Mr Khan said:
BenVTrigger said:
Mr Khan said:
BenVTrigger said:
Euphoria14 said:
For one I think it is too early for the next gen.
Second, Nintendo needs to start giving us some new IPs. I have been seeing Mario, Metroid, Zelda, etc... for over 20 years now. Time to try something new.
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While I do hope they continue to make Mario, Metroid, Zelda and the rest I couldn't agree more. In terms of software the number one thing that Nintendo needs next gen is strong brand new IP's. You can only develop franchises for so long before people get bored with them, even the mighty Nintendo 1st party games.
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Nintendo doesn't have the capacity, quite frankly. Look at the drought we're currently running in: every single first party Wii or 3DS game in the next quarter has been outsourced, and there's still nothing too big out there. Metroid is a waif franchise with no permanent home as it is, as are Star Fox and F-Zero.
They can't make new IPs
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Hmm I guess I never really thought too much about it but yeah your kind of right. So what's the deal with Nintendo then? Are their 1st party teams working on secret stuff or do they simply not have the man power? I have noticed with the Wii that it has had some very long dry spells, in fact I think its suffored from some of the worst of any console ever but never really though too much why that is. Any ideas?
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Them providing adequate support to the DS simultaneously for one (to compare to Sony, who almost never mixes console and handheld teams, but then the handheld teams end up being the clearly inferior ones to the PSP's detriment), and two there just aren't that many teams in there.
Threads exist in the Nintendo discussion that discuss what their wholly-owned teams and usual affiliates could be working on, and there are a few teams who are MIA even considering a Wii-3DS split
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Well as much as I love Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Pokemon and the rest Nintendo has no choice. They either have to get some fresh blood and strong new IP or the company in the long run is going to face major backlash. They have created truley iconic characters and fantastic franchises, but nothing really new since the 64, though I suppose the Gamecube may have a had a few. The Wii outside of the "Wii" series had none.
They can't just make the same IP forever regardless of how strong the franchises are.
