| t3mporary_126 said:
AAA: Zelda U, 3D Word, Mario Kart 8, Xenoblade: X, Smash Bros. U AA: Bayonetta 2 A: Yoshi Woolly World, Kirby's Rainbow Curse, and Captain Toad, New Super Mario Bros. series, and HD remasters like Windwaker HD Below A: NES Remix and other eShop games. |
I dont think Yoshi Woolly World and Wind Waker HD are in same group with Kirby's Rainbow Curse.
From big games, we will probably see Metroid, Animal Crossing and maybe new 3D Mario game.
Looking at the GameCube and Wii ... very likely.
EAD in general usually bails out on a Nintendo during the last two years of its lifecycle.
The next 3D Mario, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart 9, etc. will be for the next Nintendo handheld, not Wii U, watch.
Though I think Nintendo will throw the Wii U a Metroid game for 2016 maybe from NST or Next Level or something.
But lets look at the output from the "big gun" Nintendo studios, EAD, EAD Tokyo, Retro, and Monolith
GameCube 2005-2006 (Major Releases From Big Nintendo Teams): Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat (EAD Tokyo), Zelda: Twlight Princess (EAD)
So you have two games for two whole years, one of which was bongo-based spin-off platformer and the other was a legit big gun, but the Wii version basically got top billing (released first, GCN version only got an extremely limited release).
Wii 2011-2012 (Major Releases From Big Nintendo Teams): Zelda: Skyward Sword (EAD), and Xenoblade (Monolith) which was actually a 2010 title for Japan, they just didn't want to localize it until they caught a lot of flak for basically sitting on it.
I don't think so. SMTxFE, Metroid and other random titles are still likely.
Is Pikmin 3 considered AAA? What about Pokken Tournament? I think they should.
| the_dengle said: I don't consider any of Nintendo's games AAA, including Zelda. Keeping their spending in check is the only way they can be profitable with such a small user base. They are very secretive about their budgets so it's difficult to be sure. |
Zelda is AAA. The games have 3-4 years of development and the team sizes aren't exactly small. They even stated the team for the current game is much bigger then what they've had in past. Sure Nintendo doesn't throw a 50m marketing budget behind them, but the cost of production is likely huge. The games also sell a LOT 4-5m on average which isn't too shy of uncharted, gears etc, so it justifies its cost. Understandly Zelda is like the only AAA IP nintendo have.
| Skullwaker said: I don't think so. SMTxFE, Metroid and other random titles are still likely. Is Pikmin 3 considered AAA? What about Pokken Tournament? I think they should. |
I wouldn't call Pikmin AAA and I think its hard for a fighting game to be considered AAA, but i guess it depends if you're refering the size of production or potential to sell. If its the latter, Pokken is AAA.
Yeah, I think we will get one or 2 big releases afterwards.
I think a new metroid is in the works
Will probably see one or two true AAA Nintendo games in 2016 but that's all I can envision. 2014 saw Smash Bros and Mario Kart 8(and Bayonetta II but I'm not sure if that counts as a AAA but we will include it anyway), 2015 will see Star Fox U and Zelda U(throw in Mario Party 10 for good measure, Splatoon isn't AAA). I don't see 2016 as having more than 2 simply because the console is not going to be hugely successful and Nintendo is notorious for both ditching their failing consoles early(5 years with the N64 and GCN) AND cutting focus on the current console to move on to the next-generation platform. Just my opinion. I also don't believe we will see a true 3D Mario game on the Wii U similar to SM64 and Galaxy. I think Nintendo considers Super Mario 3d World a true successor to those games...
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