The sonic signature speaks to this as well, being well - suited to any sort of music or other media instead of simply targeting
a few popular genres.
Not exact matches
EDM as a
popular trend has subsided from its early - 2000s peak, and while electronic will never go away, the pop charts have drifted toward more traditional, less garish
genres in the past
few years.
While Pokémon has evolved (yes, pun intended) into other
genres like puzzle games (like my personal favorite, Pokémon Puzzle League), card games, the wildly -
popular Pokémon GO on mobile, and even photography simulators (I still hold Pokémon Snap dear to my heart),
few games in the series have gone to the lengths of Detective Pikachu to turn the world of Pokémon on its head.
As we've seen a
few times in this entry, Broken Age was another
popular Kickstarter project, with Tim Schafer's return to the point and click adventure
genre striking a chord that helped to really establish Kickstarter as a viable means of funding.
Tower defense games have become a
popular genre in the last
few years.
I have a
few theories about why this
genre is especially
popular with today's authors, publishers and readers.
You've probably heard of the Young Adult
genre, but the New Adult
genre has been incredibly
popular the last
few years.
When the regular anime series seemed to hit its rhythm, the first
few genres that emerged as the most
popular were those in the realm of science fiction.
Although I've known a
few writers who can easily switch
genres based on market trends, I think most of us have to write what we write, whether it's
popular or not.
Donna Leon is one of those very
few authors whose work is
popular not only among mystery aficionados but also with those who do not regularly read the
genre....
The latter
genre has been
popular for a while now, bolstered by games like Elite: Dangerous, EVE Valkyrie, and No Man's Sky to name just a
few.
There are
few genres on PC more
popular right now than MMOs and crafting games, and Trove is an ambitious game that aims to combine those two together.
The most apparent is the inclusion of music in the SNES and Sega CD versions; the latter received its soundtrack from Yuzo Koshiro (
popular for his work on games such as Ys I and II, Beyond Oasis, and the Etrian Odyssey series just to name a
few), who delivers some highly
genre - atypical drum & bass / industrial tunes.
While the whole
genre might be revitalized in the future with Koji Igarashi's Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, there are a
few other titles launching before it that can make the
genre popular again, such as Insomniac Games» Song of the Deep.
The RPG
genre is one that definitely should be more
popular, so whenever a new one comes along I get this big stupid grin on my face... and it tends to stay there for a
few hours.