HyrulianScrolls said:
It’s kind of a double edged sword here. On the one hand, it would certainly be nice to see new Nintendo IPs again during the Switch 2, since Splatoon is basically their last truly notable one a full decade ago.
On the other hand, Nintendo has so many interesting existing IPs at this point that they haven’t even been able to get to them all on a console like Switch that’s wildly successful and has had an 8 year life cycle. We’ve gotten no new Star Fox, Punch Out, Donkey Kong platformer, Kid Icarus, F-Zero, or Earthbound on Switch - all franchises I can guarantee have untapped potential to make a great new entry in that likely would have sold well on Switch. Not only that, but just those IPs alone represent a huge array of genres.
So if Nintendo wants to make a new JRPG, why not just bring back Earthbound instead like people have been clamoring for? If they want to make a bee fighting game, why not just do a new punch out? If they want to make a new racer, why not F Zero? Etc etc etc.
On top of all that, Nintendo often uses their best new ideas for their flagship franchises, like Mario and Zelda. For example, if I’m not mistaken, Splatoon was originally conceived as a Mario game. The only reason it didn’t happen was because they realized the concept just really didn’t make sense for that IP.
So I think that’s the only way new Nintendo IPs are really a good idea at this point and would get made. If they have a new concept/idea that legitimately doesn’t fit any of their many, many storied franchises. Which is unlikely tbh. |
Yeah they release new IP every gen, Switch is no exception to that. Other than Ring Fit perhaps Switch didn't have a hugely successful new IP launch, and fitness games are kinda different like who knows what fitness peripheral Switch 2 will have so Ring Fit may just be a one-off. But yeah agreed still they weren't even able to put all their great franchises on the Switch. They'll continue to make new IP every gen, but for every new successful IP that they create that becomes gets a game on each new system, that means some other franchise has a better chance of getting ignored.
Though honestly with all the money they've made they should just create a couple new teams so we can increase their bandwidth a bit and we can still get games like Fzero, Star Fox, DK, Kid Icarus, etc while they continue with all the rest and making new IPs as they always do.
