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Ck1x said:
curl-6 said:

I don't think it's a matter of "being trendy", nor of "new IPs for the sake of new IPs" but more that a lot of people want to see Retro bring a kind of game to Nintendo hardware that doesn't necessarily belong as part of any existing franchise. People like their consoles to offer a variety of different games, and Nintendo's existing stable of IPs can't comfortably accomodate something in the vein of, say, Uncharted. It would make more sense for such a game to be a new IP instead of awkwardly shoehorning an ill-fitting existing IP onto it.

Sony's games really don't fit the mold that you describe that often, as most could have been something from an existing franchise. Nintendo on the other hand has many IP's that could already suit a wide variety of game play styles and options but have been dormant. Splatoon is the perfect time for Nintendo creating a new IP that worked perfectly and Federation Force is not! Zelda BoTW could have easily been a new IP for the sake of being one, but it has that much more pull because of it being an established franchise...

I'm not talking about Sony, I'm talking about Nintendo.

There isn't a Nintendo IP that would comfortably absorb a game in the style of Uncharted or Gears of War, and it's these kind of games Nintendo is sorely lacking.