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Area 51 (2005; GameCube)

Area 51 is a 2005 first-person shooter developed & published by Midway for the PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. It is loosely a remake of the 1995 Light Gun Arcade game of the same name. A GameCube version was also planned, but was quietly cancelled halfway through development.

## Why was it cancelled?

* Low GameCube sales of other Midway titles released on there.

## Results

The GameCube version never saw the light of day.

We just got PC, PS2, and Xbox versions of the game.
Animal Crossing 2

***Animal Crossing 2***is the unreleased sequel to the 2002 video game *Animal Crossing*for the Nintendo GameCube. It was planned to be released in 2004 for the same console as its predecessor. Very little is known about it and only two screenshots of the game exist.

It is unknown why the game was cancelled, but it's speculated that development was shifted over to the Nintendo DS and was later released in 2005 as *Animal Crossing: Wild World* in order to generate more sales and capitalize on the portable gaming market. No prototypes or any other information has surfaced.
Rogue Company (Switch) (For Shut Down)

***Rogue Company*** is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical third-person hero shooter video game developed by First Watch Games and published by Hi-Rez Studios. The game was released in open beta on October 1, 2020 for Microsoft Windows via the Epic Games Store, Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, with an Xbox Series X/S release following on November 25, 2020, and a PlayStation 5 release on March 30, 2021. The game features full support for cross-platform play and cross-progression. The game takes inspiration from the *Counter-Strike* series of tactical shooters. The game came out of the Beta on May 23, 2022.

## Reasons Why It Got on Switch Was Shut Down

The Port Didn't Live up to Their Standard
Beverly Hills Teens

**Beverly Hills Teens**is a cancelled game that was based on the DiC 1987 animated series of the same name, centering on teenagers living the rich, fun life near Hollywood, California. Developed by French studio Tomahawk (the French name of the series, *"Bécébégé"* is visible on the screenshots), It was originally meant to be released in March 1990.

## Plot

The game would have mostly been a sports game, à la *California Games*, with separate trials:

1. "Aerobic Test": the player would have had to follow the moves of a dancer, while doing it progressively faster.
2. "Hamburger Car": outside a snack bar, the player goes into a food fight at a parking lot by throwing hamburgers and French fries.
3. "Stolen Letter": gameplay is unknown; it would have been centered on a robbery at a Hollywood mansion.

## Development

It has been commented on that the graphics looked a lot like they were drawn by Pierre Gilhodes, a graphic artist who is mostly famous for creating the *Gobliiins* series. The first Gobliiins game was developed by Tomahawk as well.

## Resources

https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf\_abandon/ltf\_jeu.php?id=1421
Among Us 2

Among Us 2 was a planned sequel of Among Us which was announced in August 2020. It was to be developed and published by Innersloth. Innersloth confirmed it's cancellation a little more than a month after the announcement of the project. The game project would've possibly been exclusive to PC.

## Gameplay

Unlike the original game, AU2 would've had upgraded features, bigger servers, and a player limit from twelve to fifteen players, there would have been more than three of imposters. Multiple modes were planned as well.

## Why it was cancelled

A few weeks after announcing the sequel, the original game exploded in popularity, so the developers decided to keep updating the first game instead. This is despite the fact that the original Among Us was not designed to be built on heavily, with Innersloth saying that the original game could handle updates with some reworking.

## Results

* Planned features in the cancelled sequel are now being added in the first game.
* Planned maps are being added in the original game.
* The airship map revealed at The Game Awards 2020 was added to the first game on March 31, 2021.

## Trivia

* As of right now Innnersloth has not surfaced any photos of Among Us 2.
Kirby Adventure

Kirby Adventure (Also known as Kirby GCN or Kirby: Legend of the Stars) was a game planned for the Gamecube, but was scrapped later on. The game would've featured Helpers and possibly a Co-Op play.

## Story

All of what's shown was that King Dedede stole Kirby's Warp Star and is trying to get it back from him. That's basically how the adventure starts.

## Planned Copy Abilities/Helpers

Though all the Copy Abilities were never unused between the past and present, a few Helpers never made it along Kirby's big journey

## Non-Ability Enemies and Bosses

* Waddle Dee
* Scarfy
* Dale
* Blipper
* Bronto Burt
* Babut
* Whispy Woods (Boss)
* HR-D3 (Boss)
* Shipwreck Octopus (Boss)
* Morpho Knight (Boss)
* Unknown Final Boss

## Why was it Cancelled?

* Though the reason is unknown, the producer (Shigefumi Kawase) said that the game was when he learned how difficult it is to make something both multiplayer and single player.

## Results

* Though the game was scrapped, the elements from that game would be recycled to make Kirby's Return to Dreamland.
* Most of Kirby's buddies were returned into Kirby Star Allies.
Paws Of Fury: The Game

Paws Of Fury: The Game was a planned tie-in videogame based on Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank meant to be released by GFM Animation and some unknown videogame production company and it was gonna be a spin-off of the movie, there's currently nothing known about the game aside of it's existence and a teaser website that was released in September 2021 that promised more info about the game, the game was announced when the film was reannounced in November 2019.

## Plot

The plot is currently unknown, the only thing known is that it wouldn't have started Hank being that it's a spin-off.

## Why It Was Cancelled

Nickelodeon and Paramount buying the rights to the movie back in February 2022 likely caused the game to be cancelled without Nickelodeon and Paramount giving the team extended time to finish and release the game.

## Results

Paws Of Fury: The Legend Of Hank released on July 15, 2022 without a videogame tie-in.
Zo's Biggest Threat

Uugwuey's former brother-in-arms Kaiden has found a way to return to the mortal realm from his imprisonment in the Boundary Cluster after stealing all the chi he could find from the warriors in the Cluster. He has enough chi to destroy anything he wanted, and he has managed to rob the chi of Zo's greatest warriors. With even them no match for him, he is now making his way to the greatest source of chi on Zo: the Chisprings where Pho discovers his father. But Kaiden is not alone. Aside from the jaded people he took chi from, he has even revived Ter Li Uing, the ranacock who killed Pho's mother and home village and framed Cen for, which makes Cen eager for payback and redemption. With the hidden wealth of chi inside this Coonda village in his sights, the Loungers must stop him because if he gets this chi, he will become virtually unstoppable.
Gran Turismo for Boys

**Gran Turismo for Boys** was going to be a racing game released for the PS2 in 2005, developed by series developer Polyphony Digital.

## Plot and goal

It was going to be a spinoff of the series aimed at young boys (nevermind the fact that every Gran Turismo game gets an E rating from the ESRB.)

## Result

Kazunori Yamauchi, the lead designer of the series, stated that he wanted to make "Gran Turismo for Boys" a feature within the PS3 game Gran Turismo 5. That never happened either.

Some of the features from this game may have ended up in the PSP Gran Turismo game, such as the “different cars in the showroom every two days” feature.
Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix 2

Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix 2 was a possible game meant to be releaesed to the Wii. However, it was possibly scrapped pretty early that no one really knew about it at all until July 21st, 2021.

## Why it was Cancelled

It's unknown why it was canceled as it seemed to be in early development. However, on the tenth set of Nintendo's Archives leaked by 4chan, it shows several Pokemon games and two other Mario games within the Wii SDK Source Code. This also contains the spreadsheet of "DDR Mario 2" which is most likely referencing to the game. The game was even listed as "Not Started Yet", seemingly what rumors even said that this was true but had no proof before during the time. Rumors even said that this was true but had no proof before during the time.

## Results

* It was cancelled and possbiy wasn't even started to begin with as it waseven listed as "Not Started Yet".
Doom 4

***Doom 4*** was a first-person shooter game developed by id Software, intended to be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 & PC in early 2010s.

## Why It Got Cancelled

1. id Software was busy with Rage, another FPS, resulting it to be in development hell.
2. It received backlash from fans, many comparing it to the Call of Duty franchise.
3. It lacked the spirit of previous *Doom* games.

## Highlights

1. The concept was interesting.
2. It had top-notch graphics.

## Result

It was remade as a reboot of the series, simply named Doom.
Creation

***Creation*** was a game that was set to be released in 1997 by Bullfrog Productions. It was planned to be released on Sony PlayStation, MS-DOS, Amiga CD-32, and Sega Saturn. It was meant to be a spin-off of the *Syndicate* series of games (released by Bullfrog Productions,) and takes place during the timeframe of *Syndicate Wars.*

## Plot

Due to the destruction of oceans on Earth as a result of pollution and other anthropogenic activities, all marine animals have been transported to Creation. The marine animals have become psychotic due to deadly fungi already inhabiting the oceans on planet Creation. Scientists are attempting to collect fungi for research on Earth, however the Syndicate and mercenary/pirate groups are attempting to collect this fungi for use as weaponry.

## Gameplay

The gameplay consists of using submarine equipped with lasers and rockets to explore the oceans of Creation, all the while encountering marine animals, the most important being dolphins, as they are able to telepathically control unmanned machinery to assist the player. Players can also encounter Syndicate bases and laboratories underwater. Support for up to 8 players was planned, but was never added. Not much more is known about the gameplay of this title. Video of a playable demo can be found here.

## Cancellation

Despite being near completion after being in development for nearly 4 years, *Creation* was cancelled in 1997 due to the belief that the game would not sell. Bullfrog Designer Glenn Corpes stated that the game had been in jeopardy because nobody had been able to explain what the game was about. Additionally, the leader of the project had left the company shortly before the cancellation.

## Result

After the cancellation, Bullfrog Studios attention shifted to the creation of *Populous 3.* EA suggested turning the scrapped game into a screensaver, but nothing became of this. The Level Scripting Language of *Creation* was developed and was set to use in a cancelled game known as *The Indestructibles*.

## External Links

Creation (video game). (2023). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation\_(video\_game)
(2022). Retrieved from https://youtu.be/IMphtrayHrs
Conker's Other Bad Day

In 2003, a few years after the cult game *Conker's Bad Fur Day* was released, Rareware announced that a tie-in game for the GameCube called Conker's Other Bad Day was in development. Chris Seavor stated in interviews on what the game was going to be about. The plot would have Conker's having an unsuccessful reign as king, spending too much royal treasure on alcohol and hookers disappointing his supporters.

In the year of 2002, Rareware was bought out by Microsoft and decided to cease production on the game and release the game and rebooted *Conker's Bad Fur Day* with *Conker Live* and *Conker Reloaded*. The only pieces of evidence that exist for this game are concept art of the Tower and various old interviews are saved to preserve the game's existence. No footage of any gameplay has been found.

## Why It Was Cancelled

* As of right now, the reason the game was cancelled is because Rareware was brought out by Microsoft in 2002 ( as mentioned earlier).
* It has been said that MicroSoft was not as interesting in making a new Conker game as RareWare was.

## Results

* *Conker's Bad Fur Day* was rebooted with *Conker Live* and *Conker Reloaded*.

## References

1. ↑ Conker's Other Bad Day (Unfinished Conker Game)
Force Five

**Force Five** was a cancelled fighting game developed by Anchor Inc. (best known for developing Fighters Destiny and JoJo's Phantom Blood on the PS2) that was meant to be released for the Arcade using the Sammy Atomiswave board around 2003, before ended up being cancelled.

## Why It Was Cancelled

* Reportedly, early location tests resulted in getting a negative feedback from players, which led to the development of the game stalled out and forgotten.

## Result

* Many years later, Atravita will later buy the rights of the game's code and assets, but not the IP itself, resulting in Force Five being reworked heavily into Jingi Storm : The Arcade and released it in 2006 to generally negative reaction over the outdated graphics, lackluster characters, and jarring character design for all the female NPCs.
* Anchor Inc. never developed a fighting game ever again and will end up ceasing their gaming development all together following the release of Phantom Blood to focus on renewable energy plans.
* In early 2021, an unfinished playable ROM of Force Five was eventually leaked online, giving the player a glimpse of what could have been.
Madden NFL 96 (PlayStation)

**Madden NFL 96** is a 16-bit 1995 American football video game developed by High Score Productions and published by EA Sports. It was released for SNES and Sega Genesis in 1995.

A PlayStation version by SNES *Madden NFL '94* and '*95* creator Visual Concepts is planned but cancelled.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. Similar to Sonic X-Treme, the game suffered from delays.

## Results

1. Its first actual 32-bit entry was *Madden NFL 97*.

## References

1. ↑ Mobygames – *Madden NFL 96*
2. ↑ Mobygames – *Madden NFL 97*
Shaun the Sheep (Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii)

Shaun the Sheep were planned Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii ports of the console games. Shaun the Sheep was supposed to be released on September 23, 2008.

## Gameplay

Shaun is controlled by the control pad or the stylus while walking, exploring or solving problems in a fully 3D area with 3D characters around. While most sheep are not difficult to find, some sheep, like Timmy or Shirley, require a minigame to be started in order to be rescued. Every time enough achievements are reached, new areas are unlocked to find more sheep.

## Why they were cancelled

1. This game was cancelled for unknown reasons

## Results

* The Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii version of the game was permanently cancelled.
* Only the Nintendo DS version of the game exists today.
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Virtual Boy)

***Donkey Kong Country 2*** is a cancelled *Donkey Kong Country* game that was going to be released by Rare Enterprises and Nintendo for the Virtual Boy.

## Plot

Plot is the same as the SNES game *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.*

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. The Virtual Boy was a commercial failure.

## Result

On the Rareware website, it was revealed that the development team got as far as the title screen before it was cancelled completely. A full-fledged sequel, titled *Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest* was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Kingdom hearts: V Cast

***Kingdom*** ***Hearts***: ***V*** ***Cast*** is a game made for the V-Cast cell phone network.

## Plot

Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Jiminy Cricket are traveling across the Gummi ship when a creature captures Donald, Goofy and Jiminy.

## Result

After the V-Cast was disbanded in 2012, it wasn't able to download, and thus causing the game to be lost.
Mini Cooper S

The **Mini Cooper S** would appear in Blur 2 as a D class vehicle that is unlocked from the beginning or after reaching rank 23 in multiplayer.

## Performance

The Cooper S is similar to the Dodge Dart R/T but is slower overall. It is still recommended for players seeking a D-class car with good controllability, though it may be lacking against other cars in the same class.
Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas (NES)

***Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas*** is a sequel to ***Deja Vu: A Nightmare Comes True***, and is one of the "Macventure" games released for Macintosh. Like the previous game, ***Deja Vu 2: Lost in Las Vegas*** was going to have an NES port, but never got one (although the game was later ported to Gameboy Color and Phillips CD-I).

**Why it was cancelled**

The reasons are unknown, as there are barely any information about this game. The only thing that has surfaced is the screenshots below taken from Nintendo Power magazine.
Trigger-Finger And Nutcase

**Trigg and Nutt Shtong**, nicknamed **Trigger-Finger and Nutcase**, are two Alternate UUniversal Xultures from Planet Zo. They are both two twin brothers from the same kingdom as Lady Hush who served Princess Jenny, a spoiled brat of a princess who anointed Trigg and Nutt as her two best royal enforcers and to keep an annoying close eye on Hush, making her hate them badly, especially since they were always undercover and ended up tattling on her a lot. Then after Lady Hush left, Trigg and Nutt were fired when their hijinks including Trigg's broken crossbow blaster kept misfiring and cost Jenny her legs, getting them replaced with a jet on her middle. They since became mercenaries who blamed Hush for making them so unprofessional as she was their best successful mission, refusing to help her save Siri from Master Crobra until Foreseer persuaded them painfully into tagging along, and becoming members of the Clam Lounge Squadron. They are still clumsy and comical at times, but sometimes their clumsiness can be beneficial in the long-run. They are the AUU version of Trigger & Nutsy.
Prey 2

**Prey 2** was an unreleased first-person shooter video game to be published by **Bethesda Softworks** and planned as a sequel to the 2006 video game **Prey**.

## Why It Cancelled?

* In October 2014, during PAX Australia, Bethesda officially cancelled Prey 2. Hines stated, "It was a game we believed in, but we never felt that it got to where it needed to be –– we never saw a path to success if we finished it. It wasn't up to our quality standard, and we decided to cancel it. It’s no longer in development. That wasn't an easy decision, but it’s one that won’t surprise many folks given that we hadn't been talking about it. Human Head Studios is no longer working on it. It's a franchise we still believe we can do something with — we just need to see what that something is." Tim Gerritsen, business development director at Human Head Studios, said, "While we are disappointed that we won’t be able to deliver our vision of the game, we remain proud of our work on the franchise, which we feel speaks for itself, including the award-winning presentation of the game at E3 2011. We enjoyed working with the many talented people at Bethesda, and we wish them all the best of luck with any future plans they may have for the franchise."
Clay Fighter:Call of Putty

**Clay Fighter: Call of Putty** is a cancelled fighting game in the ClayFighter series, started for the **Super NES** in 1993.

On September 2009,Interplay annouced the return of Clay Fighters on WiiWare and DsiWare,with a new project called Clay fighter:Call of Putty (A joke with Call of Duty).This game was suppose to be an updated version of **ClayFighter: Sculptor’s Cut** and was planned to be released in 2011 for Wii and DS.

## Playable Characters

In total,there were inclueded 9 reavealed characters in the game:

* Bad Mr.Frosty
* Kung Pow
* High Five
* Bonker
* Lady Liberty
* Sumo Santa
* Boogerman
* Earthworth Jim
* Hobo Cop (Rumor)

## Why it was cancelled

After the annoucement,no more info was known about the game and it was soon vanisnhed on the limbo.

## Trivia

* The game would be a uptaded version of Clay Fighter 63 1/3 for the N64
* Standart Punches and Kicks (3 Strenghs each)
* Powerful meter-based supermoves
* Finishing moves (Claytalities,parody of Fatalaties from MK).
* Training
* Single-Player Story Mode
* Exhibition matches and 2-player versus mode as well
* Late 2010/early 2011 realease.

## References

https://www.unseen64.net/2011/12/06/clay-figther-call-of-putty-cancelled-wiiware-3dsiware/
Knuckles in Sonic The Hedgehog

Originally, if you locked on Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic The Hedgehog together, you would get Knuckles in Sonic The Hedgehog 1 (Mega Drive/Sega Genesis version).

## Why It Was Cancelled

* The color palette is wrong.

* There are some bugs and glitches.

## Results

* Knuckles in Sonic 1 was cancelled.
* Stealth made a ROM hack based on this game.
* No Way Blue Spheres game was created if you locked in Sonic 1 with Sonic & Knuckles.
* Knuckles became playable in the 2013 mobile remake of Sonic the Hedgheog 1.
Half-Life (Dreamcast port)

In June 2001, *Half-Life* would be ported on the Sega Dreamcast developed by Gearbox Software and Sierra.

## Changes

The port would have had some new characters, models, textures, and blue shift included with it.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. Sierra canceled the port citing "changing marketing conditions".
2. The Dreamcast was nearing its lifespan.

## Results

* The port was permanently cancelled.
* The PS2 became the only home console to have the original Half-Life on it.
* A late build of the Dreamcast version was eventually leaked onto the Internet.

## Trivia

If you look closely at the box art, the words "Half-Life" aren't on there.
Metroid Dread (Ds)

Metroid Dread (not to be confused with the switch version) is a cancelled sequel to Metroid fusion maybe. The first attempt was made around 2005, while a second attempt was made around 2008. A playable prototype was shown to Nintendo Software Technology and Nintendo of America staff at E3 2009. The project was reportedly not titled Metroid Dread at that point and had an art style similar to Metroid Fusion

## Plot

It was probably going to be the same as the switch version but with some differences

## Why it was cancelled

1. the only known reason it was cancelled were some technical limitations

## Results

* The DS version was permanently cancelled
* it was reworked for the switch

## Trivia

A message reading "Experiment status report update: Metroid project 'Dread' is nearing the final stages of completion" appears in the 2007 game Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.
Metroid Prime 4

Metroid prime 4 was a Delayed game back in E3 2017 and developed by Retro Studios

## Development

in E3 online 2017, Nintendo announced the new Metroid game called Metroid Prime 4. fans were happy about this new Metroid prime game.

## Plot

Unknown but it would probably continue the events of Metroid prime 3.

## The Cancellation Reasons?

1. The game got delayed and no info of the game is revealed till this day

2. Nintendo spent more time on Paper Mario The Origami King

## Results

* the game has been delayed for a long time
* Metroid dread was released in October 2021
Bean Ball Benny

***Bean Ball Benny*** is a cancelled 1991 beat ‘em up / action game, developed by Microsmiths and set to be published by Nuvision Entertainment for the Sega Genesis. The game was cancelled because Nuvision closed it's doors, subsequently cancelling *Bean Ball Benny* plus two other titles they worked on (The Swamp Thingand Guardian Angels Safety Patrol). In March 2010, Bmpedrums from the Digital Press Forum found a prototype of the game, shared some screens and uploaded a video on YouTube.

Very little information is known about the title, though it was shown at a summer 1991 CES and it was also advertised that year. A prototype is yet to be dumped.

## References

https://www.unseen64.net/2010/05/14/bean-ball-benny-md-gen-cancelled/

https://segaretro.org/Bean\_Ball\_Benny
Vygne

**Vygne Diara Sundown** is an Alternate UUniversal Jumpler from Planet Jinter. She is a jackrabbit-like lagomorph and the older sister of Sheriff Trisha who wished to be something special in her hometown of Sundown and became a close friend to Cynthiana. She and Cynthiana had a plan to discover a Uridian Vault as a way to help Cynthiana pay her debts to the enemies she had adventuring. But Trisha, angry, invited herself to help because she was concerned for her sister's safety and disappointed in her for lying to her and going on a Vault mission without her. Since she too was mistreated by her parents and grew jealous of Trisha's success as a sheriff, and especially didn't like her previous relationship with Awesome Jaxtom, she aimed to one day surpass her and prove to their dead parents that she'll be better than they ever thought, and always did it without Trisha out of fear she'd once again get all the glory. They finally found the Vault they were looking for on a planet called Getenna, which they discovered was in danger of being ravaged by an angry Vault Guardian. Gretsky, leader of the Ehae Riders, aimed to awaken a bioengineered clone of the Guardian as a means to obtain the Vault inside of it, but fails to realize that a copy of a Guardian is a great crime and desecration especially for this Guardian, the Mountanadon, and will anger it so much it could potentially wipe out everyone on Getenna. An achievement this big got Vygne intent on doing this herself, but when Trisha refused to let her do this on her own after still being cross for lying to her and ignoring her warnings, Vygne disappeared and betrayed her by selling her out to the Ehae Riders who chased her off the planet. Vygne has since went missing as she in secret intends to stop Gretsky all by herself, training hard for years to do so by beating the Ehae Riders at their own game through stealing Uridian technology from them, perfecting her skills and experience so that she inevitably became notorious as **The Deathvine**, a 'vicious bandit killer'. Though when Sonny comes in with the Clam Lounge Squadron to do Cynthiana's job for her, Vygne intends to push them into deathly situations to get rid of them and continue to take the credit for herself, but even with all this, her betrayal is discovered and thus the heroes and Vygne are forced to compete for the victory. She inevitably gets defeated by Gretsky and ends up being the cause of the false Guardian's awakening, forced to swallow her pride and help the heroes take it and Gretsky down once and for all. After this, Trisha decides to give all credit to Vygne as an apology for taking her spotlight for too long. Regardless, Vygne continues her life as a bounty hunter on Getenna. She is the AUU version of *Borderlands 3* Butcher Rose, but is not the main villain, but rather an antihero trying to defeat the real main villain.
Epic Mickey 3

***Epic Mickey 3*** was originally the final game of *Epic Mickey*.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. On January 29, 2013, it was announced that Junction Point Studios was being closed by Disney. Disney, however, does still own the rights to the IP for *Epic Mickey*, but no plans have been announced to continue the series, meaning the chances of another entry are slim. As is the case with many canceled games, petitions have been made by fans, though none of them have persuaded Disney to select a new developer to make the game.
Atari Jaguar II

The **Atari Jaguar 2** is a cancelled console made by Atari and would be a successor to the Atari Jaguar.

## Hardware

The graphics were going to be 128 bits and have a controller that would take apart for two player games.

## Cancellation reasons

1. Because the Atari Jaguar sold poorly, Atari stopped making consoles, at least until the Atari Flashback and the Atari VCS (2021).

## Results

* The console was permanently cancelled.
* Atari put their games on different consoles and Windows (OS).
* Atari didn't made a console until they made Atari Flashback and Atari VCS (2021).
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures: Ultimate Challenge

Cabela's Outdoor Adventures: Ultimate Challenge was a planned 2006 game for the PlayStation Portable, but got cancelled.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. The 2005 Cabela's Outdoor Adventures was criticized for the human designs and movements, even though it got positive reviews.

## Results

1. The game was permanently cancelled.
2. Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: Ultimate Challenge was the first Cabela's Game for the PlayStation Portable.
3. Cabela's Dangerous Hunts: Ultimate Challenge, Cabela's Alaskan Adventures, and Cabela's African Safari all came out in 2006.
4. There was another Cabela's Outdoor Adventures game that was released in 2009 for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360, and PC.
Hidden Invasion (Xbox and GameCube)

Hidden Invasion is a 2002 Action Beat'em Up game developed by France-based Toka and published by Conspiracy Entertainment in North America and Swing Entertainment in Europe for the PlayStation 2. It was reported that Toka also had plans to bring this game over to both the Xbox and GameCube, but those two versions would later be scrapped for unknown reasons.

## Why were they cancelled?

While there are no known real reasons why these two versions were cancelled, we're gonna assume that the reason both Xbox and GameCube versions were cancelled is because the initial PS2 release was met with largely negative reviews and that it likely didn't sell very well.

## Results

Hidden Invasion ended up being a PS2 exclusive game as of result of the cancellation of Xbox and GameCube versions.

A planned Japanese release of the game titled Gun Hearts was also cancelled. Video footage of the Japanese trailer can be found on YouTube.
BitLife (Nintendo 3DS)

The **3DS version** of *BitLife* can be purchased for free via Nintendo eShop. It was planned a release in January 31, 2021, and the developers begin to work after release in Legion version and Amazon version.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. The Nintendo 3DS discontinued worldwide in September 2020.
2. The Android Bitlife has been crticizied.

## Results

1. The game's permanently cancelled.
2. Candywriter will bring back the Nintendo 3DS BitLife but it will be only available in Japan, instead, Candywriter will be working on a new video game.
Daikatana II

***Daikatana II*** was a game that was mentioned on an IGN article. During the troubled development cycle of the Daikatana game, Eidos decided to hire a outside developer, the now-defunct Human Head Studios, to make Daikatana II. It was going to be the sequel to Daikatana, and Daikatana II would have likely been the second installment of the franchise if it went on.

Other than the story, and other new features that the game was going to have, It's only known that the the game was going to use Epic Games' more advanced Unreal Engine (the first version of the Unreal Engine) at the time, instead of id Software' s Quake II engine which was outdated at the time, which the first game uses. However, the project had been scrapped for unknown reasons and was never mentioned again afterwards.

You can read the rest here.

## Plot/Goal

The goal, story and gameplay of this sequel is unknown, though it would use the Unreal Engine instead of the Quake 2 engine and have a goal that is unknown.

## Why it Was Cancelled

Nothing much is known about it, but the project of Daikatana 2 was devoloped and planned when the first Daikatana was still in development at an unknown time and it was cancelled for unknown reasons, probably because the first Daikatana didn't do good in sales. It's also unknown that if it had any, if at all gameplay videos, concept art or screenshots of it.
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (GameCube)

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy is a 2004 action third-person shooter developed & published by Midway Games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Windows. A GameCube version was also planned but later cancelled.

## Why was it cancelled?

* Poor sales of other Midway titles released on the GameCube.

## Results

The GameCube version was permanently cancelled.

We only got PC, PS2, and Xbox versions of this game.
Guitar Hero 7

**Guitar Hero 7** was going to be the 7th installment to the Guitar Hero franchise and was being developed by Visarious Visions in 2011.

## Goal

1. The game was going to have a 6 fret and 6 stringed guitar controller.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. The game was too hard to make.
2. Activision made too many installments to the Guitar Hero franchise.

## Result

1. The game was permanently cancelled.
2. Activision and FreeStyleGames released a soft reboot to the franchise titled "Guitar Hero Live" in October 2015.

## References

https://www.reddit.com/r/GuitarHero/comments/mxi9dl/hey\_everyone\_i\_just\_found\_some\_images\_and\_a/
https://lostmediawiki.com/Guitar\_Hero\_7\_(lost\_build\_of\_cancelled\_rhythm\_game\_sequel;\_2011)
Champions

***Champions*** was a cancelled RPG-action superhero game for the PC and Amiga; originally developed by Konami, the project was then handed to GameTek.

Based on a table RPG, the game would have been set in a comic-book style superhero universe. The player character would have had fully customizable traits such as built, facial features, outfit, color scheme and of course, superpowers (ranging from superstrength, flight or laser eyes, among others). Of course, it would have also had pre-designed characters to play as.

24 different missions would have been playable, having the player character face equally-powered supervillains or common thugs as base enemies, and there were different ways to accomplish each scenario, adding some replay value. The gameplay would have been reminiscent of the *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* sidescrolling action games such as *The Arcade Game* or *Manhattan Missions*(also published by Konami).

*Champions'* release date was originally announced in September 1991 (when it was still in Konami's hands) and then in April 1993 (when it was passed over to GameTek). However, development dragged on for so long the graphics were considered outdated by the year's standards. The programming team decided to can the project instead of starting from scratch.

*Champions* still has a legacy in the *Heromaker* program (later known as *Heromachine*) that was based on the character customization segment from the original project.

## References

https://www.abandonware-france.org/ltf\_abandon/ltf\_jeu.php?id=1425
Banjo-Karting

Banjo-Karting (AKA:The Fast and the Furriest) was a game prototype for Xbox 360,started by Rare Ltd.Before Banjo and Kazooie : Nuts and Bolts was finished in late 2008.The prototype took advantage of classic Banjo-Kazooie characters and built upon the racing parts of Nuts and Bolts.

## Playable Characters

In total, there were 7 playable characters for the game:

* Banjo (Banjo-Kazooie)
* Sabre Wulf (Sabre wulf)
* Sabre Man (Sabreman)
* Vela (Jet Force Gemini)
* Joanna Dark (Perfect Dark)
* Rash (Battletoads)
* Avatars (Xbox Avatars)

## Why it was Cancelled

Due to Rare's shift to Kinect projects,this prototype was cancelled.

## Trivia

* In some parts of the game,you could use the Mumbo's wand to use the scenario as an object (Like using a farm to build a bridge to cross a river).
* One of the cars created from the prototype was later included into the Xbox 360 version of Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing.
* The players could also use the wand to take out parts of the opponent's car to make the car more powerful.

## Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=38&v=sP16uvkXSJc

https://www.unseen64.net/2012/01/08/banjo-karting-xbox-360-prototype/
NCAA Football 98 (16-bit)

*NCAA Football 98* is a 1997 college football video game developed by EA Tiburon and published by EA Sports and it was released in 1997 for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows.

A SNES and Sega Genesis version was planned by THQ and it would've been developed by Tiertex and would've been a reskin of a previous game *College Football USA 97*.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. The developer had problems from reskinning a previous game.
2. The SNES and Sega Genesis were on decline.

## Result

The 16-bit versions were permanently cancelled.
Sega Arcade Command Stick

## Arcade Command Stick

What would have been a true competitor to the NES Advantage...

The **Arcade Command Stick** is an unreleased joystick peripheral that would have been released by Sega for their Master System console. It was advertised in 1988, with what is assumed to be concept art or a physical mock-up.

## Why it was Cancelled

It is not known why the Arcade Command Stick was canceled. Presumably, it might be because of the Master System not doing too well in the face of Nintendo's dominance in the U.S. video game market at the time.

## Features

It was set to be a high-end controller, a step above the Sega Control Stick in replicating the arcade-style control scheme in the comfort of the user's living room.

The layout of its controls are in a left-handed configuration, unlike the Sega Control Stick's right-handed control arrangement.

### Directional Controls

The Arcade Command Stick has an eight-directional joystick, with a squarish knob similar to that of the Sega Control Stick.

### Turbo-fire

The controller features a set of turbo-fire switches, one for each action button.

### Action Buttons

The Arcade Command Stick features two action buttons on what appears to be a base that can be rotated to change the positioning of the buttons, similar to the Dempa XE-1 Pro joystick.
Road Rash (SNES port)

***Road Rash*** is a video game developed and published by Electronic Arts and originally released for the Sega Genesis in 1991. A SNES port of *Road Rash* was planned by THQ, Inc. through the Black Pearl label in 1996, but it was cancelled due to declining sales.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. It was cancelled due to declining sales of the SNES.
2. THQ was porting many EA Sports games on the SNES instead such as *NHL 97*.

## Results

The SNES version was permanently cancelled.
Paperboy 2 (Sega Master System)

The Sega Master System version of *Paperboy 2* is a cancelled video game that was planned by Tengen that was planned for release on the Sega Master System sometime in 1993. This game would've been based on the Game Gear version, which in turn is was based on the Sega Genesis version.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. Tengen's first released game on the Master System was *Gauntlet*.
2. The Sega Master System version of *Paperboy 2* faced difficulties.
Charlie's Angels (Xbox/GBA/PC)

*Charlie's Angels* is a video game developed by Neko Entertainment and Published by Ubisoft in 2003 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.

Ports for Xbox, Game Boy Advance and Microsoft Windows were planned but were cancelled.

## Why They Were Cancelled

1. The PS2 and GameCube versions of *Charlie's Angels* both received negative reviews.

## Results

* These ports were cancelled.
* We only got the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube versions.
Charlie Brown's All-Stars

Charlie Brown's All-Stars is a baseball video game based on the Peanuts franchise. The game was being developed by FarSight Studios and was to
be published by Namco Bandai Games for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. it was announced in 2007 but got cancelled the same year.

## Plot

After losing yet another baseball game, Charlie Brown meets his friend Linus, who introduces him to Mr. Hennessey, who owns a hardware store and is willing to help Charlie Brown and his team finally win a game.

## Feature

The game would have featured over 70 playable *Peanuts* characters (initially 30 were announced). It would have also had four party games: contests of batting, fielding, and pitching, along with a Simon Says-type game called "Lucy Says".

## Why it was Cancelled

1. FarSight got involved with too many projects and not having enough staff to work on Charlie Brown's All-Stars

## Results

* The game was Cancelled
* No build of the game has surfaced since its cancelation.
RUL

> "It was a great game to work on, but it never released, and it wasn't even a game we were developing under the Xform label because Xform didn't really exist at the time. That was almost 20 years ago." -Pieter Albers
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***RUL the Game*** is a canceled top-down adventure game that was a collaborative effort between Xform, RUL and the students of the Department Design for Virtual Theatre and Games at the Utrecht School of Arts. It was announced in 2005 on Xform's old website.

The game is about the award winning cabaret duo Edo Brunner and Ramses Graus.

## Goal/Plot

Taking a look at the trailer and screenshots, it seems that the duo have their van stolen by a clown after leaving it parked. The clown proceeds to laugh at them as the van speeds away. The goal is likely finding and saving the van.

## Gameplay

The gameplay consists of puzzle and action elements with a city full of people to talk to and interiors you can explore.

The player must complete the list of items that are given. The player can use Edo to carry heavier items, and Ramses to do actions. The player can talk to people for hints or to get into areas and continue the story.

## Why It Was Cancelled

It is unknown why the game was cancelled. The reasons could be that the Dutch duo wasn't very popular and hadn't done anything new since 2002. The developers could've fallen out with eachother while making the game (unlikely as Pieter explains Xform and the other developers are still in contact to this day).

## Results

Nothing seems to have resulted from the cancelation of RUL. Xform Games went radio silent about the game after it's announcement was made.

## Trivia

* It was supposed to be a CD-ROM game.
* It was supposed to have an online demo.
* A lot of material (ideas, sketches, voices) have been provided by Edo and Ramses themselves.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://youtu.be/FSqKbdoqhTs
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.xform.nl:80/portfolio/rul/rul.htm
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://youtu.be/K\_\_0SiMj3mI
Crash N Burn

**NOTE: This page is unfinished**

Crash N Burn is a cancelled game by Big Red Buttons

   The pitch concepts was made back in 2014

## Why It got Cancelled

* because it was a pitch concept, The game hasn't greenlit.
* while Big Red Buttons doesn't own Crash, Activision owns him instead
	+ despite that, BRR Employee used to work at Naughty Dog

## Results

* Big Red Button is working on Sonic Boom Rise of Lyrics instead.
* Crash appears in Skylanders Imaginers along with the TV Series 2 years later.
Disney Infinity 4.0

A cancelled game in the toys to life series of disney infinity games. The studio that created the game known as avalanche was shut down by disney ceo Bob Idger after he thought the toys to life genre was no longer profitable, well no toys to life game has been made since the annoucement of the avalanche shutdown.
Co tam, panie, na pasku?

## Obsada

Robert Górski, Mikołaj Cieślak, Barbara Skrzypińska, Michał Czarnecki, Robert Majewski, Jacek Łuczak

**Co tam, panie, na pasku?** – 19 odcinek polskiego serialu internetowego pt. *Ucho Prezesa*.

## Opis

Media publiczne to stały temat... medialny. Wiele osób zastanawia się, co się w nich dzieje, kto i w jaki sposób nimi kieruje i do czego to może prowadzić. A czy Prezes wie, jak sprawować rząd dusz nad widzami? Czy jego ludzie umieją mu w tej kwestii doradzić i wskazać, czego potrzebuje żelazny elektorat?
Sega Smash Pack Volume 2

***Sega Smash Pack Volume 2***, not to get confused with *Sega Smash Pack 2 (PC),* is a cancelled collection for the Sega Dreamcast. Although no development was made planned for it, *Sega Smash Pack Volume 1* does hint the matter.

## Planned Games

Although there is no proof of what games were going to be on this collection, it's possible that some from the *Sega Smash Pack 2 (PC)* would be in this collection. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (16-bit) and Vectorman 2 were both most likely considered for this title.

## Why it was Cancelled

* The first game was originally released as pack in title for the Dreamcast and wasn't released as in individual title until April 2001.
* The Dreamcast was discontinued due to it's low sales of the fifth generation of consoles market at the time, being the Playstation 2, Gamecube, and Xbox. This would make a sequel unlikely to happen.

## Results

* The sequel was never developed.
* *Sega Smash Pack 2* released for the PC.
Cortex Chaos

***Cortex Chaos*** is a game that never got past the concept stage. It would have taken place after *Crash Twinstanty.* involving Cortex being kicked out of the mad scientist group for "fraterni*z*ing" with. He would then take revenge on the group.

The game would have two ways of being played. The first would have Cortex using little clones of himself (possibly humanoid or robotic) to help him by picking up objects and tossing them, building bridges and ladders for Cortex to climb, and collect objects. The second way would have Cortex using different weapons to protect himself. The weapons would be most likely long ranged since a concept art of the weapons are all guns. How the levels would be made and look like are unknown. Each of the levels would have based around the members of the evil scientist group: , and for example.

## Plot

The game would most likely start with Cortex going to the mad scientist group for a meeting. Upon arriving there, the villains would tell him that he can't be a member for teaming up with Crash. They would then kick Cortex out and he would have to get his revenge on them. The game would introduce more new doctors, each with an *N* at the start of their names. The only ones known right now are: (a doctor that would be a huge Egyptian enemy), (a clown), and (a doctor that has possibly fused himself with plant DNA or studies plants and added a formula to them, giving them the ability to live on their own). More doctors were supposed to be made, but who they are and what they look like are unknown, even to the creators of the game.

## Why It Was Cancelled

1. It was rejected.
2. The conpect art was way too similar to *Crash Twinsanity*'s art.

## Result

1. Universal did a two-game deal with Traveller's Tales.
Amusing Dream

***Amusing Dream*** (夢幻冒険記 アミュージングドリーム *Mugen Bouken-ki Amusing Dream*, meaning *Dream Adventure Chronicles: Amusing Dream*) is a cancelled 1992 RPG game for the *Super Famicom* that was in development by Takara. The game's character design was done by mangaka Kouga Yun, the script was written by Ikeda Misa and music composed by Kuzuu Chinatsu.

## Plot

An unknown landscape shrouded in a thin mist. On a small hill, far away, stands a tower-like figure. Though it is the first time the protagonist sees this place, it makes him feel a strange nostalgia.

A girl appears and whispers to him *"Follow me, I am the guide of this world. I think I can help you."*.

From those few words, his adventure begins.

## Development

The game was to originally come out in Fall 1992; however it was delayed until July 1993. The game was cancelled for unknown reasons. No prototypes of the game exists.

A French magazine preview describes the game along with an alleged European version: *"'Amusing Dream' is a truly Japanese RPG, with truly Japanese characters and truly Japanese graphic design. But is all of this Japanese, you may wonder? Absolutely, and consequently, we are very doubtful whether Japan-exclusive 'Amusing Dream' will ever be distributed in Europe. This is approximately what Takara told us when we came blundering in. This Dream may be Amusing, but it will not become a reality, at least not in our country..."*

## Resources

https://www.reddit.com/r/translator/comments/4t1gei/japanese\_english\_unreleased\_sfc\_game\_advertisement/