Nintendo needs more western studios and more original western IPs to appeal to the west.

[Frogger]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

spemanig said:

Kaizar said:

Dillon's Rolling Western

Pushmo

Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword

Ketzal's Corridors

Kid Icarus: Uprising

Steel Diver

Denpa Men

Youkai Watch

Golden Sun 4

Tomadochi Life

Crashmo

Dillon's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger

and many others.

 

If you include 2nd Party games:

Bayonetta 2

Lego City Undercover

The Wonderful 101

And more.

 

And then 3rd party exclusives:

ZombiU

Kingdom Hearts 3D

Several Resident Evil games

Bravely Default

Bravely Second

Monster Hunter 3

Monster Hunter 4

Several Final Fantasy games

King of Pirates

Rodea the Sky Soldier

And soo much more.

 

And Nintendo is making more new IPs that will appeal to western gamers.

I don't see the reason to complain, espeicially with how long the competition also takes to pump out any new IPs that will really stand out for getting sales.

Absolutely none of those games appeals to a western audience. They appeal to a Nintendo audience.

Monster Hunter and Bayonetta appeal to an audience outside of Nintendo as well. Nintendo has never had a Bayonetta until now. The problem with Bayonetta is that it didnt profit. Platinum Games isn't exactly a household name in the west. Kingdom Hearts is more associated to Sony even today than Nintendo.

Its a risk even putting Bayonetta on a Nintendo console when the fanbase isnt even large enough and not even Mario 3D world cannot even save it. These are dark times and before Nintendo takes a risk on a game like that they should really use the heavy hitters to make the Wii U more appealing.

The problem with Bayonetta is that it's just one game. And it's not western. It's niche because it doesn't cater to a western audience. And good on it, but that means nothing when it comes to making the Wii U a must have console for the majority of gamers.

They need western heavy hitters, and a lot of them. If Nintendo announced two to three huge AAA western style IPs by a western developement team as new Nintendo first party IPs, it would cause a shit storm, because now there's games most western gamers will want on a system they thought they didn't. If last E3, Sunset Overdrive, Destiny, and a new Iron Man game that looked as pomising as the Arkham series were all announced to be coming out this year ans next exclusively for the Wii U, the Wii U would be doing exponencially better, because it would have games that most of the dominantly western gaming market is craving for. Nintendo needs that.