| radiantshadow92 said: I just don't see any appeal to it. The HD is old, the console would be expensive, and third parties wouldn't join up because its a new userbase unlike the other HD systems. Plus it would cost more to develop for. Therefore it would have no games, unless Nintendo wants to ignore the 3DS....Not a good postition at all. Well, if you don't like making money lol |
Below is a list that Zarx compiled from Wikipedia of Nintendo's First and Second party studios. How many new Wii games are scheduled from these companies? I think it's safe to say there's a good chance that Wii's successor could have a plentiful game selection without ignoring the 3DS. And if they handle it right and the power is comparable to what the article suggests, third parties will likely flock to it.
First-party studios
EAD Comprehensive Group – Steel Diver, Star Fox 64 3D, Super Mario 64 DS,
EAD Group 1 – Mario Kart series, Nintendogs series, Luigi's Mansion,[35]
EAD Group 2 – Animal Crossing series, Wii-branded games, Pilotwings Resort
EAD Group 3 – The Legend of Zelda series
EAD Group 4 – Pikmin series, New Super Mario Bros. series, Big Brain Academy,
EAD Group 5 – Wii Fit, Wii Fit Plus
EAD Tokyo – Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy series
Nintendo SPD – WarioWare series, Friend Collection, Metroid: Other M with Team Ninja[36]
Nintendo NSD – Personal Trainer: Walking,
Nintendo STC – Mario vs Donkey Kong, 1080° Avalanche, Crosswords DS
Nintendo SDD – Brain Age, Brain Age 2, Brain Age Express, Jam with the Band
Monolith Soft – Disaster: Day of Crisis, Xenoblade
Retro Studios – Metroid Prime series, Donkey Kong Country Returns
Brownie Brown – A Kappa's Trail, Magical Starsign series
Intelligent Systems – Fire Emblem series, Advance Wars series
Project Sora – Kid Icarus Uprising
Nd Cube – F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, Wii Party
HAL Laboratory – Super Smash Bros series, Kirby series, Picross 3D
Second-party studios
Since the 1980s, Nintendo has built up a large group of second-party partners, through publishing agreements or collaboration.
AlphaDream – Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Ambrella – Pokémon Dash, Pokémon Rumble[40]
Creatures Inc. – EarthBound (Mother) series, Pokémon
Camelot Software Planning – Golden Sun series
Genius Sonority – Pokémon Colosseum, Pokémon Battle Revolution
Good-Feel – Kirby's Epic Yarn with HAL Laboratory,
Monster Games – Excitebike series [41]
Next Level Games – Punch Out!!
Noise – Custom Robo series
Paon – Glory of Heracles series, Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, DK: King of Swing
Skip Ltd. – Chibi-Robo! series, Art Style series
n-Space - Geist
Arika - Endless Ocean, Endless Ocean 2: Adventures of the Deep
Treasure - Sin & Punishment, Sin & Punishment 2
Kuju Entertainment – Battalion Wars, Battalion Wars 2
Game Freak - Pokémon (video game series)
I can't wait 'till E3!
