If you could take over a game company...

[Professor Smarmiarty]

The worst bit was when I was singing "Shoulder to the Plow" and in the cowbell section I improved a stirring gothic poem about the plight of medieval peasants in time to my bells and in my most metal voice and I got NO EXTRA POINTS.

I agree with the venues/clothes/band members. It all pretty much the same stuff, not nearly enough variety.
That's what I like about Beatles Rock Band, it starts out with quite normal venues and then suddenely you in fantasy wonderlands as the music starts going there. Good times.

[Nightshine]

I'd take over:


NINTENDO:

-Force them to focus on the hardcore gaming market again, and SHEERLY on the hardcore gaming market.
-Force them to make a new console which has the graphic and memory capabilities of the other current generation consoles...or better, considering the amount of money they have
-Make them ditch all this motion sensitivity crap

SQUEENIX:

-Stop making Final Fantasy games. Forever.
-Make them stop hunting down everyone who makes a Chrono Trigger hack.
-Make a half decent RPG game

HARMONIX/ACTIVISION:

-Never make another Guitar Hero/Rock Band game again. Only DLC, and that DLC will never contain a radio friendly song, ever again.
-LICENSE. LED. ZEPPELIN.
-Hire people who actually know music to make their setlists

SEGA:

-Kill Sonic the Hedgehog off. Start multiple new franchises which are actually decent.
-Never associate with 4kids ever again.

[ZAKtheGeek]

Can I just have the richest one and cash out?

Alternatively maybe I could just find out the Zelda timeline.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

I was gonna say S-E =(

Okay then let's see. Nintendo eh...

Remove the restriction on Mother 3 and get that ported over as WiiWare or DSiWare, release Earthbound onto the VC. Start planning the next console to have the capable next gen graphics, a better online mode. Encourage more 1st party games.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Nightshine

-DLC will never contain a radio friendly song, ever again.
-LICENSE. LED. ZEPPELIN.

What's the point of licensing them if you are not going to use them? Do you just want to fund their retirement?

[DarkDrgon]

Capcom. We will start making more Breath of Fire games, look for interesting Franchises to Continue Capcom VS. whatever, Return Resident Evil to a "HOLY FUCK IM SCARED AND HAVE 4 SHOTS LEFT" franchise, keep DMC going, and officially retcon 2 out of existence. Oh, and keep up the good work with megaman. Im not messing with that cash cow.

[TARDIS]

Originally Posted by Borealis

Square Enix.
I would actually listen to the fans of the series. That seems to be the biggest problem for Square Enix now-a-days. All they care about it making monies, and while that's understandable as SE is a buisness just like any other, it's cruel. There are so many loved series that the company has made that have just been abandoned, and that needs to change.

Failing that, Capcom. 'Cause I want my Ace Attorney.

PLEASE, NOT ALL OF THEM. I AM *SICK* OF FF7 CROPPING UP! Sure, by all means make one more FF7 game, but maek it so THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER, and no remakes of that game...

if I also took Sega, I'd listen to *some* of hte Sonic Retro posters and return to Classic Sonic. S3&K to be precise, becuase that's trhe best SOnic game ever. Then there'd be some FF+ Sonic crossover (I'm sure the ATB system could actually WORK for Sonic characters, with came characters from some of the less known games (and OFC, none from FF7.) those giant Rings from Sonic 1 and Sonic 3 & Knuckles could make this possible.

[Living Bobbeh]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Whoever makes Rock Band and institute cameras which can track player movements to award points for rocking styles while playing.

I would love a feature like this, but it would let you mo-cap your own introductions. The little animations that show off the characters when you play the first song after booting it up. I could see something like this happening with that Project Natal thing.

On topic, I would take over Harmonix and decide Rock Band DLC every few weeks and suggest some key features that would help improve the game, such as reduce the damn load times.

[Nightshine]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

What's the point of licensing them if you are not going to use them? Do you just want to fund their retirement?

I want them to use them. That's why.

[Mirai Gen]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

What's the point of licensing them if you are not going to use them? Do you just want to fund their retirement?

Licensing = getting the song to be used for your game.