Matthew Simmons

The Game Boy Advance had a great library for the relatively short period of time it was on the market before the DS: Highlights: - Super Mario Advance - Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World - Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 - Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 - Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga - Mario Golf Advance - WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! - Wario Land 4 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald - Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen - Advance Wars - Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising - Metroid Fusion - Metroid: Zero Mission - Fire Emblem - Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - Golden Sun - Golden Sun: The Lost Age - Final Fantasy I-VI Advance - Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis - Sonic Advance 1-3 - Mega Man Battle Network series - Mega Man Zero 1-4 - Castlevania: Circle of the Moon - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow

I didn’t share the biggest and most important aspect of this little project - the director, designer, partner and only person I would ever (hypothetically) do this project with - Bannon Rudis. He directed The River City Girls games amongst many others with a strong focus on combat feel, narrative, and design that is fresh. He and I worked on this pitch together and I owe all of the praise to him for guiding along the artwork I made for the concept. He’s a big Capcom nut and huge Predator fan which gave so much credibility to the design he was creating for this idea. Here are some snapshots of the work he put together. I trust him with my entire being with game design and love working with him on projects (we are one one right now). The idea of the vision he had for this game and it not becoming a reality is what I’m most sad about. All that said, is this still possible? Iono maybe? Perhaps we can try to reopen the conversation again. Fan reaction has been tremendous especially in the beatem up community and fans of retro games. I don’t see why this couldn’t become something that could come to life and we are able to talk to the right people. Thousands of people can’t be wrong for wanting this but I have been jaded so much over the years, I’m not holding my breathe. Anyways, enjoy these next set of tweets featuring the amazing talents (and true heart/soul of the project) of one of my closest friends- Bannon Rudis.

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