Who will be the target demo for the NX...

[Darwinianevolution]

Soundwave said:

spemanig said:

Not happening. Best we can hope for is a Disney-like branding. Primarily for kids, but with a significant collection of IP that are "cool/casual." Disney has Marvel/StarWars/Pirates/ABCFamily. Nintendo needs that same dynamic.

Keep pushing the Splatoons to the forefront, that's their bread and butter, but have more. Capcom is the gaming Marvel - plenty of golden gaming IP gold not being utilized to their potential. Nintendo hasn't bought Capcom like they should have, but they can secure a masive exclusive deal. Capcom 5 done right with IP that matters, nothing experimental. They should have acquired some western studio like Square did, and it's not too late for it to help them mid/long term if they buy someone now, but not for launch. A western Retro IP + Beyond Good and Evil + exclusive marketing rights to something like Mass Effect Andromeda would be a good short term fix for that. They already have the ABC thing covered with IP like Miis, Nintendogs, and Brain Age.

But colorful kiddy games will always be the main course, and it'll kill like that, too.

Nintendo doesn't have anything like Star Wars or Pirates or Marvel though. That's kinda the issue. 

Even in the 90s, Nintendo had things like Killer Instinct, Star Wars, GoldenEye/Bond, Perfect Dark, Starcraft, NBA Courtside ft. Kobe Bryant, MLB ft. Ken Griffey Jr., 1080 Snowboarding, and various other sports games. 

Today these are pretty much non-existant, they've gone backwards in the last 10-15 years. 

A deal with Marvel/Disney for games based on those characters would be a smart deal to make, Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men, etc. are examples of IP that appeal to kids, but appeal equally or even moreso to teenagers and even adults. Nintendo doesn't really have enough of that dynamic. Japanese developers have narrow appeal today, Nintendo needs to wake up and start to collaborate with Western licensees. The console market is 90% in the West now, whether Nintendo likes it or not. 

Aaah, that license is monopolized by EA now. Nintendo had a great relationship with LucasArts, it's sad they went away.