The reason companies create new IP’s and Nintendon’t? (hardcore anyway)

[ClaudeLv250]

SmokedHostage said:

ClaudeLv250 said:

This is a list of new Nintendo franchises released or announced since 2001:

Golden Sun, Magical Vacation/Starsign, Legend of Stafy, Rhythm Heaven, Drill Dozer, Artstyle series, PictoChat, Band Brothers, Nintendogs, Trace Memory (Another Code), Elite Beat Agents (Ouendan), Elektroplankton, Brain Age, Hotel Dusk, Mystery Case Files, Chibi-Robo, Pikmin, Eternal Darkness*, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles*, Giest, Odama, Wii series (Sports/Music/Fit), Big Brain Academy, Captain Rainbow, Project HAMMER (canned?), Endless Ocean, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Soma Bringer, Kensax, Spawn Smasher, Line Attack Heroes, Dynamic Slash, Maboshi, Cosmic Walker.

* = Co-owned in some shape for form

And that's actually trimmed down...I left out some of the obscure Japan-only IPs. But I'm not done yet!

List of Nintendo franchises REVIVED or localized for the first time outside of Japan since 2001:

Doshin the Giant, Mother (3), Metroid, Custom Robo, Kid Icarus, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing, Punch-out, Sin & Punishment, Excite (Truck), and probably more I'm forgetting.

I'm contemplating making a 3rd list, a list of new games/franchises/series spawned from existing IPs since 2001. It may take some more time to compile.

Most of the new IP's are either one of the following though...

1.) Hasn't had a current gen iteration

2.) Not fully localized in all regions

3.) Market flop

4.) Haven't been released yet.

5.) Regarded as "Casual"

So I see why people think they're no new IP's..

Also Kid Icarus wasn't confirmed yet :P

 

Yeah but those are goalpost arguments. People who have to move the goalposts to argue against any of those games mentioned above admit that they are at a disadvantage when trying to make a point because they have to move the goalposts in the first place.

Anyways my original point was that when people say Nintendo doesn't make new IPs, they're sorely mistaken. Nintendo makes new IPs all the time, right alongside updates of existing franchises. In most cases I find that people who are so sour about the subject tend to really mean "why doesn't nintendo arbitrarily replace their successful franchises with random new ones?" like Sony does.