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chocoloco on 08 July 2011
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MrT-Tar said:
chocoloco said:

I am espeacially interrested on Learn Ingles.

 

 

I may be wrong since I probably pay less attention to Nintendo than you, but isn't Xenoblade and the last story only coming out in Japan and EMEAA? I think Nintendo needs more bloody mature rated games mostly, it does not have to be a shooter like Uncharted. Also I don't like the word hardcore because it's meaning is so subjective that trying to use it brings out too many different interpretations from people.

 

 

The point I was trying to make is that Nintendo has lots of new IPs, but they do not have a high profile, very commercially successfull new IP aimed at the  'mature'/'traditional'/'hardcore'/'non casual'/whatever (I dilike a lot of those terms as well) audience, in the way that MS has Gears of War and Sony has Uncharted.  They have new IPs that appeal to that audience, such as Pandora's Tower, Soma Bringer or Xenoblade, but these are low, or maybe at a push medium profile and don't sell that many copies.  As I said earlier, the closest I can think of is The Last Story.  Equally, they have new IPs such as Wii..., Nintendogs and Brain Training/Brain Age, which are among the best selling games of all time, but they largely appeal to a different audience.

I think that this is the reason that many people believe that Nintendo don't make or publish any new IPs, when in fact they do.  It's just that they haven't heard of or dismiss most of them.  Nintendo next generation would need IMO a new IP that is like Uncharted or Gears of War, not necessarily in genre, but in the fact that they are high profile, both very critically and commercially successful and appeal to gamers outside the expanded audience.

I see from a business perspective they have played there cards right with some new IPs that sell well as you said Nintendogs and Brain Training/Brain Age. Should that matter though to each person coming here looking for games they want to play? Well I say no. A person can argue all they want that a company is doing well by staying profitable by making games for many types of people, but the bottom line is many people are not going to care unless games are made that meet their standards of fun. So having a new popular, highly rated shooter like gears and uncharted would certainly help. It would make up for an area they are drastically lacking in. I think I get your drift, yes they have made new IPs, but they have not made games from genres such as shooters. Other than the fact that I was not aware of all these IPs I think we were thinking similarly all along. The fact is Nintendo has never made many mature RATED (not mature) games and that is one reason I think they fail to capture the respect of many gamers. Until they do, I as a gamer will look out for my own interests and not just the interests of a company. So I will still address the fact that Nintendo lacks many games in genres I enjoy until they start making them.