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T.Rexington on 09 January 2014
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DerpSandwich said:
DevilRising said:
DerpSandwich said:
I completely agree, and I rant and rave about this quite a lot. People say that they'd rather have a great game than a rushed game, but I'm of the opinion that Nintendo doesn't take so long only because they're perfectionists, but because of bad management. They could make a very great, very polished game in three years if they put their minds to it, but they dick around for so long that it takes them forever to get anything done.

For instance, rebuilding the game from scratch every damn time is ridiculous. They need to give us more games like Majora's Mask. But no, they've always got to revamp the entire visual style and start all over from the beginning. It sounds like that's what they're doing now, and this is the worst time they could have picked to do it.


I sure am glad people like you aren't in charge at Nintendo then. Otherwise, you'd have them be just another EA or Activision, pumping out yearly installments of Call of Duty or Madden. As a long-time gamer, and a longtime Nintendo/Zelda fan, I proudly reply: "No fucking thanks".

It's not black and white, as you seem to think it is.  There's a difference between churning out lazy garbage and just being good with your resources.  I never said anything about yearly installments.  In fact, I specifically said that three years was plenty of time for a great game.  But you decided that a knee-jerk, everything-or-nothing sort of reaction was best for my comment.

It's not about thinking that the companies owe us something.  It's about recognizing bad business practices.  Nintendo's slow release schedule isn't unacceptible because I think I deserve more games.  It's unacceptible for a game-making business to release so few games, and to spend unneccessary amounts of time on each one.

Also, I would agree with you that waiting until 2015 would be fine if it meant getting an amzing, mind-blowing Zelda adventure.  But I waited five years for Skyward Sword and didn't get anything like that, so my guard is up at the moment.


I think that's a fair complaint, it certainly seems like they're on that path though. I mean, remaking a game like Wind Waker is definitely reusing resources. I wouldn't be shocked to see the Ocarina of Time remake get ported to the Wii U with HD visuals. However, I think for the first true Zelda release on the Wii U, there has to be a focus on presentation. They shouldn't just reuse assets for this one in my opinion. After that initial release though, I don't think reusing assets is a bad idea at all.