puffy on 21 January 2011
| Viper1 said: We didn't know about DKCR or Kirby's Epic Yarn until E3. And the year before that at E3 gave us the surprise of NSMB Wii. Looking at Nintendo's release line up prior to E3 these days and making judgements isn't exactly the wisest thing in the world to do. As for LOZ: SS, NCL wanted to release it in the first half of 2011 but no official date was ever given. So it's not technically delayed even if the Gamestop date is valid. |
Yes but we did know that Retro Studios were due for a game release. This time around, there doesn't seem to be much room for new games from Nintendo apart from that new IP I mentioned, especially for 2011 and especially with development focused on the 3DS. Again I'll bring up my thread:
We can look at the 2009 - 2010 development timeline and make distinctions on what might be coming in 2011 and 2012..
2009
- EAD1 - Wii Fit Plus
- EAD2 - Wii Sports Resort
- EAD3 - The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
- EAD4 - NPC! Pikmin 2
- EAD4 - New Super Mario Bros. Wii
- EAD5 - Wii Fit Plus (if this team was still around)
- SPD 1 - WarioWare: Snapped!
- SPD 1 - WarioWare: DIY
- SPD 1 - WarioWare: DIY Showcase
- SPD 1 - Friend Collection
- SPD 2 - Sin and Punishment 2
- SPD 2 - Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics
- SPD 2 - Chotto Asobi Taizen: Onajimi Table
- SPD 2 - Clubhouse Games Express: Family Favorites
- SPD 2 - Clubhouse Games Express: Strategy Pack
- SPD 3 - Punch-Out!!
- SPD 3 - ExciteBots: Trick Racing
- SPD 3 - Excite Bike: World Rally
- SPD 3 - Mario vs Donkey Kong: Mini's March Again
- SPD 4 - Delivery Channel
- HAL Laboratory - Picross 3D
- Intelligent Systems - WarioWare: Snapped!
- Intelligent Systems - WarioWare: DIY
- Intelligent Systems - Dragon Quest
- Intelligent Systems - Eco Shooter: Plant 530
- Intelligent Systems - Panel Connection: 3 Minute Rocket
- NST - Mario vs Donkey Kong: Mini's March Again
- NST - Mario Clock and Calculator
- NST - Animal Crossing Clock and Calculator
- NST - Aura-Aura Climber
- Retro Studios - Metroid Prime Trilogy
- AlphaDream - Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
- Ambrella - PokePark Wii Pikachus's Great Adventure
- Ambrella - Pokemon Rumble
- Arika - Endless Ocean 2
- Arika - Aa Majou Setsuna (Coming to the West in 2010 as Metal Torrent)
- Artoon - The World of Golden Eggs: Nori Nori Rhythm-Kei (DS)
- Brownie Brown - Kappa Michi
- Camelot - New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis
- Cing - Another Code: R - A Journey into Lost Memories
- Creatures Inc. - PokePark Wii Pikachu's Great Adventure
- Game Freak - Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
- Monster Games - ExciteBots: Trick Racing
- Monster Games - Excite Bike: World Rally
- Next Level Games - Punch-Out!!
- Next Level Games - Jungle Speed
- Noise - Go Go Cosmo Cops
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Boxlife
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Kubos/Precipice
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Picopict/Pictobits
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Nemrem/Zengage
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Intersect/Digidrive
- Skip Ltd. - New Play Control: Chibi-Robo
- Skip Ltd. - Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Osoji!
- SRD Co. - Photo Dojo
- Treasure - Sin and Punishment 2
2010
- EAD Tokyo - Super Mario Galaxy 2
- SPD 1 - Metroid: Other M
- Brownie Brown - Livly Garden
- Intelligent Systems - Fire Emblem Remake DS
- NST - Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem
- Monolith Soft - Xenoblade
- Monolith Soft -
- Project SORA - Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Retro Studios - Donkey Kong Country Returns
- Artoon - Fling Smash
- Camelot - Golden Sun DS
- Cing - Last Window (Cing filed for Bankruptcy in March 2010)
- Creatures Inc. - Pokemon Ranger: Path of Light/Guardian Signs
- Creatures Inc. - Spin Six
- Gaia - Cosmic Walker
- Game Freak - Pokemon Black/White
- Grezzo - Line Attack Heroes
- Good-Feel, Inc - Looksley's Line Up
- Good-Feel, Inc - Kirby's Epic Yarn
- Nd Cube - Wii Party
- Noise - ArcoKnights
- Project M - Metroid: Other M
- Q-Games - 3D Space Tank
- Shift - Ando Kensaku
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Light Trax
- Skip Ltd. - Art Style: Rotozoa
You'll notice that 2010 was absolutely dead in terms of EAD development with Super Mario Galaxy 2 the only game coming from them. The reason for this is quite obvious:
2011
- EAD1 - Nintendogs Plus Cats
- EAD2 - Pilotwings Resort
- EAD2 - Wii Relax
- EAD3 - The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- EAD3 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- EAD4 - Pikmin 3
- EAD5 - Wii Relax (if this team is still around)
- EAD Tokyo - Unannounced Wii title
- CSDG - Steel Diver
- CSDG - Starfox 64 3D
- SPD1 - Rhythm Heaven Wii
- Intelligent Systems - Paper Mario 3DS
- Project SORA - Kid Icarus: Uprising
- Genius Sonority - Pokemon Typing DS
- HAL Laboratory - Kirby DS title
- Mistwalker - The Last Story
- Square-Enix - Mario Sports Mix
EAD have a crap load of content coming to launch the 3DS and a few games for Wii. There isn't a whole heap of room for unannounced Wii titles in 2011, of course there could be one or two games, for example if EAD 5 are doing Wii Relax then EAD 2 could have something, although it could be that new IP in which case I wouldn't expect to see anything from EAD Tokyo.
I might look into the development timelines a bit more later today (especially second parties)..
