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curl-6 on 21 March 2020
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Kai_Mao said:
curl-6 said:

Inspiration is fine, I just want it to be an actual new game in the franchise, not just a remake.

One of my biggest pet peeves with Nintendo this gen is their over-reliance on re-releasing/remaking old games instead of making new entries.

I think the re-releases/remakes are necessary to fill in the gaps. It does not appear easy to develop HD games at a rapid pace. So small titles and ports add to the library. Third parties ported a plethora of games to Xbone/PS4 in their early years.

Plus, Nintendo has made games like Labo, Ring Fit, The Stretchers, and a collab with an indie developer to create Snipperclips.

Heres the list of original titles from Nintendo and its fellow studios/partners beyond EPD:

- BoTW + Expansion Pass

- 1-2 Switch

- Snipperclips

- ARMS

- Splatoon 2 + Octo Expansion

- Fire Emblem Warriors (IS was involved likely as supervisor)

- Super Mario Odyssey

- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 + Expansion Pass (Torna was basically a whole new game)

- Kirby Star Allies

- Nintendo Labo

- Sushi Striker

- Mario Tennis Aces

- Super Mario Party

- Pokemon Lets Go (don’t know if it counts as a remake or reimagining due to Poke Ball Plus)

- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate + 2 Fighters’ Pass

- Yoshi’s Crafted World

- Tetris 99 (ftp until it had a physical release)

- Super Kirby Clash (ftp)

- Super Mario Maker 2

- Fire Emblem Three Houses (mostly developed by KT, but IS likely had a hand in development) + Expansion Pass

- Astral Chain

- Luigi’s Mansion 3

- The Stretchers

- Ring Fit Adventure

- Pokemon Sword/Shield + Expansion Pass

- Animal Crossing New Horizons

Then you had games like Daemon x Machina, Octopath Traveler, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 (no PC port) as console exclusives.

If you look at that and consider Nintendo was still developing/publishing 3DS titles (and not even add Link’s Awakening remake on Switch) until early 2019, that’s quite a bit of new titles. Sure I might’ve missed a few or artificially added a few, but it’s still a considerable amount from Nintendo’s circle.

It might either rival or surpass what Sony and Microsoft have done as developers/publishers in their first three years.

Most of those are low budget and/or low quality though. I'm talking about major new titles of the quality Nintendo typically deliver in their flagship games.