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iasta on 18 November 2010

@poke claudel: Metroid 2 didn't have multiplayer on GC?

Why this question, people are not asking Bungie to make a platformer, Polyphony Digital to make a hack and slash?  I think it's normal they cater in the genre that they excel, and FPS is not their kind of game even of they have 2nd party studio that could pull out some good one (Retro).



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O-D-C on 18 November 2010
pokeclaudel said:
O-D-C said:

Metroid Prime?

Published Goldeneye 007 on the 64

Battleclash and Metal Combat on SNES (Im pushing it here)

Published Geist


Would you guys quit mentioning Metroid it's a single player game. And isn't there a difference between making (aka developing) a game and publishing one? A fps with a Nintendo flare to it not any generic shooter with Nintendo's logo slapped on it. Something devoloped by a first party team.

oh I didnt know single player games couldnt be FPS's....



Aiddon on 18 November 2010

I would say Metroid Prime (though I can already hear a bunch of correctionists ready to belch "it's an FPA!") but that was Retro's thing. Plus Nintendo avoids making games in that genre because it's not their thing. I also wonder if they're consciously avoiding the oversaturation of CoD/Halo clones to avoid just making another samey, mediocre shooter like most other companies have been doing as of late.



IamAwsome on 18 November 2010
Aiddon said:

I would say Metroid Prime (though I can already hear a bunch of correctionists ready to belch "it's an FPA!") but that was Retro's thing. Plus Nintendo avoids making games in that genre because it's not their thing. I also wonder if they're consciously avoiding the oversaturation of CoD/Halo clones to avoid just making another samey, mediocre shooter like most other companies have been doing as of late.



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Azreal on 18 November 2010

Why would they make an FPS that has to compete with COD, Halo and the millions of games trying and failing to replicate their success when they can make another Mario Galaxy, one of the few dozen half decent platformers made in the past 5 years, and completely corner the platformer market.



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WarmachineX on 18 November 2010

Metriod Prime and Goldeneye...?





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Siko1989 on 19 November 2010
pokeclaudel said:
O-D-C said:

Metroid Prime?

Published Goldeneye 007 on the 64

Battleclash and Metal Combat on SNES (Im pushing it here)

Published Geist


Would you guys quit mentioning Metroid it's a single player game. And isn't there a difference between making (aka developing) a game and publishing one? A fps with a Nintendo flare to it not any generic shooter with Nintendo's logo slapped on it. Something devoloped by a first party team.


what do you think Retro is?.. they are a Nintendo First Party team




Jumpin on 19 November 2010

Odd how so few people remember Nintendo has 2 Metroid Prime games on the system; and how it didn't really work out for them.

 

Most people who play FPS titles have already bought other consoles, and graphics are highly important to FPS titles; Wii isn't the ideal console despite having an IR pointer 4 years before anyone else did.



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tuoyo on 19 November 2010

1.  Because Mario would look silly in a gun.  Unless the weapons were things like ice flower or fire flower or hammer bros' hammers.

2.  Because it is clear that Nintendo fans have limited interest in such things otherwise why the limited sales of the super amazing Metroid Prime?  Yes I know it is an adventure game but it has tiny sales compared to Nintendo fans' adventure game of choice - Zelda.



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Lostplanet22 on 19 November 2010
scottie said:
pokeclaudel said:

First person shooters is what's selling this gen and Nintendo needs to get on it.


Why would you say that? Now I'm not even going to adress your main point at all, I'm just going to demonstrate how incorrect that statement is.

 

Current gen games by sales, bonded if they are a shooter

 

Wii Sports

Wii Play

Nintendogs

Mario Kart: Wii

NSMB:DS

Wii Fit

Wii Sports Resort

Brain Training

Mario Kart : DS

Pokemon Diamond/Pearl

NSMB:Wii

Brain Age 2

Wii Fit Plus

WoW

Cod:MW2 - 360

Animal Crossing DS

Halo 3

Smash Bros: Brawl

Pokemon: HEart Gold

SM:Galaxy

Cod:MW2 - PS3

Super Mario 64: DS

CoD4 - 360

 

http://www.vgchartz.com/worldtotals.php

 

That covers the first page so I'l stop there. Total shooters = 3, all from one franchise

 

By comparison

RPGs = 3

Platformers = 4

Racers = 2

 

And that's not even taking into account that the 3 shooters are all near the bottom.

 

Check your list again..It are four shooters ...Yes Halo 3 is also a shooter :). And in a few months their will be 6 shooters in the list..