| DélioPT said: First of all, thanks for sharing those videos. The music is always wonderful to hear. Impressive how so many years have passed yet they still remain magical... Do people really want Nintendo to return to times of old? For how long? I too want Nintendo to make the Zelda, Mario and Metroid games like it did with the NES, but i also want the new ones that exist now. The thing is, both can co-exist. For example, look at what Capcom did with Mega Man 9 and 10. Old school games that people loved, the same way they did them years ago and seeing as they weren`t retail material, they sold them digitally. Nintendo too could do that. Wouldn`t you buy a retro Zelda, Mario, Metroid online if Nintendo made one. I know i would. But is that all that Nintendo and other companies can do? Look at 3D Game Dot Heroes. The visuals alone throw you back to the good old times and from what i read it really feels like old Zelda games. I honestly believe there is a way Nintendo can make games like in the NES days without losing what was great about them. The best way to achieve that is to remember how they made games back then and how they would make them if they had better resourcer at the time. |
Great post. How do you suggest Nintendo would drive that business strategy. Would they have product lines that are called "Retro Celebration" or something like that, would they sell them on WiiWare like MM9 and 10? Would they be like MM9 and 10 using the exact same graphics or would they be more in line with SFII HD Remix?
Do you think there is a market for these today, and do you think Nintendo can sell multiple 2D Mario games in parallel (NSMB, Mario 5) without hurting the franchise? Do you think 2D Metroid should be just Super Metroid Remixed? What about 2D Zelda? Could 3D Zelda also use a touch of nostalgia and return to roots (mystical theme and open-endedness)?
What is stopping Nintendo from experimenting with a full retro strategy and what this far can be considered a legitimate attempt in Retro goodness? 3DLand? DCKR, Return to Dreamland?
What defines retro, what are the characteristics desired, is it the pace? The reduction of all things superficial and a focus on the essentials? The colors, the themes, the music?
So many questions guys, what are your thoughts?
