Shiken on 15 July 2020
Jumpin said: My vote went to Xenoblade, even though I don't consider that a new franchise, I consider it the latest spiritual successor of Xenogears. Animal Crossing and Wii Sports/Wii Fit would be my runners up. Those two franchises had a significant impact on me since 2000. Ring Fit Adventure and ARMs are both games I played a lot, and in fact, Ring Fit Adventure is probably going to be a game I play a lot of for a while to come. Pikmin and Splatoon are irrelevant to me, While I had hopes for them, they didn't turn out to be my thing. Splatoon might have been more fun as a Wii game with IR aiming, and Pikmin more fun as an open world sandbox game instead of a puzzle game. I have never played Nintendogs or Labo |
A spiritual successor would still be considered a separate/new IP.