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curl-6 on 08 January 2016
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Nem said:
curl-6 said:

Starfox Zero and Twilight Princess HD require minimal investment from Nintendo as Platinum/Tantalus can do the heavy lifting and the games have low production values to begin with, while there has been no indication that Pikmin 4 is a Wii U game.

The bulk of Nintendo's development resources have been shifted from Wii U to NX, that much is clear at this point. If there were still major games to come for the Wii U, we wouldn't have gone 18 months without any being announced.

It sucks, but it's the harsh reality.

You are speculating curl. You have no idea. The games are stated as co-developed. Co means cooperative. Not i give you all and you do it. If that was the case Nintendo wouldnt be credited as the developer aswell as publisher. Theres games beeing developed by Nintendo internally for the WIi U.

So by resources you mean a part of the resources. We have no way to quantify. Are they shifting? Yeah i believe they are. But i also believe that the dream that they will have a slew of new titles ready for this year ona new home console is in the realm of the fantastic. Games development isnt easy and takes time.

A new system needs engines aswell, something that further makes it unlikely that anything would be ready for a next-gen home console this year.

As you say yourself, Nintendo only has so much manpower, there is no point investing any significant portion of their workforce into games like Twilight Princess HD and Starfox Zero when Tantalus/Platinum can handle it. At this stage, resources are better spent making sure NX has the best possible chance of success, rather than shoring up a platform that will be lucky to pass 15 million in sales.

What's a dream is thinking they have any major unannounced titles for Wii U, despite not announcing any for over a year and a half.