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MrT-Tar said:
MasterVG71782 said:
Jumpin said:

Before you make a statement like that, you have to:
A. Provide a reason why Wii was so much more successful than any previous Nintendo console in its opening months - when the main addition was Wii Sports
B. Provide explanation why the other new IP games (aside from Wii Sports) had such incredible success, selling tens of millions of copies, if people didn't really want them.

A) It was more successful because the appeal of the Wii was much broader than previous generations. For the first year or so, EVERYONE wanted to get a Wii and they were impossible to find in stores. I know I had to camp out at Best Buy like 2 hours before they opened one morning whenever Brawl released. The Nintendo fans from the Gamecube era didn't exactly seem to be running to the stores to get Wii Fit, Wii Sports and the like.

B) What other new IPs, besides the Wii series of games, did Nintendo themselves release? Like I said previously, the appeal to a larger crowd made those games sell more. I don't think they would've sold as much, if there wasn't that broader market there.

Off the top off my head, I can name: (I'm including all new IPs Nintendo made this gen that have have featured on the Wii)

 

Wii....

Disaster: DoC

Zangeki no Reinglev

Xenoblade Chronicles

Big Brain Academy

The Last Story

Line Attack Heroes

Flingsmash

Captain Rainbow

Eco Shooter 530

Endless Ocean

Another Code

And Kensaku

Pandora's Tower

Bonsai Barber

 

As one can clearly see, there have been many new IPs this gen on Wii.  Anybody that denies that is just misinformed.  However, Nintendo is lacking in a high profile, high quality, so called 'hardcore' New IP that can sell millions of copies.  The closest they have is The Last Story.  I've mentione this many times on this forum, but I don't think Nintendo need more IPs, they could probably get away with less of them.  They instead, need to change their culture regarding new IPs.  Currently, many of their new IPs are low profile, low selling, not exactly critically acclaimed and not always released in PAL/US.  This is what needs to change, not the actual number of New IPs which is fine.

Zangeki no Reinglev was developed by Sandlot, a third party company.

Last Story was developed by Mistwalker, which as far as I know, is still third party.

When I meant released by Nintendo, I didn't just mean published. While those two above are exclusive and most others are made by companies that are either exclusive to Nintendo or are a part of Nintendo themselves, most of the games never came out of Japan, which is a limiting themselves.

They do need another IP to bring some fresh air to the company, a series that has the potential to sell a lot of units.