Former Nintendo devs on the company's approach to new IP, game development

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Chrkeller said:

Tober said:

Shows that Nintendo starts with gameplay first when thinking about a new game. Sounds obvious, but think about how many devs start with thinking about story or setting first and then have to fill in the gameplay later on.

Pretty much Ubisoft in a nut shell.  Make gameplay, plug and play characters/settings.  One of the reasons I have not played many of their games recently.

Depends on the genre - if you're making RPG, it's setting, story, then system mechanics that support them - as per Tim Cain, father of Fallout.