate is coming out

ClayGuida posted...

I personally don't like 3D beatem ups. I tried Fist of the North Star and it was just boring near infinite health bar enemies. That's not fun to me.

I've been playing the PS3 version on and off for a few weeks now. It's more a musou style game than an old school beat em up. Its just really slow, which is why I agree with you about it being boring.

Came to say shmups, but was already in the OP. I think CAVE was like the last major shmup dev and they haven't released a game since 2012. I don't think Konami's released one since 2011. It's pretty much just indie devs who still make games here and there, (like stralbringer just came out a couple months ago) but the number of noteworthy games coming out over time is very low. Maybe like 1-2 per year?