| HappySqurriel said: One rumor I have heard, which could be true and would be (somewhat) disapointing is that Nintendo has several titles that are (basically) complete and Nintendo is just waiting to release them. If you look at several of Nintendo's development teams, they can work on multiple Wii projects and multiple DS projects at the same time and many of them haven't released a game in 12 to 18 months. |
I would tend to believe this is true. The way that one team (EAD no.2) came out and showed THREE titles at E3 that were playable, if not basically finished, is amazing.
I've believed since last summer that Nintendo had set up their internal development to crank out software for the Wii as if they thought they were going to be going it alone. In other words, they were prepared to have the Wii sell at GameCube levels, have very poor 3rd party support, and have to support the console pretty much by themselves.
With the Wii being a runaway success they haven't had to carry the entire release schedule on their own. So now they have a small backlog of finished product. If they're using the time to polish up these titles I think that could be very good. In this case hopefully success will breed more success. I'm hopeful.
@everyone-else
Thanks for the comments. I've made some small changes to the OP.
| Hawk said: Thanks bud. Nice list. Did you want to add Nibris under 2nd party with Sadness? Or is it's possibility of ending up as vaporware going to keep it off the list. |
I'm kinda reluctant to add that just yet. You know... Nibris? With their history it just doesn't seem reliable to me yet.
| SHMUPGurus said: Seriously, I'm looking at this, and I can't stop thinking about Star Fox. What are they planning for the series? And what is going to be Retro Studios' next game? Lots of questions, barely any answers. |
The "rumor" is that Sega may be developing it. Right now I think that's wishful thinking.
