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Game_God on 20 January 2015
yvanjean said:

1. HD remake.... last nintendo direct gave us Mario Galaxy 2 on WiiU .... this is pretty bad business by nintendo. They could of made a HD remake of Galaxy 1 & 2 and bundle them for $50. This can be handle by outside studio and boost software available to WiiU. There so many games that could benefit from the HD treatment.

2. WiiU consoles colour scheme... Black and white??? Nintendo has gone down this path before and it has result in short term increase in hardware sales. More limited edition WiiU's that would boost sales and put the focus on Nintendo WiiU if only to generate some news. 

3.  WiiU Slim or WiiU redesign... rather then change colour release a new redesign WiiU. WiiU 250-500gb anyone? 

4.  Every new game should have get a limited run WiiU bundle, software sales consoles and what better way to boost sales then to try to entice new customer with a limited edition bundle.  

5.  Price cut.... MSRP has been $299 since August 2013, sure price cut is not the only solutions but it's certainly not going to hurt. The only way to boost softwares sales is by increasing the current install based. Lost revenue on hardware is quickly made up in periphiral and softwares.

6.  More software, sure Nintendo by now has completely lost third party support, It's time for Nintendo to build a staple of 2nd Party partnership studios. Nintendo cant make enough software to prevent software drought and there enough struggling studios in Japan and around the world that could use some security that nintendo can provide by funding their game development. 

7.  Better use of Nintendo Direct, I think there should be a monthly Nintendo direct that focus on every WiiU and 3DS games coming out in the near future. These Nintendo direct should no longer feature Iwata and his broken english (I'm not saying drop Iwata entirely just doesn't have to have him do every Nintendo Direct) , Nintendo has large marketing such as the Tree House and Bill Trinen that would be much better a conveying the Monthly Nintendo Direct message. Let marketing do their job.

8.  Capcom.... buy them enough said.

9. Bring more Apps to the Nintendo WiiU, allowing for more diversity will have people using their WiiU more often.  Give people reason to use their WiiU every day will increase interest in the WiiU and may generate positive word of mouth advertising.

10.  Recapture the casual market, Xbox one and PS4 aren't really focusing on this market segment either. 

3. & 4. Give it the "New 3ds" treatment, a bit more RAM like half a gig., increase the clock speed of CPU & 64GB of internal memory. Make a more slick gamepad & some special editions like a Zelda, Starfox edition.

6. & 8. As you said there quite a few talented struggling companies in Japan & overseas that could be making games for 3DS & WiiU. I mean, FPS were a part of the success of N64, we had Golgeneye, Perfect Dark, Turok, Duke Nukem, Quake, Doom, 007 The world is not enough... even the GameCube had plenty of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_GameCube_first-person_shooters

Where are they on WiiU??? Now that they are more popular than ever, we have 2 COD games & Zombie U which is more a survival game than a frantic FPS! Nintendo should do something about this issue, I hope Retro has been hard at work on a new Metroid First Person Adventure/Shooter game including a Bounty Hunter/Alien filled on-line multiplayer mode!

We have 1 racing game NFS, with Project CARS coming whenever if ever...

Nintendo should spend a bit of their war chest & buy Level 5, Platinum & 51% of Capcom, on top of that they should have 1 more american or european studio dedicated to making FPS games!

7. Have Iwata only for big reveals & let the people from the Tree House do the presentations, they did a fantastic job @ last E3, I would have liked for Nintendo to build on that after E3 was over, the directs are too bland, the humour touchs from the Media event were great, why didn't they build on that???

The last point & a crucial one I would had is MARKETING!!! Nintendo marketing has been abysmal for the last 4/5 years, like it's Oprah doing Nintendo's marketing, it does not work with gamers. Do this kind of marketing for Wii Fit or Brain Training, not for Mario Kart!!!

Marketing is expensive but Nintendo has to be in the front row, they need clever & appealing marketing that has to be seen!!!

I'm a huge Nintendo fan & I will always buy Nintendo consoles & games, but God bless my PC where I can play my racing sims & FPS + the occasional adventure game...



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Kerotan on 20 January 2015

Release a slim without the pad for $100 less and get all 3rd parties. Not happening this gen but there's a chance for next gen.



Game_God on 20 January 2015
yvanjean said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

I get that but that is still quite an expensive investment cause Capcom really only has like what? Two IPs that might help Nintendo? One is Monster Hunter and the Other is probably SF so the question will be, will it be cheaper for Nintendo just to get the exclusive rights to the IPs or invest in the whole company and imo, it will be better for them to get exclusive rights. And I am pretty sure Capcom's market cap is at 1 billion USD atm

And I understand how wonderful dolphin looks but the issue with me is that its only up resing it to 1080p and asking me to pay $50 (or $25 per game) for that which to me is not worth $50. Upresing games is not very difficult and most likely, they will put minimal effort into it since Mario Galaxy already looks pretty damn perfect as it is. Yes, going from 480p to 1080p will improve the look but it wont improve it enough to justify the $50 price tag imo. And they won't get the same treatment as WWHD cause WW had lots of areas where the visuals could be improved other than just the res where as Mario Galaxy, the most they will probably do is just upres it and maybe add some AA cause it looks pretty damn great as it is

WHOAhhhh

Capcom most popular:

MEga Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Devil may Cry, Ace Attorney, Monster Hunter, Dead Rising

Capcom idle franchises:

Beath of Fire, Bionic Commando, VIewtiful Joe, Lost Planet


Don't forget Okami, Marvel vs Capcom, Darkstalkers, Dragon Dogma!



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Game_God on 20 January 2015
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
 

Well, I really don't think RE will have that much of an impact considering their recent games. RE6 was laughable, RE:Rev was good but not great and we don't really know if their next one will even hold true to the promises that Capcom made considering Capcom made promises in the past which they didn't deliver on them at all. And MH will only get Japanese people excited and no one else really. If SF becomes exclusive, that will probably make a nice impact but both SF (if Sony didn't make that deal) and MH can be secured by money that is far less expensive for Nintendo than actually buying most of the company and waiting years to see a return. And once they sign that contract, I doubt that Capcom can go back on it.

And yea, Media Buzz and short term impact but really, Nintendo has been getting some positive buzz in the last year since MK8 and hasn't really done much with the wiiU

And again, really, the only game that Capcom is working on is MH for Nintendo and again, secured by money. Also, most of Capcom's IPs have gone down in quality since their previous itterations and buying a Company that has ruined several of its franchises is not something I want Nintendo to go into. Sure, they can implement some Quailty Control but in the end, they will just lose even more money. And I highly doubt Sony is willing to bid on MH cause if they were, they would have done so by now imo.

And yea, I know its all fiction but I don't think in this fiction scenario, Capcom will help Nintendo much at all. But thats just my opinion on the matter

About MH only exciting japanese gamers:

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/252852/usa-preorders-chart-10-january-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-shoots-to-the-top/



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 20 January 2015
Game_God said:

About MH only exciting apanese gamers:

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/252852/usa-preorders-chart-10-january-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-shoots-to-the-top/

Yea but when the game actually comes out, it wont sell very well in the west proven by virtually every single MH game

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Monster+Hunter



                  

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Nuvendil on 20 January 2015

Marketing is the crucial area they must improve. That can grow fan bases and improve demographic diversification. Their marketing since May has been *better* but still lacking. And they still don't have that one commercial that will really sell the Wii U in the minds of people as a legitimate contender. Look at Get N or Get Out or Wii Would Like to Play or Now You're Playing With Power, Super Power. Not all these campaigns accompanied large libraries; heck, the N64 library was very small. But they made the device desirable, they gave it an image that attracted a wider range of individuals. The Wii U needs that kind of marketing, like what the PS4 had at the start of 2014, which wasn't concerned with what was out but what was coming and - more importantly - the desired image of the platform itself.



Ruler on 20 January 2015
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
yvanjean said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Yea but will those help Nintendo though? I highly doubt a significant amount of people will buy a wiiU for Megaman, DMC, Ace Attorney or even DR really as well as BoF, BC, VJ and LP. Their biggest sellers that can sell systems are really, MH but only in Japan, SF and RE which has gone down in quality and sales significantly. Oh and lets not forget that just because Nintendo owns capcom does not mean that Capcom will shit out gold in terms of game quality.

And honestly, now that I am thinking about it, how is buying Capcom supposed to help the wiiU? Buying companies takes quite a while and getting the company that you bought making games for the system they previously had no interest in also takes a while... So at its best, it will help Nintendo's next console

First - The purchase itself would create a media buzz.

Second - HD remake of Capcom fanchise for short term impact on WiiU.

Third - Announce at E3 that capcom is working on next Resident Evil for WiiU and Monster Hunter 4 WiiU.

Fourth - Nintendo needs a company that will compliment their Nintendo development. Capcom already making good game for Nintendo on the 3DS. They need to insure that capcom would be working on WiiU games. Sure, the immidiate future they can't just cancel contract with Sony and games that are almost completed on Xbox One and PS4 but they could have ports to WiiU. Capcom AAA titles for WiiU would only release in late 2016.

This is all just fan fiction.... there is a very low chance of Capcom being acquired by Nintendo.

Well, I really don't think RE will have that much of an impact considering their recent games. RE6 was laughable, RE:Rev was good but not great and we don't really know if their next one will even hold true to the promises that Capcom made considering Capcom made promises in the past which they didn't deliver on them at all. And MH will only get Japanese people excited and no one else really. If SF becomes exclusive, that will probably make a nice impact but both SF (if Sony didn't make that deal) and MH can be secured by money that is far less expensive for Nintendo than actually buying most of the company and waiting years to see a return. And once they sign that contract, I doubt that Capcom can go back on it.

And yea, Media Buzz and short term impact but really, Nintendo has been getting some positive buzz in the last year since MK8 and hasn't really done much with the wiiU

And again, really, the only game that Capcom is working on is MH for Nintendo and again, secured by money. Also, most of Capcom's IPs have gone down in quality since their previous itterations and buying a Company that has ruined several of its franchises is not something I want Nintendo to go into. Sure, they can implement some Quailty Control but in the end, they will just lose even more money. And I highly doubt Sony is willing to bid on MH cause if they were, they would have done so by now imo.

And yea, I know its all fiction but I don't think in this fiction scenario, Capcom will help Nintendo much at all. But thats just my opinion on the matter


How did capcom ruined its franchises? it was outsourcing to western companys that ruined it but not any game made by capcom themselfs turned out to be bad tbh.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 20 January 2015
Ruler said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Well, I really don't think RE will have that much of an impact considering their recent games. RE6 was laughable, RE:Rev was good but not great and we don't really know if their next one will even hold true to the promises that Capcom made considering Capcom made promises in the past which they didn't deliver on them at all. And MH will only get Japanese people excited and no one else really. If SF becomes exclusive, that will probably make a nice impact but both SF (if Sony didn't make that deal) and MH can be secured by money that is far less expensive for Nintendo than actually buying most of the company and waiting years to see a return. And once they sign that contract, I doubt that Capcom can go back on it.

And yea, Media Buzz and short term impact but really, Nintendo has been getting some positive buzz in the last year since MK8 and hasn't really done much with the wiiU

And again, really, the only game that Capcom is working on is MH for Nintendo and again, secured by money. Also, most of Capcom's IPs have gone down in quality since their previous itterations and buying a Company that has ruined several of its franchises is not something I want Nintendo to go into. Sure, they can implement some Quailty Control but in the end, they will just lose even more money. And I highly doubt Sony is willing to bid on MH cause if they were, they would have done so by now imo.

And yea, I know its all fiction but I don't think in this fiction scenario, Capcom will help Nintendo much at all. But thats just my opinion on the matter


How did capcom ruined its franchises? it was outsourcing to western companys that ruined it but not any game made by capcom themselfs turned out to be bad tbh.

Well, maybe they should quit giving out their franchises to western companies then. It is their IPs and at the end of the day, it is their responsibility to maintain the quality of their IPs that get made by other companies that they are outsourcing too. And I am pretty sure Capcom knows the progress of development as the games get developed by the western companies and I am also sure that the western companies also go through Capcom with their ideas and Capcom has to approve them. So either ways, its Capcom's duty to make sure their IPs have top notch treatment regardless of who is developing them and if they don't then Capcom should have intervened but instead, they just sat back and watched which is still pretty unacceptable



                  

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Game_God on 20 January 2015
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Game_God said:

About MH only exciting apanese gamers:

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/252852/usa-preorders-chart-10-january-monster-hunter-4-ultimate-shoots-to-the-top/

Yea but when the game actually comes out, it wont sell very well in the west proven by virtually every single MH game

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=Monster+Hunter


Monster Hunter Tri for the Wii sold more outside of Japan & MH Tri Ultimate sold about 740 000 ouside of Japan wich is not bad for a re-release!

MH defintly is more Japan oriented, but it doesn't mean it can not pull good numbers in the rest of the world.

Most of all, it's about perception, having this kind of games exclusives on Nintendo systems sends a strong message to Japanese game companies, they are likely to bet more on Nintendo consoles if they feel it is where the market share & gamers are going!

Keep Dragon Quest on Nintendo consoles & the possiblity of other games that have been avoiding Nintendo platforms, to come back increases.

Buying these companies could/should start a shift of focus from 3rd party companies.



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