So, back when Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released for the Wii I decided to look at the main roster and play the most popular game from each character that I had never played a game from.  This worked out really well and since I have become a huge Metal Gear fan, loved F-Zero, Kirby, Pikmin and other games I would have otherwise missed. My thinking in all this is that since I liked things like Mario, Star Fox, Zelda, and Fire Emblem so much I should try other games that obviously deserved a spot in the game and were in some way good.

Anyway, I had been playing Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 a lot and thought to myself, "Hmm...maybe I should do the same with these characters." I knew most of the Marvel side since I read comics casually, but many of Capcom's characters were new to me even though I had played MvC2 awhile back too. I loved Mega Man, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil so why not try the rest? I looked through the roster and got the characters I had never seen in a game and my result was: Captain Commando (Which is one of my mains), Strider Hiryu, Morrigan, Jin, and Hayato.

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So I set out to try each one of their games. Morrigan, Jin, and Hayato were all fighting games which sadly I was only to play Darkstalkers for the PSP (Couldn't get my hands on Star Gladiator or Cyberbots) and I did like it a lot, and can see why it has such a nice fan base. Though after reading the Darkstalker's story I very much am a fan of Morrigan, I looked around and found a friend who had the Capcom Classics Collection Vol.2, and I tried out Captain Commando first. This game was GREAT I had so much fun with this beat 'em up and after it was over I instantly thought I would love to see a new game. Maybe something simple like a PSN Downloadable 3D remake (something like TMNT Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, YES I liked it, A LOT, my favorite version of the game as the new gameplay and 4-player madness makes up for the ONE missing level from the SNES version ).

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Next, was Strider which I played through and also loved...but then my friend had Strider 2, I played...and I was blown away. It was such a beautifully done game! The story was simple yet interesting, the game play fun and addictive, EVERYTHING was just wonderful, especially the art work. This game is wonderful and I REALLY urge anyone who has yet to play Strider 2 to go play it, YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT. I really want to see this on the PSN or even remade, a 2D Strider 3 or heck even a re-boot of the series in 3D.  I mean really is just left this impression on me.

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To wrap this up I just wanted to share my thoughts on these games and tell you guys sometimes when you come across a character in a game you don't know about remember they are there for a reason, go out and try their games. I found Earthbound (A favorite series of mine), Metal Gear (Another favorite series of mine), F-Zero, Fire Emblem, and now Strider (Seems like will be one of my favorite series) and Captain Commando this way and I really think others should do this. It is a great way to get into new great series!

- Saje (AKA Jonathan)

My name is Jonathan!