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is there any hope that these games will make a return before Nintendo kicks off their next home console..? No Idea what their names would be so im going generic.

Pikmin Wii
Starfox Wii
Pilot Wings Wii
F-Zero Wii
Excite Bike Wii
Yoshi's Island Wii



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Pikmin 3 was announced in development back at E3 2008, we've heard little since.  I really hope it's still in development.




Miyamoto has said several times that Pikmin 3 was still in development but no idea how far. We've already gotten an Excite Bike games, as mentioned earlier. Not to mention the "Excite" racing games. If a few of those titles on the 3DS do well then maybe more to come on the Wii, Pilot Wings and Star Fox at least. No idea about F-Zero or Yoshi's Island.



I think it will depend on how long Nintendo plans to hold off before unleashing a new console. If the new console launches in Spring or Winter 2012 then I highly doubt many of those titles will come to Wii. But if Nintendo plans on keeping the Wii around a few more years then StarFox, F-Zero and other titles are likely to come. As Rol pointed out Excite Bike made its debut on WiiWare and the Excite franchise was expanded with Excite Truck and Excite Bots.

Honestly I believe Nintendo will be the company that decides when the next gen starts, whether they are first to launch or not they will be the ones who start the next gen. Microsoft and Sony are watching Nintendo like a hawk, Wii has managed to hold off even Kinect remaining the highest selling console of 2010. When Nintendo internally indicates their next platform is ready or nearly ready MS and Sony spies will leak that info to their bosses and wulla the next gen will be launched.

Personally my bet is on 2012 with a reveal of some sort at this years E3 or TGS or which ever show Nintendo decides to reveal it. Now remember Wii was first unvieled in 2005 just the controller and the name Revolution. So theirs no saying how much we will find out.

I think Nintendo may be saving StarFox and other franchises for launches on their next platform. Too many Mario's released over the past few years and I think they know they can't keep selling Mario forever they need some big franchises that people will pick up the next console to play.



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Pikmin Wii - Yes, Miyamoto told IGN in an interview it was being made for the Wii. That might have changed, but still...

Starfox Wii - This is the one I find least likely. Depending on the success of SF64 on 3DS, there might be a new game in the series for that system... In which case a Wii port could happen, but is not guaranteed IMO given the abysmal sales of S&P2, and the fact that 3D would be StarFox's main selling point on the 3DS. I will however wager a guess about a Wii port for Kid Icarus instead, if it turns out to be a major hit.  

Pilot Wings Wii - I'm going to go with YES since the 3DS version is clearly being built up to have mainstream appeal with the Wii-Sports Resort tie in.. I'd expect some kind of port or expansion or even a wiiware title at the very least. Plus it would be smart of Nintendo to have another big game using the motion plus, and this could be it.

F-Zero Wii - This one is a definite, very strong maybe The way Mario Kart sales have exploded on the one hand, and the way Excite games have generally bombed on the other hand, plus with Nintendo saying they wouldn't know how to top GX (besides online which they aren't eager to have in games that aren't super-sellers) leads me to believe the Wii might see a small F-Zero release, perhaps as an updated GX with online, or maybe a smaller wiiware release from Monster Games. Either that, or a 3DS port since it seems likely the 3DS will be getting one, but I don't think there will be a major Wii exclusive completely original F-Zero.

Excite Bike Wii - see above comments, better yet download the game!

Yoshi's Island Wii - I could definitely see this one happening as last year Nintendo's answer to NSMB Wii was the "All Stars" re-release, along with Kirby and DK, which are all performing extremely well. It seems quite likely there will be more 2D platformers before the system is retired, and Yoshi (along with DKCR2) seems like a good fit.

so that comes out to about 4.5 out of 6 titles...not half bad if you ask me (more like a quarter bad )



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Xephonai said:

is there any hope that these games will make a return before Nintendo kicks off their next home console..? No Idea what their names would be so im going generic.

Pikmin Wii
Starfox Wii
Pilot Wings Wii
F-Zero Wii
Excite Bike Wii
Yoshi's Island Wii

Pikmin: yes.  EAD4's said to be doing it.  Hopefully NPC Pikmin 2 is a US preorder bonus or something.

Star Fox: maybe.  Platinum Games vocally wants to do it, it suits the interface and the brand's getting some attention with the SF64 3DS remake.  

Pilotwings: no. EAD2's doing it on 3DS already, and the previous GC/Wii iteration from Factor 5 is long dead.  No room for a Wii entry imo.

F-Zero: slim. Last few entries were sales disasters, core EAD staff for the series have been busy with Mario Kart / Wii Fit and Nagoshi's knee deep in Yakuza milk.  A 3DS revival is probably more likely at this point.

Excite Bike: no. Already released on WiiWare (World Rally), and ExciteBots bombed pretty hard.  Maybe they'll try again next gen.

Yoshi's Island: yes. If this isn't Good Feel's next 2D Wii platformer, I'll eat rol's hat.