ARMS 2 Hopes and ideas

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TheMisterManGuy said:

curl-6 said: Let's look at it from a business POV; Nintendo in the MK8 squad have a team that is capable of making AAA 10+ million sellers. To then handcuff that team to an IP that's proven itself lacking in longevity and real hardware/software selling potential simply makes no logical sense.

What would make you think they'd be handcuffing them? ARMS 2 will be happening because Yabuki wants to make it, not because Nintendo mandated him to make it. If ARMS 2 was to happen, Yabuki would ask upper management for approval, and Takahashi's response would be summed up as "Meh, do what you want man, just make sure it's profitable". If the Mario Kart team was Nintendo's most valuable team at EPD, wouldn't make sense to give them a lot of leeway in creative freedom? 

Creative freedom is one thing, flushing potentially hundreds of millions of dollars down the drain by sinking resources into a game without real sales potential is another.

Last edited by curl-6 - on 06 August 2018