Screamapillar said:
Soundwave said:
Screamapillar said:
You don't think Zelda will be Nintendo's big holiday 2015 game? |
In terms of scale I think this type of game would be more of an A-tier Nintendo IP in sales ... meaning Mario Kart or Smash Bros. type numbers.
Zelda, just isn't there, I also think it's probably a 50-50 shot that Zelda ends up getting delayed. Supposedly this is going to be the biggest Zelda game ever and the first one using HD assets/engine ... that smells like a delay just waiting to happen.
At least if it does get delayed, they still have an arguably even bigger title that can carry the holiday season.
The 3DS also needs a big fall 2015 game, so this solves that issue too. Like Smash U/3DS you'll have Amiibo Universe (or whatever they call it) on both systems. Of course they want all Wii U and 3DS owners to start buying amiibos.
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Nintendo's made Zelda their big holiday game before, and I don't think 2015 is any different. I also think the idea of an Amiibo game that features all the characters would just tarnish their IP and water down the gameplay elements that make their franchises so great. Smash Bros is a fighting game so it's fine, but I don't see how they could pull off another style of cross-over game without risking turning into Disney Infinity or Skylanders. Nintendo doesn't like to copy other people, they prefer to do their own thing and surprise people by doing the unexpected. Take Captain Toad as an example that no one saw coming. The fact that so many people think they should do an Amiibo Universe game probably proves that they won't do it.
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Well the "we don't want to copy" ship sailed a long time ago, pretty sure everyone knows amiibo is Nintendo's take on the Skylander's concept, I don't think anyone in their right mind is going to say "wow! I've never seen this concept before ever!", and Nintendo knows that, lol. Hell, they had a Skylanders Wii U bundle themselves last year. Not only is Nintendo not even first to this idea, they're not even second, Disney beat them to the punch too. So that's something Nintendo just is going to have to accept.
To be honest the Skylanders games are pretty damn well made for what they are (basically a toy commercial). I played it with my niece who's crazy about Skylanders and I was surprised how polished the story, graphics, and music were. Gameplay was pretty fun too.
A Nintendo version of that would sell like gangbusters, easily as much as Smash IMO. Fighting games are inherintely complex especially for kids, it's also according to Sakurai very difficult to add playable characters to the game because it takes months of work to balance the game engine. So Smash probably isn't the ideal amiibo game. It doesn't neccessarily have to play the same as Skylanders though it could be more like an RPG (ala Pokemon) for example. Or maybe it could be like a Subspace Emissary: The Game. Heck maybe it could be Nintendo's (cartoony) take on Grand Theft Auto, just set in the world of Nintendo (just as Splatoon is their take on the FPS genre and Pikmin is their take on the RTS game).
