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Soundwave on 13 September 2014
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zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:
Gammalad said:
Before Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright, the last 3DS game released in the US was Tomodachi Life so there is your answer for the 3DS too much of a games drought. Wii U just needs more advertisement.


3DS has a mature library and shouldn't need huge games every month and this point of its lifecycle. 

It has NSMB2, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, Animal Crossing, Pokemon X/Y, Nintendogs + cats, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus Uprising, Luigi's Mansion 2, Zelda: OoT 3D, Zelda: Link Between Worlds, Mario & Luigi, Pilotwings, Paper Mario, Mario Tennis, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Mario Party, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Kingdom Hearts, Super Street Fighter IV, Tekken, Ridge Racer, Bravely Default, Resident Evil, Shin Megami Tensei, Sonic, Metal Gear Solid 3, LEGO City, Angry Birds, LEGO various, etc. etc. already. 

For people who say the DS had big games every month ... wrong. Nintendo's notable 2008 DS output:

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Kirby Super Star Ultra

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon

Pokemon Ranger

Crosswords DS

And not much else. 3DS' Nintendo output at this stage of the game is fairly typical for what previous Nintendo platforms have had after their third holiday season. 


by this point everybody knows 3DS is no DS in terms of sales/popularity so it does in fact still need new big releases in order to maintain momentum.

it doesnt necessarily need a big game every month but it hasnt recieved anything major since Tomodachi Life in early June and doesnt have anything major until Smash Bros in early October, thats 4 months.


All platforms have similar periods, the DS and GBA sure as heck did. 

A handheld platform in general doesn't tend to need major releases evey 1-2 months anyway, that's more of a console thing. 

Even then in the 8 months this year, Nintendo's published 6 3DS titles in North America -- Tomodachi Life (which has shown to have good legs), Yoshi's New Island, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Mario Golf, Professor Layton x Ace Attorney, and a Disney game on top of several eShop titles (Kirby Fighters, Steel Diver Sub Wars, Rusty's Baseball Challenge). Tomodachi Life has only been out for 3 months in the relevant NPD figures and seems to have good legs too. 

So it's not like they've published nothing this year. It's a fairly standard release schedule given the point of the 3DS' lifecycle, Nintendo has already released most of their major IP on the system. 

If you have to work so hard to maintain even an ok sales baseline so late in the lifecycle it indicates something is wrong with the platform. It would be like being married for three years but still having to buy your wife an expensive gift every month to keep her from losing interest in you ... if you haven't "hooked" her by then, it suggests something is fairly wrong in the relationship.