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Soundwave on 07 February 2015

Just because there are 50 million 3DS' sold doesn't mean there are 50 million active 3DS owners.

A lot of kids that got a 3DS in 2011 or 2012 may look at it as antiquated and old hat now that it's 2015 and they have say their first iPhone or iPad.

Everything about it just screams "dated", probably why Nintendo desperately tacked on the "New" moniker to the latest 3DS revision -- as a brand it's losing juice and they know it.

Also in this day and age, convincing people to pay $40 for a handheld game with PS2-ish graphics on a terribly low resolution/muddy looking display is a tough sell to the "I'm used to my Retina resolution screen and can get games for free or a $1" crowd. 

Nintendo needs to bring something to market that isn't seen as being outdated or stuck in the past decade.



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Materia-Blade on 07 February 2015
kitler53 said:
the_dengle said:
Tbone, be cool. This thread feels dangerous for you.

Maybe I've been lurking in the wrong threads, but I don't know where this idea that Nintendo fans hate remakes has come from. I was under the impression that the brunt of the criticisms against MCC came from it not functioning properly at launch, and that the circumstances around the "definitive editions" -- releasing just a year after the past-gen versions, sometimes after the publishers had specifically said they weren't looking into current-gen ports -- were the cause of derisive remarks.

I fail to see how Iwata's statement here makes Nintendo fans appear any more hypocritical than they already did, if indeed they did. Nintendo fans love remakes. They've bought Ocarina of Time and Star Fox 64 and Donkey Kong Country Returns and Wind Waker and Ruby/Sapphire and soon they'll buy Majora's Mask and Xenoblade. Iwata's comments change nothing.


go into the threads about TLoU remastered, tomb raider, DMC, metro redux, and whatever other last gen ports hit ps4xbox in the jan to sept 2014 time frame.  GTA V and halo MCC collection probably caught a bit of flak too but not as much.

So, no remakes. and as you just said, lat gen (1 year old) ports.



MikeRox on 07 February 2015
Samus Aran said:
Nem said:
I still think everone is trying to kill off the 3DS and Wii U way too early. Think about the software development cycles. They cant just release one round of games before remakingall the tools all over again.
I think both the 3DS and Wii U will see another round of first party software before exiting the stage. I guess it is possible that Nintendo development is now focused on the new portable to come out in a year or two, but i find it unlikely. What makes sense to me is that in 2015 and 2016 the new wave of software for current consoles will release and no new systems will release wich will maximise profits. Possibly production of current models will slow down for the release of a new system in late 2017 where the next wave of software will start beeing ready.

GBA sold better and was killed off earlier.


GBA was launched later than it would normally have been due to complete lack of competition. It was replaced sooner than Nintendo otherwise would have done due to serious competition hitting.



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Mystro-Sama on 07 February 2015

Why not make some remakes on the Wii U. WWHD sold pretty well.



zorg1000 on 07 February 2015
Mystro-Sama said:
Why not make some remakes on the Wii U. WWHD sold pretty well.


I really want Super Mario Sunshine HD



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MikeRox on 07 February 2015
zorg1000 said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Why not make some remakes on the Wii U. WWHD sold pretty well.


I really want Super Mario Sunshine HD


Pffffft! Not that I didn't like Super Mario Sunshine, but... Luigi's Mansion HD Collection (featuring 1 and 2 with dual analogue controls for 2)! And hell, Mario Strikers: Charged would make a great HD re-release too. Get solid 60fps in on the cut scenes (rather than the 15fps the Wii ver has) and add some mini game stuff to allow a player to cause carnage on the pitch using the game pad, I'd lap that right up!



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Skullwaker on 07 February 2015
Mystro-Sama said:
Why not make some remakes on the Wii U. WWHD sold pretty well.

I'm pretty sure they're coming. Especially in the final moments of the Wii U's life, they'll need some easy titles to pad out its release schedule. I'm sure we'll see more GameCube games being remade, like Super Mario Sunshine.



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Materia-Blade on 07 February 2015
Skullwaker said:
Mystro-Sama said:
Why not make some remakes on the Wii U. WWHD sold pretty well.

I'm pretty sure they're coming. Especially in the final moments of the Wii U's life, they'll need some easy titles to pad out its release schedule. I'm sure we'll see more GameCube games being remade, like Super Mario Sunshine.

I don't espect their focus to be remakes for wii u untill late 2016 at the earliest. but about gamecube games, they are more likely to come from the VC. Only N64/gba/snes/gb/nes games should get remakes.