Games That Need to Be Made #1

Welcome to the inaugural posting of "Games That Need to Be Made"! In this section, I'll explore the games that--based on nothing other than my own opinion as a budding game designer--I think would do extremely well, both in terms of critical reception and SHEER AWESOMENESS.

To start off what will surely be a long and wonderful legacy of posts, I'll focus in this time on the LEGO franchise. So far, we've received LEGO Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and now we've the upcoming Batman. These franchises possess long, proud histories to be sure, but the existence of the games has been to mainly capitalize on recently released theatrical movies. While this beats crappy movie tie-in games in every single respect, they have been--for the most part--current movie tie-ins. So, for the next game, let's move past movies and into other mediums.

Game One: LEGO DragonBall



Seriously, when it comes to Japanese franchises that have made an impact in the States, it doesn't get much bigger than DragonBall. Spanning three different segments with hundreds of characters, DragonBall seems almost pre-designed for the LEGO game setup. DragonBall games up until this point have almost always been decent (with notable exceptions), but almost to a one have they all been fighting games. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing for a series based pretty much solely around epic combat, I think a LEGO game would be just what the franchise needs to shake it up a bit. The slapstick humor is already there in the series, and would translate well into a somewhat goofy LEGO experience. In short, LEGO Dragonball needs to be made.

...Plus, the tie-in toys would just be damn cool. ^_^ So what do you think is a franchise worthy of getting the LEGO treatment?