Nintendo will care very soon when they continue to fail to meet sale projections and can't turn a profit.
I thought they're all ready making a profit. They aren't losing money.
Nintendo will care very soon when they continue to fail to meet sale projections and can't turn a profit.
Like Disaster Day of Crisis, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story or Pandora's Tower?
so they can speed up production of the next smashbros, mario golf, mario tennis, mario kart..
or actually make something relevant?
Let´s not make your biased subjective opinion as a fact, shall we?
You are basically saying that Nintendo needs more ''AAA'' western titles on their system, and I just don't think that is in their philosophy or company culture. Those types of games are aimed at an older audience, one that Nintendo doesn't seem all that interested in attracting. Its glaringly obvious that these titles are missing from their systems but I just don't think they really care at the end of the day. As long as they continue to push their main brands and introduce some new 'feature' in each iteration they will be happy.
F-Zero is coming. I want a new Waverace too and that's coming as well.
Trust me.
Next-Level Games needs to become first-party.
Not even. AAA games are aimed at a single demographic: males age 16-25. Nintendo hits demographics above and below that, and appeals to women as well. They're much healthier demographically than most of their competitors. As long as they make games that can sell to any of those demographics, which this move makes possible at a greater rate, they'll be able to do that.
There's no need for them to make AAA titles with AAA asthetics and storylines. All they need to do is make gameplay that we get from AAA game makers but not Nintendo, and with a Nintendo aesthetic.
Are you really saying the (traversal heavy) sandbox sub-genre was over saturated when Crackdown and inFamous came out? You have to be really out of touch with gaming to believe crap like that.
Being mediocre in open world action and FPS genres isn't a bad thing necessarily. They are just so highly contested genres you tend to get closer to being mediocre if your game isn't a GOTY contender.
Luigi's Mansion 3 for Wii U, or Punchout: On Tour for 3DS! Or... something new, hah.
Next-Level Games needs to become first-party.
If this means more of their lesser used IP's get developed. I MIGHT buy a Wii U, when it's about $100-$150, and a bundle.
If only Nintendo bought Platinum Games..... If only ......
What would that achieve?
If this means more of their lesser used IP's get developed. I MIGHT buy a Wii U, when it's about $100-$150, and a bundle.
What would that achieve?
I should bloody hope they're increasing internal staff levels. Nintendo simply isn't putting out enough product at the moment. They need to be releasing a lot more titles.
Nintendo had a massive relocating operation to take care of last year - and probably some last touches are still under way. We talk about hundreds of people moving. Don't you think this may be the reason why the number of hired people increased but the software output didn't?
Well good, it's what they should have been doing ages ago. Might probably be too late to salvage the Wii U gen for them, but we'll see after they get their big games in a row out if they can restart that generator.
You know what that means. Twice as many Mario games. Awwwwwww yeaaaaaaah.
They would be able to diversify Nintendo's IP portfolio by creating games that EAD nor SPD can really create...such as what Monolith is doing right now with their games.
They usually only do 1 3D Mario game per generation on home consoles.
Games like Call of Duty, Uncharted, and Madden have come out more often yet where are the complaints?
3D Mario games on consoles:
N 64 Mario 64 - 1996
Gamecube Mario Sunshine - 2002
Wii Mario Galaxy - 2007
Wii Mario Galaxy 2 - 2010
Wii U Mario 3D - 2013
That is only 5 3D Mario games on consoles in a 17 year span yet people act like this is all that they do
2D Mario Games on consoles
N64 = none
Gamecube = none
Wii = New Super Mario Wii - 2009
Wii U= New Super Mario Wii U - 2012
That is only 2 2-D Mario games on consoles in 17 years.
Compare that to a new franchise like Uncharted which already had 3 games come out for 1 system! No one complains about too many Uncharted games coming out even though they are released at a faster rate.
Because it makes no sense to throw games in completely different genres together? Mario Kart isn't Mario - it's Mario Kart.Why are you limiting it yo 3d Mario's? Why not include all the games based on the Mario IP spanning consoles and handhelds?
The numbers start to get ridiculous. Each new Mario game could have been a chance to establish a new IP or revive and old one.
Why are you limiting it to 3d Marios? Why not include all the games based on the Mario IP spanning consoles and handhelds?.
They intend to keep churning out those yearly iterations of Mario kart until it finally becomes popular.
Why are you limiting it to 3d Marios? Why not include all the games based on the Mario IP spanning consoles and handhelds?
The numbers start to get ridiculous. Each new Mario game could have been a chance to establish a new IP or revive and old one.
They usually only do 1 3D Mario game per generation on home consoles.
Games like Call of Duty, Uncharted, and Madden have come out more often yet where are the complaints?
Indeed. They also need a presence in Europe. Open a studio here Nintendo!
What do you mean NST is hamstrung? Other than that I agree. More western studios for more variety.
Why are you limiting it to 3d Marios? Why not include all the games based on the Mario IP spanning consoles and handhelds?
The numbers start to get ridiculous. Each new Mario game could have been a chance to establish a new IP or revive and old one.
You can't discount the saturated use of thematically familiar IPs using Mario. New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Party, Mario & Luigi RPG, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D World, Mario AR Games, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games. I won't even count Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. But think about how much Mario that is in a single cycle.
It paints a very limited undiverse vision when you go to a gamestop and see the shelves stocked with Mario games. Most conscious consumers enjoy different flavors.
Your Uncharted analogy would work if a single shelf was filled with Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, Uncharted Racing, Uncharted Party, Uncharted Olympics, Uncharted RPG, Uncharted Golf, etc.
You'd think they'd already be contracting Monster Games to make F-Zero. It's right up their alley, and it'd be a bigger seller than the Excite games. That, or they can take Retro off DKCR2 and let Monster Games finish it, I'm sure they can handle themselves there
You can't discount the saturated use of thematically familiar IPs using Mario. New Super Mario Bros. U, Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, Mario Party, Mario & Luigi RPG, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, Super Mario 3D World, Mario AR Games, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games. I won't even count Nintendo Land and Super Smash Bros. But think about how much Mario that is in a single cycle.
It paints a very limited undiverse vision when you go to a gamestop and see the shelves stocked with Mario games. Most conscious consumers enjoy different flavors.
Your Uncharted analogy would work if a single shelf was filled with Uncharted 1, Uncharted 2, Uncharted 3, Uncharted Racing, Uncharted Party, Uncharted Olympics, Uncharted RPG, Uncharted Golf, etc.
Ancient wisdom. What the hell is Mario AR Games by the way?
Look at Luigi's Mansion for example. It is totally different than a Mario game yet it doesn't get much credit for being something new because it stars a character from the Mario universe.
The reality is that it is a totally different gameplay experience.
Wow. Best Nintendo related news in years. Being understaffed is one of the two main reasons of their problems in my opinion (the other being bad advertising/PR).
Why are you limiting it to 3d Marios? Why not include all the games based on the Mario IP spanning consoles and handhelds?
The numbers start to get ridiculous. Each new Mario game could have been a chance to establish a new IP or revive and old one.
I don't think you're giving enough credit, it's fairly obvious it's a new title, and it's sold considerably well and been rated well too. It has fairly tenuous links to the rest of the Mario games outside the main character, and it's quite obviously tonally different to say, NSMB or Galaxy.