zorg1000 said:
DélioPT said:
It took the same amount of the last SD game, but you can't forget that they still needed Monster Games for that and if it wasn't for reusing assets, development would have taken more time.
It's kinda like the situation with Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. The latter was done in about half time because MM reused assets.
So, my point was that had they done a different game other than Tropical Freeze and you could bet they would have increased their developtment time.
I don't know when they are releasing their next game, but by the looks of it they will probably end up spending more time in that one aswell.
And because of the increasing development times (not even Nintendo could avoid this) i fear that they won't be able to put out games every 3 years anymore.
It would be best if they could release a new game every 2 years.
If you compare them with Naughty Dog (another awesome studio), who were able to put out 5 games during the PS2 era (2000-2006) and 4 games during the PS3 (2006-2013).
During the same time period, Retro put out 2 games during GC's era (2001-2006) and 1 game during Wii U era (2012-2016).
I'm comparing PS3 and Wii U because they were the first HD console for each studio.
See? This is what i was talking about.
Retro should have the staff to do this too and it doesn't. And to me, it's like having a talented studio but less efficient than it could be.
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Monster Games was credited with assisting on Tropcial Freeze but Retro was credited with assisting on Returns 3D which was developed by Monster Games so lets just say those 2 things cancel each other out.
Also Retro's next game is rumored to release next year which means it will have had a roughly 3.5 year dev cycle, similar to the last couple games.
But overall i agree with you, i think Retro should be expanded to the point where they have 2 full size teams.
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To be honest, i can't understand why it's taking so long for Nintendo to back them on this issue.
They should have started building a second team ages ago. I hope this changes as soon as possible.
