Will Nintendo's Next Console Get Its Own Exclusive Zelda game?

[Johnw1104]

Thunderbird77 said:

Johnw1104 said:
It really concerns me that Nintendo's console releases appear to be out of sync with their major franchises. It seems exceptionally unlikely that there's a mario kart, smash bros, zelda, star fox, or even Splatoon that'll be released for the next console within the next couple years. We haven't heard anything aboyt a 3d mario or Pikmin or something, and for their sake I hope they have the former, coming for the nX.

I really think they ought to port a lot of wii u games to the NX to bolster that library, especially as many of those games were played by exceedingly few people. Smash Bros, for instance, could really afford to skip a gen, port this one with minor improvements, and give Sakurai a break. The problem I foresee is that many of these games, such as the upcoming zelda and star fox ones, use the gamepad quite extensively.

Either way, this is why I'm against an early release for the NX... I just can't see how they'd have a quality launch lineup ready in time, and they'll likely botch it as they did with the wii u.

I think you meant it's exceptionally LIKELY that those franchises will see a new game in the next two years. You're also incredibly wrong if you think nintendo will/should port games already availabble on the system (assuming NX is a home console).

 

You see new installments of those franchises releasing for the NX in the next two years? I think Mario Kart has a chance and maybe splatoon, but Zelda/smash bros/star fox seem far off given the development time required. Their resources are stretched pretty thin as it is, and I'm hoping the sparse wii u lineup ahead of us indicates they're doing all they can to get games ready for the NX launch,

I'm also curious why porting Wii U games to the NX to bolster their early launch lineup would be "incredibly wrong". If the only people they reach with the NX are those of us that own a Wii U then this is a failed console already. It must also feature new architecture to have any chance of success, meaning backwards compatibility would add substantially to the cost and likely will not be included. I don't recall many ps4 owners complaining when the last of us was ported to the system for them.