| sundin13 said: Wii Sports is already a thing on Wii U... Also, it is too soon to reveal the NFC game. That will happen at E3... Also, there was a list the other day of 120 indie games coming to the Wii U...you should look it up Also, don't get your hopes up too much...I can guarantee if that is what you need to be happy, you will be disappointed. Also, isn't there already a thread for this? |
I've been a hobby analyst of the videogame industry since 1993, so I believe I'm entitled to make a thread about my expectations of tomorrow's Nintendo Direct, however bold those expectations might be ;) When I say the word expectations, I mean it not in the sense of fan expectations, but rather what could be expected from a market and industry perspective. I didn't see that perspective fit into any of the other threads, as they clearly have been either written from a fan perspective or hijacked by fans from either side.
My comments to your comments are as followed:
You are right that a HD remake of Wii Sports was released for eShop last year. However, that remake clearly isn't the Wii Sports game that was promoting the Wii U at E3 2011. There are three ways to go on this; 1) the game footage shown at E3 was just a mock up, 2) The game was in development but got scrapped, 3) The game is still in development. Either way, the Wii Sports on eShop isn't a true successor to the original game, and it does not utilise the unique Wii U functions, so it hardly counts as a thing on Wii U.
You are right that it's too soon to reveal an NFC game (even though ideas for such games must have been in the planning stages well before the Wii U was concieved, otherwise Nintendo would not have included such a hardware feature in the Wii U). However, Nintendo could still reveal a game meant to utilise the NFC-functions, but not reveal that specific detail yet. Therefore a wouldn't rule out a potential presentation of Pokemon Stadium U tomorrow, with further revelations about the game later on (such as NFC support).
I've seen lists of Indie games, and they strengthen my arguments. Only thing lacking in those lists is a grand licensing plan for indie developers to use Nintendo's franchises. If Iwata is serious about his licensing plan revealed a couple of weeks ago, indie developers must be included. It would be a major bomb to let indie developers use Mario-characters. I also believe developers would migrate to Wii U after such a revelation.
Concerning my hopes. I have no hopes. As I said before. I'm a hobby analyst. Not a fan boy. My interest at the moment is to look at a potential revival of Wii U, from a realistic perspective. A perspective based on industry knowledge (development resources) in combination with reading between the lines. I'm not prestigious, and I don't care if I'm wrong :)
