| Salnax said: I'm guessing Nintendo will have the following in their launch window. Likely: Pikmin 3, Wii Fit 3, Pokemon Stadium 5th Generation, Epic Yarn 2, Excite-Racer Unlikely: New exclusive JRPG, Retro’s big Project, Unknown Paon Project For more info, check out the link below. The tldr version is that every other studio is either working on 3DS projects or hasn't had enough time to make new games. http://www.gametrailers.com/users/Salnax/gamepad/ |
Why are you expecting Pikmin 3 for launch which we haven't seen any footage of but not Super Mario Bros. Mii which was actually playable at e3 and talked about in Iwata Asks interviews? I think they are both made by the same team (going by that one thread that tracks all of Nintendo's development teams) so that would perfectly explain why we haven't seen Pikmin 3 yet: It was postponed because Nintendo needs Mario for launch.
I expect the following: Bundled game ("Chase Mii", etc.) to show off the controller, Super Mario Bros. U, one game for the hardcore gamers and maybe one game packed in as a bundle with the second tablet controller ("Wii Play U"?). Then Wii Sports / Wii Fit, Pikmin 3 and Mario Kart over the course of 2013.
By the way, a german Nintendo magazine speculated we'll get Eternal Darkness 2 shortly after launch. Silicon Knights apparently said something along the lines of "we do have a game that will go back to our development roots" and the trademark for Eternal Darkness has been extended on the same day as the trademark for Luigi's Mansion. At least that's what they say. They seem pretty certain though.
Edit: In your blog you mentioned EAD 2 being busy developing Animal Crossing. Now if we look at the long development time of that title compared to how little resources an Animal Crossing game needs do you think it is possible EAD 2 has two projects going on at the same time? Maybe the "Chase Mii" stuff game. In that case they could have "Chase Mii" ready for launch and might even finish Wii Sports 3 (most likely their next project?) by late 2013.
By the way your blog post was really good. I enjoyed reading it.
