Sentences with phrase «long dormant franchise»

Whenever a long dormant franchise returns to the light, I can't help but view their revival with trepidation.

From the launch of the Nintendo Switch, to the stunning success it has received, to the third party support he has slowly built up after the Wii U's troubles, to the launch of multiple acclaimed games in the same year, to announcements of next games in long dormant franchises, to even pushing out successful mobile games, Mr. Kimishima has commandeered Nintendo into a position of dominance after years of fading relevance - truly laudable and noteworthy.

Not exact matches

This major summer hit somehow managed to make the long - dormant Smurfs franchise relevant to a new generation, though any adults looking for a nostalgia hit would be much better served by a trip to see The Muppets instead.

Video Game History Month 2014: Tom pleads for another entry in the long - dormant ToeJam & Earl franchise because the world would be a better place with it.

«The Lone Ranger» is a franchise so long dormant — a radio series that moved onto TV in the 1950s, the property last saw the big screen in 1981's ill - begotten «The Legend of the Lone Ranger» — that Verbinski and his writers think the only way out is to reduce the story to ironic rubble.

It was perhaps inevitable that the seventh installment of a long - dormant franchise would end up making our top 20.

This week's new release slate marks the return of several long - running — but recently dormant — franchises.

This relaunch of the long - dormant Mad Max franchise felt necessary when it arrived in theaters a billion years ago, back in 2015.

When Nintendo unveiled the 3DS in 2010 it also teased Kid Icarus: Uprising, a return of a franchise that, a few cameos aside, had long remained dormant.

Age of Empires is one of the longest running real - time strategy franchises out there but it has been practically dormant for over a decade now.

The long - dormant Thief franchise is considered by many to be a pioneer of the stealth genre.

Kid Icarus Uprising sought to resurrect Nintendo's long - dormant Kid Icarus franchise (last seen on the Game Boy twenty - one years prior) and turn it into a modernized action game.

The Homeworld Franchise has lain dormant for a long time, but Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak aims to change that.