While not as well known as my love for musical and economical games, the truth is that I really love the games Yu Suzuki made. Since I first playe OutRun 2 at the arcade I have had a growing respect for the man, who I don't think is quite appreciated as much as he should. People think he was someone important at Sega and know the names but don't really know his games.
What I really like about him is not that he makes good games, it's that they are undeniably his games. There's something terribly personal about them that I can't see in any other designer. Most of his most-well known games have very specific premises. Space Harrier is the most obvious example but just the setting of Shenmue is carefully chosen, there's nothing generic or expected about it, it directly steems from the creator and you can see his hands in all aspects of his games. It's simply wonderful.
What do you think?
That would be a bit of a backwards way to do things but it'd have its charm. Though it's probably not happening sorry. Racing games are perhaps one of the genres which have gained the most from 3D graphics (case in point, Mario Kart 7 being one of the best examples of the 3D on the 3DS being useful)
