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Lego Games We Wanna See
AveryZoe and the GoozerNation staff
July 1, 2010
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ongratulations! You, the makers of Lego games, seem to have another hit on your hands. Lego: Harry Potter Years 1-4 is getting great reviews and, more importantly, people are buying it. Success is fleeting though, and once all the congrats and wrap parties fade away the inevitable question will be posed: What's next? As if making a great game isn't enough, soon you will be faced with the prospect of making another great game. And you can't settle for just-as-good--it's got to be even better than the last. Before you let those crippling expectations and the terrifying pressure consume you though, check out GoozerNation's suggestions for the next great Lego game.
Why not throw a little something out there for the fanatical collector? Sure, you already did Lego Star Wars, but there are a few other titles that would both appeal to the general public
and be rabidly collected by superfans at the same time. There is a tri-fecta of superfan titles: Star Wars, of course, but let's not forget Star Trek
and Lord of the Rings. There are thousands of people out there who will literally buy anything with those words stamped upon it. You don't even have
to make them good games; those superfans are going to buy it no matter what, as a matter of honor (you can't very well claim to love everything Star
Trek if you don't love Lego: Star Trek, now can you?) Shouldn't be too hard to come up with a Star Trek or L.O.T.R. title either--the story's already
been written, far too many times. Make the gameplay halfway decent and normal people will buy it too (not too say that you superfans aren't normal...
I'm sorry, could you take off the pointy ears?).
Another great direction to take for the next Lego game is the B*L*O*C*K*B*U*S*T*E*R route. No, not the video rental chain. Blockbuster movies--you know, those movies that cost more than the GDP of most small countries to make--and thus require many sequels until the original idea is so beaten into the ground that the final title stars Gilbert Godfried and Pamela Anderson? I digress... How about Lego: Transformers, or Lego: Matrix, or even Lego: Pirates of the Caribbean? Sure, those movies have already been extensively marketed, but they still have large followings, and a new generation is being born as we speak. Lego Optimus Prime could really kick some butt, and Lego: Matrix wouldn't even have to make sense. (the movies didn't! hahahaha!)
Comic heroes are loved by young and old, and they definitely have an established following.
Lego: XMen, Lego: Iron Man, and Lego: Fantastic 4 would draw buyers from both the comic book market and fans of the recent movies. Lego: Simpsons
would surely draw consumers as well. Anything Simpsons seems to fly off the shelf, and it has been around for so long (20 years!) that it has fans in
nearly every age group. Last but not least--you gotta throw us a Spiderman title. Lego: Spiderman would be awesome. 'Nuff said.
Our final suggestion is to approach the classic movie market. There are some movies that have stood the test of time, and seem to just get better with every passing year. Godzilla and King Kong have been, and will likely continue to be, remade countless times. Surely they have earned the rights to their own Lego titles. What about Lego: Superman or Lego: 007? Classic titles, loved by generations, which will likely translate into some very solid sales. If you want to go a slightly less predictable route, Lego: Ghostbusters would just be da bomb, baby. "Don't cross the streams!"
Well, now that GoozerNation has done all the work for you, put down that cake and get to work! Pick one idea, or better yet--pick them all! We want Legos! Just don't make a Lego: Sex and the City.
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