Reggie promises casual assault next year!

[Joelcool7]

padib said:

nuckles87 said:

maverick40 said:
reggie needs to go.

Why? For continueing to cater to a market that helped them explode out of the rut they'd been in for two console generations and actually become a worldwide leader in the video game market? Or just making games you don't want?

Seriously, come on guys. This year you got Pilot Wings, Zelda OoT3D, Starfox 3D, Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Pokemon Black & White. Their casual selection this year? Nintendogs. And next year, your getting Luigi's Mansion 2, Kid Icarus, Mario Tennis, and Paper Mario. Your already getting what you want! (unless what you want is original franchise titles, in which case your fresh out of luck, lol).

Nintendo has long been catering to both the hardcore and casual crowd, especially in recent years, and while I certainly can't defend their dismal Wii line up for 2011, lets not forget that last year they gave Super Mario Galaxy 2, Sin and Punishment 2, Metroid Other M, and Donkey Kong Country returns. Nintendo has LONG been appealing to the "broad spectrum", and Reggie merely indicating that yes, they will continue to cater to the casual crowd that made them boat loads of cash doesn't change that.

Seriously people, come on. Don't act like Nintendo hasn't already been catering to you, and doesn't already have a line up of games for you next year, many of which I'm sure your excited for. I know plenty of people excited for Paper Mario, or who have been demanding a new Luigi's Mansion and Kid Icarus.

But Paper Mario, Zelda, Starfox, Super Mario, Pokemon? By gosh, where is Uncharted, where is Shadow of the Colossus. Certainly Sony is not the only one able to produce such content! Why is Prime not the Halo killer? Where is the marketing?

Why this is all important is because most of us believe Nintendo has the talent, they just aren't playing their cards right and need to improve brand prestige. How did Halo get so big and Prime get so small?

No offence but I don't think Nintendo wants franchises that perform as Sony's do. I mean sure Sony's franchises don't do all that bad but Nintendo wants 5+ million sellers. Also Nintendo as a company prides itself on releasing unique experiances and content and giving its developers freedom to develop stuff in a new way.

Nintendo would have a hard time if they contacted up one of their studios and said "Hey were going to pretend we are GameLoft for a year or so, pump out rip offs of all Sony's major franchises". It doesn't fit in with Nintendo's style, unfortunetly for all the Sony and MS fans Nintendo isn't about to create identical franchises in fact they aren't likely to create very similar franchises. Nintendo likes to produce new experiances look at when they finally went FPS, Geist wasn't like any other FPS on the market and while glitchy as heck it was pretty fun.

As for Prime being a Halo killer, I don't recall Nintendo ever saying they intended it to be. Metroid Prime was supposed to be an action adventure or First person adventure to be more specific. Not an FPS in the sense of Halo or Killzone. Nintendo when Prime first came put a huge emphasis on collecting information and clues and exploration rather then blowing the heads off of countless alien scum.

Unfortunetly and maybe fortunatly Nintendo isn't going to provide us with MS or Sony IP, Nintendo is a trail blazer and hopefully they will create another ground breaking franchise soon. Though I would love to see Nintendo create an FPS , they would do something unique not done by the competitors.