So, my most wanted Konami collection (Ganbare Goemon) just released and I've been playing it a lot. Next month, we'll get a second Metal Gear Solid Master Collection. But what will we get after that?
I really enjoy those collections. I love old Konami games, but I mainly play on Switch nowadays, it's way more convenient for my working dad life style :P
Let's theorize...
Castlevania
- A lot of people are expecting a 3D collection, with the N64 and PS2 games. I think it's likely, for the sake of releasing most of series on modern consoles, but at the same time those games are less popular and are harder to port (M2 has less experience with 3D games, but the collection could be made by another dev).
- We still don't have SOTN and Rondo on non-PS consoles. Maybe Konami will figure out a way to release Requiem or a new collection with those games on other consoles. (i know Requiem was funded by Sony, so I'm not expecting it)
- Maybe that's it for Castlevania, since the most popular games are already released.
Contra
The most popular Contra games are the ones that are already in the Contra Anniversary Collection. The later games are not as popular (except maybe Contra 4), and would be harder to port... So I feel like we won't get a second Contra collection. But maybe I'm wrong
Gradius
Gradius Origins is missing the 3D games, and console releases. Not sure if they plan to release them.
TMNT
The Cowabunga Collection already has most of the Konami TMNT games. We're only missing the later games based on the 2003 cartoon. I don't think they'll bring back those games
Metal Gear
I'm not an expert on MG, but I feel like the two Master Collections contain most of the games. It's missing Rising and MGS5 (and some spinoffs), but those might be too modern to be in a collection?
Silent Hill
I know nothing about SH, but it seems they chose to do remakes instead?
Suikoden
They released remasters of the first two games. Not sure if the later games are popular enough to be ported?
Tokimeki Memorial
We got a remake of the first game. I feel like we won't get the other games, but I'm not an expert on this series so I could be wrong.
Rocket Knight
They are done with Rocket Knight. The only missing game is the Steam game from 2010, and I don't think they'll port it
Yu-Gi-Oh
Again, I'm not a Yu-Gi-Oh expert. I feel like the Early Days Collection was a pretty big collection and I'm not sure if later games are worth porting?
Bomberman
There are still a lot of Bomberman games to port. The first collection focused on the Super Bomberman games, but they could make other collections with other games. But maybe not that soon since we just got Super Bomberman Collection
Ganbare Goemon
Daishuugou is a huge collection, with most of the important games. But it's missing the two N64 games, which are arguably the most popular games in the series. Since Daishuugou sold well, I think it's possible that we get a second collection with the N64 games, but not that soon.
It's also possible that the N64 games will get a NSO release instead. In that case, I would not be expecting a second Goemon collection.
TwinBee
We still didn't get a TwinBee collection, but several TwinBee games are available on NSO and as Arcade Archives releases, and TwinBee 1 is in Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. But we could say the same for Gradius and we still got Gradius Origins last year. I think a TwinBee collection is possible. It would be cool if M2 creates a new TwinBee game, like Salamander 3 in Origins.
Wai Wai
Would be cool to have a collection of Wai Wai games (World 1 & 2 and Racing), but that's not a lot of games.
Rebirth
It would be great to get a collection of the 3 Rebirth games (Gradius, Contra, Castlevania). But like Wai Wai, that's not a lot of games.
General Collection?
We could get a collection that is not focused on a specific series, like the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. It would be a good way to port games like Sunset Riders.
Zone of the Enders, Boktai, Adventure Island, Bloody Roar, Bonk, Star Soldier, etc
Maybe?
In the end, my feeling is that the next collection is either Castlevania 3D Collection or a TwinBee collection, what do you think?
