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Forums - Nintendo - UPDATED!!! MORE RUMORS: Retro Working on Diddy Kong Racing 2 (Wii U)

 

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 339 36.93%
 
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Only if they can do it an... 261 28.43%
 
dat fur... 35 3.81%
 
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Frogger on 14 July 2014
Lucas-Rio said:
There is no need for Diddy kong Racing when Mario Kart 8 just released.

Nintendo would entirely miss the point and would waste an enormous amount of time and money on a pointless move if that happen. They should use their ressources towards developping other games.


Yeah, because you can only have one game in a genre per console. Any more than that is blasphemy. *eyeroll* There is no "point." There's a good game and the people willing to buy it.



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Jon-Erich on 14 July 2014
Samus Aran said:


If this is true then I'm done with Retro.

Two 2D games and a Mario Kart clone? No thanks, haven't bought any DKC games and will not buy this. 

If you actually played the original Diddy Kong Racing, you wouldn't be calling it a Mario Kart clone. 



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Lucas-Rio on 14 July 2014
spemanig said:
Lucas-Rio said:
There is no need for Diddy kong Racing when Mario Kart 8 just released.

Nintendo would entirely miss the point and would waste an enormous amount of time and money on a pointless move if that happen. They should use their ressources towards developping other games.


Yeah, because you can only have one game in a genre per console. Any more than that is blasphemy. *eyeroll* There is no "point." There's a good game and the people willing to buy it.

For the kart genre, there is absolutely only the need for one game per console.



teigaga on 14 July 2014
Lucas-Rio said:
ExplodingBlock said:
Lucas-Rio said:
There is no need for Diddy kong Racing when Mario Kart 8 just released.

Nintendo would entirely miss the point and would waste an enormous amount of time and money on a pointless move if that happen. They should use their ressources towards developping other games.

Agreed 

Much rather have Retro be focusing completely on Metroid


If we are talking about sales, Metroid may be a even bigger waste of ressources, eventough it would please lot of fans.

A HD, realistic, atmospheric Metroid title would definitely get a fair portion of people to pick up a Wii U. So even if the game itself wouldn't sell in the millions, it will bring more business to Nintendo. DK Racing would be a great software seller, but I don't think it can do anything for the system that Mario Kart hasn't already... Its hard to call, but I would say a Metroid game would be the better investment.

At this point though, I really think Retro should be working on launch titles for Nintendo's next system (2017)



curl-6 on 14 July 2014
spemanig said:
Lucas-Rio said:
There is no need for Diddy kong Racing when Mario Kart 8 just released.

Nintendo would entirely miss the point and would waste an enormous amount of time and money on a pointless move if that happen. They should use their ressources towards developping other games.


Yeah, because you can only have one game in a genre per console. Any more than that is blasphemy. *eyeroll* There is no "point." There's a good game and the people willing to buy it.

The existence of MK8 means DKR's niche is filled, and it would not move any hardware because anyone who'd buy a Wii U for DKR2 would have already bought one for MK8. Hence, it would be a waste of Retro's time and talent.



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Pavolink on 14 July 2014

Such a relief to see all this Metroid love.
Looks like Metroid from Retro is something a lot expect and want. Unlike other games.

Althought, if done well, I'll buy DKR2 since day 1. MK8 can wait for 2 or 3 years more.



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Samus Aran on 14 July 2014
Jon-Erich said:
Samus Aran said:


If this is true then I'm done with Retro.

Two 2D games and a Mario Kart clone? No thanks, haven't bought any DKC games and will not buy this. 

If you actually played the original Diddy Kong Racing, you wouldn't be calling it a Mario Kart clone. 

It's a crappy game, don't need to play it to see that. Watched plenty of gameplay footage on youtube.

Never got the hype of the old Rare games anyway, they all seem like collect-a-tons to me... Bad ones. DK64 doesn't even make sense. 



Frogger on 14 July 2014
Lucas-Rio said:

For the kart genre, there is absolutely only the need for one game per console.


Says who, exactly? What about the kart genre makes it an inferior avenue for diversity compared to other genres?



Frogger on 14 July 2014
curl-6 said:

The existence of MK8 means DKR's niche is filled, and it would not move any hardware because anyone who'd buy a Wii U for DKR2 would have already bought one for MK8. Hence, it would be a waste of Retro's time and talent.


Yeah, because the same thing totally happened with the original DKR.



curl-6 on 14 July 2014
spemanig said:
curl-6 said:

The existence of MK8 means DKR's niche is filled, and it would not move any hardware because anyone who'd buy a Wii U for DKR2 would have already bought one for MK8. Hence, it would be a waste of Retro's time and talent.


Yeah, because the same thing totally happened with the original DKR.

Different time, different expectations. This isn't the 1990s, one cartoon kart racer is enough. People want something more ambitious from their new HD console.