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Soundwave on 21 July 2014
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curl-6 said:
spemanig said:
curl-6 said:

Mario is pretty much the only remaining exception.

Tropical Freeze tells the true story; a series that sold 6 million less than four years ago, but bombs in 2014.

DKR would suffer the same fate.


Says who? TF failed because it's a 2D platformer on a home console, not because people don't want Donkey Kong or something. It would have sold better on a 3DS where it makes sense. DKR isn't on the same boat. It would be a first party kart racer on a home console. That actually makes sense.

Look, I know it sucks, I'm not particularly happy that the market has turned this way either, but it's the unfortunate truth that the "critics who treat adult as a term of approval" sadly make up a huge chunk of the console market at the moment.


Except, "dark and mature" games are quite capable of flopping on the Wii U too. So far nothing has reliably sold well on the system outside of Mario games.

NSMBU, Mario 3D World, and Mario Kart 8 are going to be the no. 1/2/3 selling games on the system until Smash Bros. catches 3D World, and that's another game that prominently features Mario.

I don't think Metroid will honestly do that great on the Wii U either. Retro's probably better off working on something new.  

Or maybe Nintendo could let them collaborate on a third party IP ... remember Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes made by Silicon Knights under Nintendo.

Maybe they could do a Resident Evil game or something.