No Metriod Til Atleast 2019 Seriously Nintendo?

[Kai_Mao]

curl-6 said:

Johnw1104 said:

I think people are too hard on nintendo... Developing games takes much longer than it used to, is much more expensive, and people expect them to churn out a mario game or two, a mario kart, a super smash, probably a Splatoon now and a zelda title each console while also wanting new installments from other franchises like Pikmin, Kirby, Metroid, Yoshi, Star Fox, Mario Party, f-zero, donkey kong etc, while also calling for new IP's to be introduced. Meanwhile, they're also trying to churn out enough games for their handheld simultaneously... This may have been possible in the 16 bit era but it's asking a darn lot today.

If their current workforce is insufficient, then they need to expand. The current game droughts are not acceptable.

Expansion is not that easy. It has to be reasonable for costs sake. Going from 5000 employees to even a reasonable 6000 does not happen right away. Even now they're still hiring, which is pretty amazing as other companies have done the opposite these days, as Bill Trinen and others have promoted the Twitter page that shows what jobs are available right now at Nintendo (or at least in America). I think they made a good move combining their handheld and home console divisions to create better communication with each developer.