Pah, It'll be the same as Maple Story with the dead community of GHOST. If it's ever brought here, Nexon will find a way to reel people back anyway. Maple Story is the 2D sidescrolling tycoon in North America and Europe. To say something that looks like Maple Story will replace Maple Story is simply not true and highly unlikely. Maple Story's established player-base is just too strong to die anytime soon and as the years go by they can simply make a sequel or implement a graphics overhaul. The only possible way a game like Maple Story will die is when the developer runs out of steam. But developers are fueled by money and Nexon is pretty much swimming in money now.

What makes 2D side-scrollers better than others is the content and the community, the more players, the more there is a demand for content, the more content, the more players. the cycle of a MMORPGs success is very, very hard to break and the only plausible way to break a games popularity is the royally **** it up with imbalance and whatnot. With Maple Story, they really know what they're doing with it. It's a very social game; like World of Warcraft and has enough content and people to keep balance in the game. PvP? Maple Story never needed it because the community never really cared for it and in a game like Maple Story it would simply be a waste of time to implement because of it being 2D the system would be too simplistic and unattractive. Maple Story is fine and with the continued support of Nexon, it will be for many years. People who see games and call out "THIS'LL BE AN X GAME KILLER!" should be beaten with a broad stick

  • Killzone is not the Halo killer
  • WAR is not the WoW killer
  • Taikodom is not the Air Rivals killer
  • and; Wonderking is certainly not going to be the Maple Story Killer


There's more the an MMO game than features and graphics, so much more; developers and publishers may not grasp them all but sometimes, SOMETIMES; they will grasp enough to make a loving and loyal playerbase with features fitting both the game and the playerbase. That OnRPG is what makes a game 'Killer'.

-Tax