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Miyamoto Says Nintendo Looking To Increase Internal Staff To Create More Projects
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peanutbutterlatte
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Ah maybe I did. I agree with you on that front, I mean several people thought LM2 was a port of the Gamecube original and just condemned it for even more false reasons. The sales benefits of it being labelled as Mario or "Mario-esque" far outweigh this negative reception though!
People should just look at how much fresh gameplay material the game in question has. Not necessarily how many times you have seen the characters in it previously. After all we're still playing games and that should be our top priority when evaluating an experience.
There was that one guy arguing it was the remake of Luigi's Mansion on GameCube...
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Like?
In fairness I've gone through several major life events since Pikmin 3 was announced
Like?
Nintendo has pretty openly said that they've struggled with HD development and turning things around quickly. This is what they cited as the reason there haven't been any wii u games for the first half of the year. I'm going by what they're saying.
In fairness I've gone through several major life events since Pikmin 3 was announced
Too late for that! Going gold probably in a week or two.
I thought you had some specific title in mind. You're right about the delays.
Screamapillar
Member
It's all about maintaining strict quality control. Labor is a commodity just like food.
Nintendo can't simply hire 500 people in a single month and all of the sudden have five new games underway. They have to hire people slowly over time, which they've been doing for a while now. They have to make sure every new staff member that comes on learns the culture of their game development so that the quality of their games don't get diluted.
Nintendo can't simply hire 500 people in a single month and all of the sudden have five new games underway. They have to hire people slowly over time, which they've been doing for a while now. They have to make sure every new staff member that comes on learns the culture of their game development so that the quality of their games don't get diluted.
Throwing more people at a project isn't nearly as effective as simply giving the team more time. Efficiency goes down as team sizes go up.
Saint Gregory
Member
It's kind of troubling to continually hear Nintendo higher-ups talking about these things like they're still in the planning stages. It makes me feel like they're not going to have their HD game development up to speed until the generation after this :/
The thing is that it's happening right now and will reach its peak within 6 months.
Angry Fork
Member
They should have started this years ago and maybe the Wii wouldn't have turned out to be a disaster.
Wii was a disaster?
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Can we have a studio dedicated to 2D platformers on the 3DS?
If selling 100 million units is a disaster than I wish when I make a product that it is a disaster like the Wii.
It's not really a major concern in any of Nintendo's hardwares libraries.
Good work with the indies will do the job regarding 2D platformers.
You're right they don't have those games. I've said as much in the past it's a problem.
But few actually care if Nintendo creates IP built on machismo or hyper realistic violence.
Everyone wants them to make a new IP and there is nothing stopping Nintendo from adopting visual and narrative themes in the vein of Pixar, or Tim Burton movies, or Lewiss Caroll, or Stephanie Meyer *rinses mouth with acid* books.
Angry Fork
Member
mmmm those 100 million sales had awesome gameplay I loved it I hope Nintendo developers another 100 million sales for Wii U so I can have more fun fuck yea.
when your follow up tanks dramatically its a disaster. Being able to manage the transition between generations of hardware/software is hugely important. They have failed so far.
Wii U is a disaster so far. I'm not sure if anyone questions that.
Black Republican
Member
Gee, ya think ninty?
A Black Falcon
Member
Uh, no, whether your next system does well or not has nothing to do with how the previous one should be regarded. Under your rules there the Atari 2600, Sega Genesis and PS2 should all be called "disasters" because those systems' successors didn't do well compared to their predecessor. That's completely absurd.
The Wii has a solid library of good games, and that only happened because of its sales. Sales do have an impact on the quality of a system's library. They aren't the only factor, of course, but they are one.
Wii U might be a "disaster" right now, but the PS3 was also a disaster compared to the PS2.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Metroid Prime could be Nintendo's Halo.
fabricated backlash
Member
Why even pretend to have any interest in it?
OminoMichelin
Member
It would achieve delicious fanboy tears.
Please let this never, ever happen.
Poetic.Injustice
Member
Wii was a disaster in the last few years of it's life cycle when third parties had almost completely abandoned the system and first party output was scarce.
While they are both 1st person and sci fi, i feel the games are actually very different. I'm sure they could make a good multiplayer with metroid prime, but honestly the gunplay to me doesn't feel like it would translate all that well (I could be wrong)
I will say hearing Retro's comments about Metroid (in terms of what they would like to explore in future installments) sound really cool
I think they could create an interesting universe and mythology/lore. (granted outside of a few installments i haven't played too many metroid games)
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I agree on the "Next Level Games" needs to become first-party talk. Their output is amazing. I just re-bought Mario Strikers Charged for Wii and totally forgot it was made by them. Fantastic game.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
I really hope they're just referring to the "multiple bounty hunters" aspect of that game, and nothing to do with the gameplay. Hunters was true dreck.
AppleSmack
Banned
Didn't 3rd parties say they want Nintendo to relax its game output so they have a chance to sell stuff?
Glass Rebel
Member
Well, if you remember the 100% ending from Corruption...
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
They did that in the 3DS' launch year, and look at what happened.