Lucas-Rio said:
To be fair, DKTF is a great game and turned out to be even better than I thought it would. But let's be honest, it's a game nobody asked for. It felt very close to DKCR and generally people aren't asking directly for the sequel of a 2D platformer. It was an extremely safe choice to make DKTF, both from a developpmentpoint of view and from a financial point of view. They took 3 years to develop DKTF, and since 4 years already they did not release anything. Meanwhile Monolith Soft have realeased 3 of the greatest JRPG, pushing each time and taking risks. |
The fact people weren't expecting or asking for another 2D paltform is due to Nintendo's fault who didn't properly plan a diverse lineup and released just a plethora of 2D paltforms at the same time (all of them were btw much less ambitious both technically and from a design point of view than DKCTF).
From a development and financial standpoint it makes perfect sense to make a sequel to a critically acclaimed and commercially successfull game like DKCR.
Also what is particulary more ambitious form a company specialized un jRPGs in making jRPGs? The only real difference I see here is that while there are plenty of competent 2D platforms in the market, for jRPGs there's more demand than offering.
