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Forums - Nintendo - Prediction: Skyward Sword will be a launch title for N6

Khuutra on 08 October 2010
noname2200 said:
superchunk said:

This is stupid.

Wii is still selling better/as good as others.

Wii will dominate the holidays again with WiiParty as well as other games launching.

Wii still has mucho $$ it could drop to help spur even further sales.

For funsies, replace "Wii" with "DS," and "Wii Party" with "Pokemon Black/White."

No seriously, try it!

But...

But...

Aw, dammit!



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Helios on 08 October 2010

I am tempted to ask if this thread is a parody, but that would be rude.

None the less, I shall answer the question in the negatory.

Skyward Sword will not be multi-platform. Why? Well, the control scheme, of course. Not because the N6's interface will be radically different, but because it will not be different enough.

Think about it; Twilight Princess was appealing as a Wii title because of the Wii motion controls - Nintendo sold it as the first 'core' title incorporating the new control system, making it 'superior' to the GC version - but it was a true 'last gen' game from a technological standpoint. In other words, the port of Twilight Princess willfully established the fact that the Wii was not a giant leap forward in terms of tech and/or processing power, but because it offered new experiences, this was not considered a problem.

The N6, so far as we know, does not rely on the same kind of 'revolutionary' changes to either the interface or the presentation. What, then, does Skyward Sword gain by a port/concurrent release? Nothing. And what of the N6? The last thing Nintendo wants is for their new system to be thought of as interchangeable with the Wii, which was already considered outdated when it was released.

So, no, it won't happen. There's just no reason for it.



Squilliam on 08 October 2010

Nintendos goals are to expand the market and increase profitability every year where possible given they are a publicly traded company. Nintendo cannot achieve these goals with the Wii anymore, they simply aren't going to restart this engine. So it does make sense that they would release in 2011 their N6.



Tease.

Mensrea on 08 October 2010
Myak-04 said:

   N---O 

Nintendo wouldn't do that to us again. If nintendo were to launch Skyward Sword on the 'N6', then it would have to be delayed till the end of next year, because inevitably that would be the earliest the console would be released... and they aren't that cruel. Are they? 

 

 


Yes they are. Look at what they did to us with the 3ds. They will screw us and be happy about it. I still cry at night.




axt113 on 09 October 2010
RolStoppable said:

For the slow ones among you, N6 stands for Nintendo's next home console.

The circumstances surrounding Skyward Sword are scarily similar to Twilight Princess five years ago. Third party developers are abandoning Nintendo's system and, by the look of things, Nintendo themselves are preparing for the final wave of software. Sure, the Wii sold about four times as many units as the Gamecube after four years, but despite that both consoles find themselves in a similar situation. The Wii doesn't have much of a future, so it's time for Nintendo to introduce their next generation machine, possibly by the end of 2011 already.

When announced at E3 2004, Twilight Princess was planned to release sometime during 2005, probably at the end of that year (didn't happen). Skyward Sword was confirmed to be in development at E3 2009 and set for a 2010 holiday release, but had to be delayed for another few months, just like TP. Eventually TP became a launch title for the Wii while still getting a release for its original platform, the Gamecube. It was the GC's last big game and the Wii's first. What speaks against SS getting the same treatment? Not much, really.

The biggest argument against it is likely the control scheme, but I doubt that the eighth gen brings as much of a radical change as this current one and N6 is probably going to have backwards compability with the Wii anyway. Another six month delay for SS doesn't seem implausible, it would be nothing new for the Zelda series after all.

Is this a joke or a serious prediction? I suppose it's hard to tell. In fact, even I am not sure about this one. So let's talk about the probability of this happening.


Delayed until 2012 is unlikely



Rumors indicate that it is planning on following the first approach, sticking a new, motion-sensitive controller onto an existing console. Our perspective is that this is the worst of the three options.

-Clayton Christensen back in 2007 already knew Move would be a bad idea

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axt113 on 09 October 2010
Squilliam said:

Nintendos goals are to expand the market and increase profitability every year where possible given they are a publicly traded company. Nintendo cannot achieve these goals with the Wii anymore, they simply aren't going to restart this engine. So it does make sense that they would release in 2011 their N6.


No too early, there are many reasons why that won't happen, one is the 3DS, launching at $250 in the west, they won't release a console so close to that, as it would be too close in price to the 3DS, and that would hurt sales.



Rumors indicate that it is planning on following the first approach, sticking a new, motion-sensitive controller onto an existing console. Our perspective is that this is the worst of the three options.

-Clayton Christensen back in 2007 already knew Move would be a bad idea

Squilliam on 09 October 2010
axt113 said:
Squilliam said:

Nintendos goals are to expand the market and increase profitability every year where possible given they are a publicly traded company. Nintendo cannot achieve these goals with the Wii anymore, they simply aren't going to restart this engine. So it does make sense that they would release in 2011 their N6.


No too early, there are many reasons why that won't happen, one is the 3DS, launching at $250 in the west, they won't release a console so close to that, as it would be too close in price to the 3DS, and that would hurt sales.

Reason 3DS? Nintendo released the DS within a year of the Wii.

Reason $250? They could have made much more money selling the Wii at $300 and obviously the market will bear that price given PS3/360 sales and the inflated price of the Wii at retail.

Reason price difference? People don't cross shop a handheld with a home console like that. I doubt anyone would get pissy if the price is similar and they certainly arent with the DSi XL price being $170 and the Wii price being $199.



Tease.

Khuutra on 09 October 2010
Squilliam said:
axt113 said:

No too early, there are many reasons why that won't happen, one is the 3DS, launching at $250 in the west, they won't release a console so close to that, as it would be too close in price to the 3DS, and that would hurt sales.

Reason 3DS? Nintendo released the DS within a year of the Wii.

Reason $250? They could have made much more money selling the Wii at $300 and obviously the market will bear that price given PS3/360 sales and the inflated price of the Wii at retail.

Reason price difference? People don't cross shop a handheld with a home console like that. I doubt anyone would get pissy if the price is similar and they certainly arent with the DSi XL price being $170 and the Wii price being $199.

To the bold:

The Nintendo DS was released in November of 2004 in the US and in December of 2004 everywhere else. The Wii was released 2 years later, in the November of 2006.

The Virtual Boy was released within a year of the N64, though.



miz1q2w3e on 09 October 2010
RolStoppable said:

For the slow ones among you, N6 stands for Nintendo's next home console.

ROF ROFL!! :D

anyways, don't think it's gonna happen!



MrT-Tar on 09 October 2010
Khuutra said:
Squilliam said:
axt113 said:

No too early, there are many reasons why that won't happen, one is the 3DS, launching at $250 in the west, they won't release a console so close to that, as it would be too close in price to the 3DS, and that would hurt sales.

Reason 3DS? Nintendo released the DS within a year of the Wii.

Reason $250? They could have made much more money selling the Wii at $300 and obviously the market will bear that price given PS3/360 sales and the inflated price of the Wii at retail.

Reason price difference? People don't cross shop a handheld with a home console like that. I doubt anyone would get pissy if the price is similar and they certainly arent with the DSi XL price being $170 and the Wii price being $199.

To the bold:

The Nintendo DS was released in November of 2004 in the US and in December of 2004 everywhere else. The Wii was released 2 years later, in the November of 2006.

The Virtual Boy was released within a year of the N64, though.

I am absolutely certain that the DS was released here in Europe in March 2005.

Fortunately my Uncle had a business trip to the US in January and he got me a DS then.

 

On topic: As for SS' release date, I think it will be mid 2011.  Remember that all we saw of Other M in E3 2009 was a slightly confusing trailer and that came out August/September 2010.  Also remember Galaxy 2 only had a trailer, I guess that the game only needed a bit of tweaking of the Galaxy engine though, rather than built from scratch.  Skyward Sword on the other hand had gameplay at E3 2010, somewhat suggesting it will be out in early/mid 2011.

And before anyone points it out, I do realise that Golden Sun DD was revealed (with gameplay; albeit very minor) at E3 2009.  Though I think that that is the exception rather than the rule.