| ryuzaki57 said: Japanese 3rd parties harldy work with Nintendo anymore, even on 3DS |
Really? Namco is working on Smash Bros. Atlus on Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem. Tecmo Koei on Hyrule Warriors. Sega has a third Sonic title set to be exclusive to a Nintendo system (or both systems) and published by Nintendo. Platinum Games made Wonderful 101 and is making Bayonetta 2. Dragon Quest remains exclusive to Nintendo systems in recent times. Monster Hunter seems to be going the same way.
The rumour suggests that there's going to be a lot more from the Japanese publishers. And it's believable for one simple reason: Sony delayed the PS4 in Japan in order to release earlier in most other regions. Add this to the relatively weak performance of Vita (compared to 3DS), and you have a picture of the Japanese publishers having shifted their support more to Nintendo over the last year or so, independent of Wii U sales figures. And with Nintendo doling out their big franchises to those publishers to create crossovers or regular entries, it's believable that part of that deal was that the respective third parties also make other games for Nintendo platforms.
So why haven't we heard about them? Think about it - what games have we been told about regarding 2014, on WiiU or 3DS, third-party or first-party, in genres that have struggled on Nintendo systems or genres that have flourished on Nintendo systems? Nintendo often likes to be the one to announce titles, and they'd have good reason to stockpile announcements for something big. It's SOP for Nintendo, Sony, and MS to arrange with third parties to hold off on announcements so that the console makers can announce them at E3. Nintendo has shifted away from E3 and onto Nintendo Directs, but the principle still holds.
Of course, I don't believe the rumour itself. But I do expect stronger Wii U support from Japanese publishers this year.
