[Rumor]Splatoon Coming to NX With Exclusive Content, and It Takes Advantage of the NX Hardware

[NightDragon83]

mountaindewslave said:

NightDragon83 said:
Instead of porting the Wii U version, why not just make a true sequel for the NX launch or shortly thereafter? It can't take THAT long to make a sequel to this game, and it's a hot new IP for gamers so why not capitalize on the momentum?

haha you say that yet plenty of studios end up delaying games for YEARS, regardless of which individual studio. Look at things like the recent Final Fantasy game (albeit a big game). look at smaller studios with things like Mighty Number 9

some games do take quite a bit of development. And Nintendo is not the type to rush a sequel to meet a certain deadline. They're going to be careful with Splatoon since its done so well and make sure the next game in the series adds a lot of things and improves further

anyone surprised that there are going to be plenty of ports hasn't been paying attention in the past, EVERY single console (regardless of manufacturer) ports games from the last gen. Its just a way to make the library available to consumers bigger, faster

Yes, some games can see lengthy delays for a multitude of reasons.  But we're not talking about the next FF, Fallout or GTA here... we're talking about Splatoon, a game that took less than two years from initial conception to final release (which by Nintendo's standards these days is miraculously fast), and Nintendo had a fully fleshed out playable demo of the game ready @ E3 2014, less than a year after the team began working on it.  Assuming NX releases as early as this Nov/Dec, it'll be 18 months since the first game's release, which is more than enough time for Nintendo to have a sequel ready for launch or shortly thereafter since the gameplay template is already in place.

And I think you're confusing remastered ports of older last-gen titles with multiplatform / cross-gen "ports" of newer titles.  Yes many titles released early in a console's life are "ports" per say, but they are usually the COD / Madden type ports where it's of a new installment in the series released across multiple platforms with slight upgrades / enhancements for the new hardware, as opposed to re-releases of older games in the series.

Go back and look at some of the 360 / PS3 launch titles for example... how many of them were older PS2 / Xbox titles that were being re-released on the new consoles?  Not many, if at all.  Nearly all games were either exclusive to the new console generation or new(er) multiplatform releases, and the only real "ports" per say were games released on the PS3 that had already been previously released on 360 like Elder Scrolls IV.

If a good chunk of the NX's launch library is ports / remasters of Wii U titles, then it's already in trouble.  It's not supposed to be the Wii v3.0; it needs its own games and identity to stand out from both its competitors and its predecessor.