10 Video Game Cash-Grabs We Can't Believe They Tried

As successful as the Switch has been, its exercise repertoire has failed to matching the Wii's selection, most notably Wii Sports. In 2019, Imagineer hoped to turn things around with the punch-to-the-rhythm title, Fitness Boxing.

Unfortunately, Fitness Boxing wasn't intense enough, impairing players' ability to work up a sweat. Worst still, it was branded as uncreative and tedious.

Two years later, Imagineer released a sequel, which received the same harsh criticisms. At this point, it would've been sensible for the creators to go back to the drawing board and revise the gameplay, so the inevitable follow-up would meet the criteria.

Instead, Imagineer devised a spin-off, based on the beloved manga series, Fist of the North Star. Since the hero, Kenshiro, is among the greatest fighters in all storytelling, this seemed like a smart move.

But because the developers didn't revise the core mechanics, this instalment was plagued with the same problems as before. In a way, it's worse, since the source material doesn't gel with the gameplay. Fist of the North Star is ludicrously violent, with characters being reduced to blood fountains in every issue. Since the game contains no gore, the Fist of the North Star motif was wasted.

If Imagineer thought gamers would fork over money for this lazy spin-off just because it's barely connected to a popular brand, they were sadly mistaken.