jarrod said:
Carl2291 said:
The main selling point of Ninty's systems is the 1st party support. If 3rd party support doesn't pick up and become like it was on PS2, i can't see the Wii having a life as long as the PS2 (or even NES, SNES, PSone). |
Actually, I'd say GBA is probably the best recent touchstone for what to expect for post-successor Nintendo support. It was the last popular Nintendo platform to get replaced, and had fairly excellent 1st party support (far better than it's 3rd party support too, which was similarly almost always lacking).
Nintendo published GBA games released after DS launch
- bit generations Series (2006) skip / Q-Games
- CalcoBit (2006) ParityBit
- DK: King of Swing (2005) Paon
- Donkey Kong Country 3 (2005) Rare
- Dr. Mario & Puzzle League (2005) Nintendo / Intelligent Systems
- Drill Dozer (2005) Game Freak
- Dynasty Warriors Advance (2005) Koei
- EyeShield 21: Devil Bats, Devil Days (2006) 8ing
- Final Fantasy IV Advance (2005) Square Enix / TOSE Software
- Final Fantasy V Advance (2006) Square Enix / TOSE Software
- Final Fantasy VI Advance (2007) Square Enix / TOSE Software
- Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (2005) Intelligent Systems
- Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (2005) Square Enix / Jupiter
- Mario Party Advance (2005) Hudson
- Mario Tennis: Power Tour (2005) Camelot Software Planning
- Mother 3 (2006) Ape / Brownie Brown
- Nonono Puzzle: CheChai Alien (2005) Creatures Inc.
- Oriental Blue: Ao no Tengai (2006) Hudson / RED
- Pokemon Emerald (2005) Pokemon Co. / Game Freak / Creatures Inc.
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team (2006) Pokemon Co. / Chunsoft
- Polarium Advance (2006) Mitchell Corp
- Rhythm Tengoku (2006) Nintendo
- Sennen Kaizou (2005) indieszero
- Tales of Phantasia (2006) Namco Bandai / Namco Tales Studio
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (2005) Flagship / Capcom
- The Tower SP (2006) Vivarium
- Wario Ware Twisted! (2005) Nintendo / Intelligent Systems
- Yoshi Touch & Go! (2005) Artoon
...I think Wii after Wii 2 (ie: fall 2011-ish and on) will probably be somewhat like this. Lots of brand names, lots of collaborations and outsourced projects, lots of quirky niche experiments, maybe a 3DS multiplatform game or two and I think you can again expect to see Nintendo pick up some key 3rd party games for publishing themselves (like Dragon Quest X). I see no real reason to assume that Nintendo will simply drop Wii software production immediately, that's never how they handle their successful platforms (NES, SNES, GBA)... this whole line of logic's backwards, if anything strong Nintendo support is exactly what ensures Wii will have a healthy wind down...
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but how many game boy advances sold after they made the ds? i thought the sales of the gba pretty much died after the the ds launch.
