Joelcool7 said:
Well I wouldn't really say that Nintendo's amazing line-up means that their won't be a new console in 2011. This will be the first time in a generation two generations that Nintendo is going to keep its past platform alive while releasing a new platform. Think about it a second, in the past with the NES/SNES/N64 Nintendo launched big titles even during the launch year of its next platform. Snes, when the SNES got released Nintendo was a young company that didn't have many established IP's. The year prior to the Super Nintendo's launch Nintendo released one of its biggest games, Super Mario Bros 3.The year that the Super Nintendo launched Nintendo released highly anticipated games like NES Play Action Football, Nintendo World Championships, Nintendo World Cup, Startropics as well as less anticipated games like Pinbot, Snake Rattle & Roll. However Nintendo launched many titles alongside its third party counter parts long into Super Nintendo's lifespan. A perfect example would be the release of Kirby's Adventure in 1993 despite the Super Nintendo launching two years prior. Lets not forget the Mario games that came out in 1992/93/94 for the NES (Yoshi/Yoshi's cookiesMario's Missing/Mario's Time Machine/Wario'sWoods). When the Nintendo64 got released, Nintendo continued supporting the SuperNintendo. A perfect example would be the release of Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3, Kirby Dream Avalanche. The third installment of one of Nintendo's biggest franchises (At the time) came out the same year as N64. It would be the same as launching a Zelda title at the same time as the next console. But keep in mind that during 1995 the year prior to the N64's release we saw Super Mario World 2 and Donkey Kong Country 2. Then how about the years of the GameCube when the Nintendo 64 was right at the end of its lifespan. The year 2000 one year before the GameCube rocked store shelves, we saw the release of promenant titles like Kirby64:The Crystal Shards, Paper Mario, Legend Of Zelda:Majora's Mask , Pokemon Stadium 2. And the year that GameCube launched Nintendo maintained steady support for the Nintendo64 with big titles like Dr.Mario64 Infact if you think about it, the year before the GameCube Nintendo released a big Mario title and Zelda title. Infact that years lineup was even more impressive then 2010's it featured the sequal to the renouned Pokemon Stadium as well as Kirby's latest adventure. As well as other 2nd tier games like MarioParty3.
So infact if you look at Nintendo's past software line-ups you see a huge year right before the next platform hits store shelves. The GameCube was very rare in that the year before the Wii it never really recieved any big games. That was likely due to the lack of software sales, Nintendo didn't want to waste a game that could be diverted to the Wii's line-up.
Also don't forget that the next Wii is bound to have full backwards compatability so every game Nintendo releases for Wii will help when the next Nintendo platform hits shelves. Also keep in mind Nintendo wants to boost sales and its popularity right ahead of its next platform release! Not to mention if Nintendo goes with the route they took with NES (Supporting it untill 1994) Or Sony's approach selling the PS2 years after the next generation began then Nintendo needs to boost the Wii's sales! So this indicates that fall 2011 we should see the next Nintendo platform. I mean a Mario game and a Zelda game both coming out in 2010 reminds me of 2000 when we saw Mario and Zelda launching right before GameCube! |
Yep that's how it went down in the past and where did that actually get Nintendo? Sales declining every generation. In fact Reggie still believes the GameCube failed due to it's launch. Not enough games he said. Had Nintendo moved to the GameCube sooner and left the N64 alone then it would have done better (in Reggie's eyes)
You also have to remember that Nintendo WILL launch a new handheld in the next 2 years. That needs resources too and will cause a slow down in EAD Wii titles being developed. I'm hoping Nintendo begin to expand their software development a little more aggresively in the next couple of years. They not only need new teams, how about one or two new EAD teams? However they also need more people per team as games will take longer to develop on their new systems.
