Why Doesn't Nintendo Just Make Games Like Zombi U On Their Own?

[Khuutra]

Soundwave said:

Khuutra said:

What in the nose-bleeding Hellchrist does image have to do with it? I'm talking about genre and game design.

There's no one better in the business at game design than Nintendo. Look at studios like Silicon Knights that far and away did their best work under Nintendo and look at the sh*t they did under Microsoft. That's what happens when you lose Nintendo's guidance.

Right, guidance. Eternal Darkness was a horror adventure title, which Silicon Knights had already proven their chops at when they made Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain. What Nintendo did was make them polish their crappy mechanics and level design into something presentable while letting SK handle the finer points of working the genre.

Ditto Rare with Goldeneye.

Ditto Retro with Metroid Prime.

Now, why doesn't Nintendo grab studios that are good at this crap? I don't know! It may well have something to do with image. It may have something to do with ROI, which for Nintendo always needs to be preposterously high. It may be that the last time they did it, with Metroid: Other M, it burned the hairs off their nuts.

I don't know. I can't say. But the reason they don't develop that shit in house is that it would not be a wise use of their resources.