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atomicblue on 05 January 2015
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freebs2 said:
atomicblue said:

Also I agree with you that a new Diddy Kong Racing wouldn't be in Nintendo's best interests right now. They've got quite a strong selection of local multiplayers games and "family friendly" titles either out already or coming this year. The Wii U could use a bit more in the way of niche games and more specifically adult-oriented titles (though we're getting Star Fox, Xenoblade and Zelda this year, which is a good start). That's why I'd be happy to wait a few years for the next DKC (so long as we get another one on Wii U at some point); as much as I love the game, Wii U isn't at all starved for good platformers right now.

Nintendo should always look for more high-quality local multiplayer games, that's the only segment where they have a real advantage against competiton. It's not coincidence all their best selling console games are specifically made for multiplayer (like Kart and Smash) or have a strong multiplayer component (NSMBU and 3D World).

That said, Retro is always been about single player games, that's where they should stay.


Oh I agree, but in that regard they're still sorted well into the future. Pretty sure Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Woolly World, Mario Maker and Mario Pary 10 all do local multi. Some of the others coming out in 2015 might, too.

Retro haven't always been about single player games, though. Actually, they've done five games (two DK and three Metroid) and both of the DK games plus Prime 2 had multiplayer.