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NathanVS on 04 January 2015
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Nothing against Diddy Kong Racing - but there is already a very decent fun racer on the Wii U with Mario Kart 8.

But the U lacks a very good FPS and/or FP exploration game utilizing WiiMote/Nunchuck. 

I always wondered why Ubi did spent money on WatchDogs U instead of making a RedSteel 3. Those who wanted to play WD did already 6 months earlier on the other consoles or PC. But there is only one console which is capable of running RedSteel 3...

Aside that: "wasted talent" - yep. They showed their talent in revitalizing Donkey Kong Country while retaining the old feel. But that was something "easy" compared to rethinking Prime while retaining the original feel. This is because it is THEIR IP. You need to be really a master to "let off" some of your own thoughts and concepts...

Whats speaks for another Prime is that Retro offered a job in AI programming a time ago. Something which fits more Prime than Diddy Kong Racing...

True. I would love to see another Prime or an FPS for Wii U by Retro, but I am not necessarily up for a FPS in an industry filled with them regardless of the system. Another Prime or FPS would be much easier than a genre Retro isn't completely used to (MK7 notwithstanding). For Nintendo standards, a FPS would be interesting no doubt. 

We just need to keep our expectations low instead of keeping it unnecessarily high, or otherwise it is going to be ''another f*****g Donkey Kong'' moment. That sort of outcry was very childish, and it is something I don't want to see again. All that we should expect from Retro is another excellent game no matter how ''ambitious'' it is or not. 



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curl-6 on 04 January 2015
NathanVS said:
curl-6 said:

Depends on how they did it; if they essentially made a Metroid Prime tha same as the GCN/Wii ones just with graphics on the level of, say, Black Ops II, that would not be ambitious. However, if they made a fresh take that was as evocative, daring, and spared-no-expense as the original Prime was for its era, that would be.

I too would like to see them handle a new IP, but honestly, I expect that crummy Diddy Kong Racing rumour to be true. What a waste that would be.

What is funny is that the original Diddy Kong Racing was unique: adding an adventure element in a racing game.

Besides, that ''crummy rumor'' was for Monster games to develop DKR2 with Retro helping out on the side. Someone later on Neogaf said something different. I don't believe either rumor, but I can see Monster games develop such a project. Even if Retro were to develop DKR2, I don't see that as a waste unless the game sucks.

There are far more worse things they can make than anything DK related, people.

Monster Games would be a great pick to do Diddy Kong Racing, they made the fun Excite Truck and Excite Bots arcade racers on Wii.

But Retro? They're one of Nintendo's greatest assets, there's no point on getting them to make a game that any of their 1st party teams could do.



NathanVS on 04 January 2015

There is a point. To make sure the game is the best it can be, lol!



curl-6 on 04 January 2015
NathanVS said:
There is a point. To make sure the game is the best it can be, lol!

But why should a game like Diddy Kong get top priority when Wii U already has two quality Kart racers? Retro's talents would be better spent on games that fill empty niches in their library.



NathanVS on 04 January 2015

There is only one or two AAA kart racer, what, in the whole world! That is too much? Hell the more I think about it Diddy Racing 2 would be incredibly ambitious, lol!



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curl-6 on 04 January 2015
NathanVS said:

There is only one or two AAA kart racer, what, in the whole world! That is too much? Hell the more I think about it Diddy Racing 2 would be incredibly ambitious, lol!

They already have Mario Kart 8, with a side dish of Sonic Racing Transformed. The niche is filled. Meanwhile, there are plenty of other genres in which Wii U is sorely lacking.



NathanVS on 04 January 2015

Sure if you are not a multiplatform owner, and a sad Wii U only owner. Overall, the kart racing genre is probably the most niche you are going to get.



curl-6 on 04 January 2015
NathanVS said:
Sure if you are not a multiplatform owner, and a sad Wii U only owner. Overall, the kart racing genre is probably the most niche you are going to get.

You can't get Retro Studios games on other consoles though.



NathanVS on 04 January 2015

We got Bioshock and Batman which are Metroid Prime esque, countless indie titles with Metroidvania type gameplay, and Ubisofts Rayman countering DK. Possibly a DKR sequel countering Sonic (which was greatly influenced by Diddy Kong by the way).

TBH, it would be interesting to see what they can do with their own racing genre since they have already explored first person adventure games and 2D platformers. I don't see that as waste since there is only two types of games that are like that regardless of what system. A 3D platformer would also be interesting.



curl-6 on 04 January 2015
NathanVS said:
We got Bioshock and Batman which are Metroid Prime esque, countless indie titles with Metroidvania type gameplay, and Ubisofts Rayman countering DK. Possibly a DKR sequel countering Sonic (which was greatly influenced by Diddy Kong by the way).

TBH, it would be interesting to see what they can do with their own racing genre since they have already explored first person adventure games and 2D platformers. I don't see that as waste since there is only two types of games that are like that regardless of what system. A 3D platformer would also be interesting.

I'd counter that Bioshock and Batman are nothing like Prime, and Rayman is nothing like DKC.

Wii U is oversaturated with platformers, so I'm not sure a 3D platformer would be such a great idea. A racing game could  have potential if it was something very unlike Mario Kart, such as F Zero.