Uncancelled games
Games that got cancelled/disappeared for their original platform of release or otherwise/dropped by their original publisher and then uncancelled or reworked, for better and for worse
Listing versions that came out is preferred, still-upcoming game revivals are given benefit of the doubt
Notes explain what happened to their original versions
Feel free to comment if you have any more and I'll add them
Listing versions that came out is preferred, still-upcoming game revivals are given benefit of the doubt
Notes explain what happened to their original versions
Feel free to comment if you have any more and I'll add them
150 Games
2013 version with completely different aesthetic
initially planned as Super Mario FX for SNES
as Titan (MMORPG)
was vaporware since the late 90s
as Metal Gear Solid Rising (Kojima Productions developed internally)
as Devil May Cry (PS2), Fog build, Hook Man build, and Hallucination build
as Metal Gear 3, for 3DO
as Resident Evil Revelations 3, the game originally planned as RE8 has become RE9
as an RTS for Mac
as DISTRUST for PSP
as Final Fantasy Versus XIII (PS3)
as Aliens
as Metal Gear Solid III, the Roman numerals in the title were used to represent the three tallest skyscrapers in Manhattan, then-setting of the game
for DS
for PS Move on PS3
for 3DS, meant to push the New 2DS XL and was going to be bundled with that system, existence leaked around 2017 alongside a remake of Virtual Boy Wario Land that never materialized
Microsoft exited
as Project Dream (SNES)
as True Crime: Hong Kong, Activision exited
as an unnamed, unrelated to Metroid FPS
for Gamecube
original version commonly known as Resident Evil 1.5
dropped by Sega and saved by Nintendo
as Pokemon 2 for Game Boy
as Earthbound 64
as Pokemon 2 for Game Boy
PS3
for Vita
Sweet Home (NES) remake
for PS3
originally for N64
for PS1
for N64
Vivendi exited
as Spider-Man 4
original version commonly known as Metroid Prime 1.5 and would've taken inspiration from System Shock 2
as Conker's Twelve Tales and later Conker's Quest
as Rayman 4
for Gamecube
as Rayman 2 (2D sidescroller)
as Dinosaur Planet (N64)
for Saturn
for Dreamcast
Original US release cancelled due to PCB being too expensive
3D functionality originally planned for Gamecube with glasses-free 3D addon
as Donkey Kong Plus, a more faithful remake of Donkey Kong 94
THQ exited
remake initially planned for Nintendo DS, work repurposed for PS4/PC/Switch
original Capcom version, studio sold from Capcom to Rockstar, prototype exists of Capcom version
Original US release canceled
as Lily Bergamo (PS4)
Vivendi exited
for Dreamcast
remake initially planned for Nintendo DS, work repurposed for PS4/PC/Switch
cancelled in 2003, the Windows version was unfinished and leaked with a crack to disable the character limit (no-limit Winmugen) and then was subsequently revived in 2009 when Elecbyte returned to release 1.0
originally for PS2
for PS1 and Dreamcast
for Gamecube then Xbox
for PS1 and Dreamcast
for Gamecube then Xbox
THQ exited
Vivendi exited
as Star Wars Battlefront III (PS3/360)
as My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic
for Dreamcast
as Project M
Vivendi exited
as SimCity (NES)
Vivendi exited
as Monster Kingdom: Unknown Realms, was intended as a companion piece to Monster Kingdom: Jewel Summoner for PSP
as The Terminator
for PS1/Saturn, then Gamecube
for PS1
for PS1
for Gamecube, as Donkey Kong Bongo Blast using the DK Bongos controller
for PS1 (that's why it's in 60fps)
Irem devastated by 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
for PS1
pitched to Konami as Silent Hill (DS)
US release cancelled
as Diddy Kong Pilot
under Acclaim, bought by THQ
as Doubutsu Banchou for 64DD and later N64
originally developed for N64 and PC, turned out to be too demanding for N64 so was redone while PC version was left as-is
as Sea Dogs II
for PSP, then 3DS, finally released on Switch
for Panasonic 3DO M2
for PS1
Minigame cut from Virtual Boy Mario Land and reworked into standalone title
as Axiom, developed by Treasure for Mega Drive
for Saturn
THQ exited
for PS1
as Overstrike (PS360)
for Dreamcast
7 Comments
RE1 was a scrapped "Sweet Home" remake that eventually became it's own thing
Star Wars Battlefront III was canceled during development, assests and plot were recycled in Battlefront Elite Squadron for the PSP/DS
There's a few examples of games that were cancelled for their original platforms and reworked for something more advanced (Shenmue for Saturn, ICO for PS1, The Last Guardian for PS3, Metal Gear Solid for 3DO). Not sure if they'd count.
great list idea, I love imagining what games like this would be like today if they were always only the version that was cancelled
added everybody's suggestions and some new ones too
as a child i would lay in bed and imagine how happy i would be if i had access to earthbound 64 demo
letshugbro
1 year ago