mii-gamer said:
Soundwave said:
The mental gymnastics some Iwata defenders have to jump through to say that there isn't a dramatic decline in Western funded/developed games (particularly games that don't feature Japanese created character IP) is hilarious.
Nintendo 2nd Party 1994-2001 (Lincoln/Arakawa-era)
GoldenEye
Perfect Dark
Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Mario Party 1/2/3/4
NBA Courtside
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB
Starcraft 64
Killer Instinct/Gold
Jet Force Gemini
Excitebike 64
Pilotwings 64
Donkey Kong Country 1/2/3
Eternal Darkness
Various Star Wars titles
Tetrisphere
Mario Tennis/Golf 64
Iwata-Era (2002-today):
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Line Attack Heroes
Endless Ocean 1/2
Excitetruck/bots
Metroid Prime 1/2/3
DKCR/Tropical Freeze
Bayonetta 2
Fatal Frame IV/V
Hyrule Warriors
Punch-Out!
The Wonderful 101
Devil's Third
Dynamic Slash (Zangeki no Reginleiv)
Mario Strikers
Donkey Kong: Barrell Blast
We go from about 90% of their 2nd party production coming from the West to it being reduced to like 20% in the Iwata era (must be a coincidence though right?).
At a time when the Japanese market shrinks and the Western market rises. It really makes no sense on Nintendo's part.
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it's funny how you failed to mention the paradigm shift of nintendo's focus on a blue ocean market under iwata. You know the casual market. There is no bias, just a different focus in a changing market from the 90's to today.
And it's funny how you fail to address my other two comments
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Seems to me like Western devs are kicking Nintendo's rear end at making break out hits for casuals for a while now.
Angry Birds, Candy Crush, Minecraft, Plants Vs. Zombies, Guitar Hero, etc. All the big hit casual/"so called blue ocean" hits have all come from the West since about 2008.
After Wii Fit in 2007/08, Nintendo really has not been able to come up with the "next big thing" for that market segment, its been Western studios that have dominated there.
Maybe they should spend a few dollars on financing some Western studios to see if they can't make a break out hit like that, but they won't because it's just not how Nintendo of today operates. Nintendo 15 years ago? No doubt. They would be financing small Western/indies like crazy and they'd give teams like the Darksiders guys a shot to make games, but Nintendo of today? No way.
