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* ''Virtual Hydlide'', the attempted reboot of ''[[Hydlide]]'' in 3D, killed off a series that had been moderately well appreciated in Japan during the 8-bit era.
* ''[[Rygar]]: The Legendary Adventure'' was a good game, but didn't perform well enough to continue the series. It was less-than-spectacularly ported to the Wii several years hereafter, sealing the fate of the franchise. At one point, there was a ''Rygar 2'' announced, but it ended up being [[Vaporware]].
* ''[[Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League]]'' has become such a financial disaster for [[Warner Bros.| Warner Bros Discovery]]'' that [[Creator Backlash| CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels claims]] it may well have wrecked their entire video game division. A rushed, ill-conceived attempt to capitalize on the momentum of the [[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]'' games, the only positive thing about this installment is that it made those games more popular retroactively. This game has nearly everything fans hate about bad games, including repetitive, uninspired mission design (gameplay wise, every member of the Suicide Squad is the same, the gameplay itself a ''[[Fortnite]]'' rip off), bad user interface, a plot that makes no sense and wrecks the continuity of the previous games (and on top of it, isn’t very interesting) and of course, [[Allegedly Free Game| loads and loads of micro-transactions]] which are both expensive and not the least bit useful. The narrative is a mess, lacking the creativity and depth that made the Arkham series enjoyable. As of February 2024, the peak online player count on Steam was around 13,000 - which ironically, is less than the viewer count of YouTube videos that gave negative reviews of the game. In the end, the Suicide Squad killed a lot more than the Justice League here.
 
== Western Animation ==