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MANUELF said:
What nintendo really needs is give liberty and power to Nintendo of America and Europe so they can make choices without going through Japan for everything

This is 100% true, and also the reason the marketing sucks so bad outside of Japan.



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oniyide said:
Cobretti2 said:
Common we all knwo what it means

NFC + pokemon = shitz all over skylanders.

Now the big question is will Nintendo do it or will they release something stupid like Nintendo dogs NFC game instead hoping to win casuals back lol.


i keep hearing people say this and it makes me laugh of bit. It sounds like its almost apologetic for Ninty to not snag up exclusivity when it could. If Ninty was going to do a NFC+Pokemon game they would have one out by now. We are three Skylanders games deep and Disney already brought there version out. you really think Ninty wouldnt have jumped on seeing how popular they got. If they ARE waiting then they are stupid.



Nintendo confirmed at their last investor meeting that they had a NFC game in development and I believe they even said it would appear at E3. The two most likely candidates are Pokemon or Nintendo mascot games.

When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Well that was a bad move on Nintendo's part.



Cobretti2 said:
oniyide said:
Cobretti2 said:
Common we all knwo what it means

NFC + pokemon = shitz all over skylanders.

Now the big question is will Nintendo do it or will they release something stupid like Nintendo dogs NFC game instead hoping to win casuals back lol.


i keep hearing people say this and it makes me laugh of bit. It sounds like its almost apologetic for Ninty to not snag up exclusivity when it could. If Ninty was going to do a NFC+Pokemon game they would have one out by now. We are three Skylanders games deep and Disney already brought there version out. you really think Ninty wouldnt have jumped on seeing how popular they got. If they ARE waiting then they are stupid.

I never said they were smart jsut saying what someone at their office in Japan is thinking that they don't need it cause they have pokemon up their sleve. But realistically it is a long shot hence the nintendo dogs joke. If they do finally release it it may be too late as the toy craze will wear off.

I do think they missed an opportunity to have an exclusive that would cater to their core audience of kids. This wuld have sold Wii Us if they couldn't buy it on competitions systems.

I agree or at the very least when they saw how well Skylanders was doing they could have been like "hey we need to get on that, we have Pokemon" could hav been a double whammy, but no I think that goes back to Ninty's archaic, foolish we dont want to copy anyone notion. Its ok to copy especially when you cant provide a better alternative.



zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
Cobretti2 said:
Common we all knwo what it means

NFC + pokemon = shitz all over skylanders.

Now the big question is will Nintendo do it or will they release something stupid like Nintendo dogs NFC game instead hoping to win casuals back lol.


i keep hearing people say this and it makes me laugh of bit. It sounds like its almost apologetic for Ninty to not snag up exclusivity when it could. If Ninty was going to do a NFC+Pokemon game they would have one out by now. We are three Skylanders games deep and Disney already brought there version out. you really think Ninty wouldnt have jumped on seeing how popular they got. If they ARE waiting then they are stupid.



Nintendo confirmed at their last investor meeting that they had a NFC game in development and I believe they even said it would appear at E3. The two most likely candidates are Pokemon or Nintendo mascot games.

better late than never I suppose. I hate to be overly negative but one has to wonder if they are a bit late. It seems that the whole craze has diminished, especially since Disney threw there hat in the fray



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oniyide said:
zorg1000 said:
oniyide said:
Cobretti2 said:
Common we all knwo what it means

NFC + pokemon = shitz all over skylanders.

Now the big question is will Nintendo do it or will they release something stupid like Nintendo dogs NFC game instead hoping to win casuals back lol.


i keep hearing people say this and it makes me laugh of bit. It sounds like its almost apologetic for Ninty to not snag up exclusivity when it could. If Ninty was going to do a NFC+Pokemon game they would have one out by now. We are three Skylanders games deep and Disney already brought there version out. you really think Ninty wouldnt have jumped on seeing how popular they got. If they ARE waiting then they are stupid.



Nintendo confirmed at their last investor meeting that they had a NFC game in development and I believe they even said it would appear at E3. The two most likely candidates are Pokemon or Nintendo mascot games.

better late than never I suppose. I hate to be overly negative but one has to wonder if they are a bit late. It seems that the whole craze has diminished, especially since Disney threw there hat in the fray

While its not likely to kill off Skylanders/Disney Infinity, it can definitely co-exist with them and maybe can solidify Wii U as the NFC console for 8th gen. The most recent Skylanders sold about 3 million on 7th gen consoles and about 500k on 8th gen consoles, the same goes for Disney Infinity which saw close to 3 million on 7th gen while only 300k on Wii U and isnt out on PS4/One yet. So if Nintendo's NFC game is a success than it is possible the Skylanders/Disney crowd on 7th gen consoles will move onto Wii U instead of PS4/One.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

I suppose Nintendo wanted to make their own NFC game with their IPS. Henceforth, why they didn't allow activision to use their IPS for Skylanders.

What baffles me is - why is it taking sooooo long to get one out in the market (a retail game, not that Pokemon Rumble U crap). The game should have been released alongside the launch of the Wii U, or 2013.



Mystro-Sama said:
They could have done this for pokemon if they weren't so damn lazy.

/thread right there.  Nintendo could've had an MMO Pokemone game with NFC figurines on top of it raking in all kinds of cash, but they'd rather just put out the same lazy sequels generation after generation.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

Can't Nintendo just do this themselves infinitely better? It would be cool if they started the trend but its not like anything is stopping them from joining in...



NightDragon83 said:
Mystro-Sama said:
They could have done this for pokemon if they weren't so damn lazy.

/thread right there.  Nintendo could've had an MMO Pokemone game with NFC figurines on top of it raking in all kinds of cash, but they'd rather just put out the same lazy sequels generation after generation.


Nintendo does like making sequels. But lazy sequels? Or do you mean they are lazy for releasing sequels a lot of times?