5 upcoming spiritual successor games to beloved retro classics

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The long history of video games has blessed gamers with countless franchises and series. Many of them continue to thrive well, while others have sadly been lost to the sands of time. Those that remain forgotten may occasionally see a revival thanks to spiritual successors.

These titles aim to emulate one another in terms of mechanics, design, and genre but with a different coat of paint. Like Playtonic's Yooka-Laylee, which is the 2017 spiritual successor to the Nintendo 64 3D platformer, Banjo-Kazooie.

This was anticipated given how Banjo's current owner Microsoft has not invested in the IP since the Xbox 360 days. But things may not be as bleak every time. Certain spiritual successors aim to one-up or try their own spin on the formula.

Take Bethesda's The Evil Within, for example, which follows in the footsteps of Capcom's Resident Evil. But enough about those; here are five upcoming spiritual successors to acclaimed long-running or forgotten titles and franchises.

If there is one title associated with the SEGA Dreamcast console, it has to be Jet Set Radio. The underrated parkour game is a cult classic these days. Fans have been clamoring for a modern successor that brings back the same crisp cel shaded art style, fast-paced parkour, nostalgic graffiti culture, and a banger soundtrack.

Publisher SEGA has been busy with Sonic and Persona ever since. Thankfully, someone else has stepped up to do their job: Team Reptile. The new indie studio has undertaken the challenge of creating an experience that lives up to Jet Set fans' expectations, and from the footage so far, it at least looks the part.

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