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naznatips on 01 December 2007
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albionus said:
BengaBenga said:
Why does everyone only mention Nintendo games, Matt disn't say it was a Nintendo franchise.

Earthbound is not going to be huge news, since it's a small franchise outside Japan. Kid Icarus is a single game, not a franchise as such.

I think more in the direction of Mega Man and Castlevania. Enormous franchises that will stop the internet the moment they will come to Wii exclusively.
Donkey Kong platformer is a good guess as well.

I didn't think they mentioned it was necessarily a Nintendo franchise but I'm too lazy to download the podcast again and listen.  I initially though Mega Man since there are rumors flying that a mainline Mega Man game is in the works for the Wii.  Though I don't know if either of those games really passes the you have to be older than 12 comment.  Unless they mean a good 3D Castlevania game like Castlevania 64 but then 3D Castlevania games did appear on the PS2 and I don't think they are being that narrow in their definition. 

Similarly while we haven't seen a good console mainline Mega Man game in decades it seems there were Mega Man games on the PS2.  I suppose they could mean Mega Man legends but how many gamers would get excited about that (personal note, Mega Man 64 was one of the worst games I've ever played).  If we try to figure out which third party franchise it could be that hasn't been made in years, is something gamers have been asking for, is something to get excited over, and has a known great studio behind it then we'll be here forever.


No, they didn't say it was a Nintendo franchise, but they did say it was an old franchise being revived by Nintendo.  Nintendo won't be reviving someone else's franchise....

So yes, it's a Nintendo owned IP.  I'm not sure why people think Earthbound is even an option when MOTHER is far from a dead franchise.  I'm also not sure why so many people are anti-Kid Icarus or don't understand how popular that games was/still is with older gamers.  Are you guys just all 18 or under or something?  People who started gaming in the 80s on the NES always remember KI and have been demanding a sequel for many years.