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NoirSon on 06 July 2013
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DevilRising said:
Soundwave said:
mai said:
Yes, Nintendo desperatly needs to waste few millions on new IP nobody will care or it will generate significantly smaller ROI than new mainstream Mario game. Anything to please the fans and raise its self-esteem as the coolest kid on the block.


They desperately need a new kind of IP that can bring in consumers that beyond just what Mario/Zelda do. And they need to actually put some marketing muscle behind said franchise.

Sony has done it with Uncharted and again with The Last of Us, and even MS invested a lot into the Gears franchise.

Time for Nintendo to step up with something new.

 

So apparently you've never heard of Xenoblade Chronicles? Or the Wonderful 101? Or The Last Story or Pandora's Tower (which they published in Japan). Or Professor Layton? Or Wii Sports/Fit/Music/Party? Or Steel Diver? Or the Brain Age/Brain Academy games? Or Nintendogs? Or Rhythm Heaven? Or Endless Ocean? Or Flingsmash? Or Sin & Punishment? Or Pikmin? Or Chibi Robo? Or Golden Sun? Or Nintendo Land?

 

Just saying. They have come out with a lot of new IPs, both internally developed as well as many made by outside studios but published by Nintendo themselves.

Which actually brings up another Nintendo problem, they have IPs that they don't market and when they fail to do well drop them.

The Last Story and Pandora's Tower were published by XSeed outside of the Japan, because Nintendo didn't want to do it since they had no faith it would sell. Xenoblade is the same and if Nintendo of Europe hadn't done the translation, it is unlikely that Nintendo of America would have done it, like many other RPGs, Nintendo published in Japan and refused to localized for Western audiences.

Punch Out! for the Wii is a perfect example of a game they could have promoted more, but they rather push Style Savvy or another Mario game instead. Nintendo published Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge but rather then promote it, they just threw it to the shelves without any push outside of Nintendo's own Directs or previews. As much as people are going out of their way to view commercials, one or two on the right program would have gone a long way more then the Wii U commercials they put at the end 2012.