| Marks said: Dude I've heard of two series from that list, and one is a little kids game that sold well on DS...but I do grant you Xenoblade Chronicles. |
The point remains that you were 100% factually wrong to state that 'they [Nintendo] don't make new IPs anymore', the games I mentioned clearly prove otherwise. I've pointed this out before, but the problem is not by anymeans Nintendo refusing to invest in new IPs (or even I would argue a significant number), but the nature of those individual new IPs they produce. Nintendo should aim for at least one new IP a generation that fulfils all the following criteria: is critically acclaimed, achieves sales of 1m plus and finally has high production values. As we seem to be discounting Nintendogs, all of Nintendo's new IPs this generation has failed to achieve at least one (though I guess Xenoblade Chronicles could potentially break 1m if it is lucky). Games which were fantastic and did well in reviews like Soma Bringer (as you aren't aware of it, it is Secret of Mana on steriods basically, and my cousin referred to it as 'RPG of the generation a few years ago) have failed to sell incredibly well. Nintendo has many new IPs, just none that fulfil all criteria, in the way that Uncharted or LBP does for example.
