| Nate4Drake said: Nintendo are fantastic developers. But I think they should release next time a powerful machine and focus more on 3rd party support. They can still deliver their unique games, 3rd party support should have nothing to do with their exclusive games. Then, maybe the could develop some new IPs ? Or make a Mario Adventure in glorious 3D next time? Open world, with beautiful looking 3D environments ? Why to continue all the time with the same games ? |
The thing is I doubt simply making a powerful, easy to develop for console will cause Nintendo's console to sell very well. Look at the Gamecube, cheap, powerful, easy to develop for, had pretty solid 3rd party support from the big western publishers (EA, Activision, Ubisoft, ect), yet it still sold poorly. Fans of the mainstream AAA western games are firmly established on PS/XB and this likely won't change unless one of them exits the console business which i don't see happening.
And I don't know what u mean by Nintendo not making new games. Xenoblade, Steel Diver, Nintendo Land, Wonderful 101, Splatoon are all new ip from Nintendo post-2010. Kid Icarus, Luigi's Mansion, Pikmin, Star Fox are all games that didn't see installments for 10+ years so are completely new experiences for many people. And even with existing ip, they many times change up the formula. Mario 64, Sunshine, Galaxy, 3D World all play differently, same goes for many Kirby games (Canvas Curse, Mass Attack, Epic Yarn), even Metroid has changed its gameplay style many times (2D Metroid, Prime, Hunters, Other M).
Who cares if some games share the same characters, especially if they are games that don't really rely on strong characterization or story, if the game is offering new experiences and new ways to play then why does it matter if they belong to the same ip?
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