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Yes! Nintendo would be doomed as 3rd party! 50 29.59%
 
No, Nintendo would kick ass as 3rd party! 51 30.18%
 
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RolStoppable said:
DanneSandin said:

How am I using mediocrity? All the games I listed as "kiddie" on PS and XB all have good to great reviews. There's nothing mediocrity about them. And I don't care what you say about the standards about 3rd party games and all that, you're wrong about only Nintendo games being good (like you make it out to be)

Did you actually play the games you listed?

No, I haven't played all of them. Have you played all the games you diss? Are you saying that reviewers don't know what a good game is?



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gergroy said:
So, the op is assuming people that have bought nintendo consoles would not be willing to buy Xbox or playstation to play nintendo games?

Most of them would probably buy a new console, but with higher production costs and more merketing behind every game, would that loyal fan base be enough if Nintendo went 3rd party? Clearly, going by similar games sold on PS and XB, the market isn't huge for Nintendo like games on those systems.



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V-r0cK said:
generic-user-1 said:
V-r0cK said:
generic-user-1 said:
V-r0cK said:
generic-user-1 said:
 

yes? i cant see that. 

and dont come with 3d world, the cat is clearly targeted at the internet and women, not at kids.

Well it just seemed pretty evident.  Alot of their characters look brightly colourful and cartoony faces so obviously many can mistaken them for kiddish games.  Also their gameplay/controls isn't that difficult either that a kid can easily grasp how to play it.  

Soon, Nintendo will have Splatoon.  The title already sounds kiddish! And whats the concept of that game? To splash others with paint in some sort of childish game of man-hunt or capture the flag. Speaking of which, alot of Nintendo's game titles sounds kiddish too! 

So you can't see how Nintendo games can look kiddie, but you clearly see that Mario 3D world was targeting the internet and women.  Because we all know kids don't like cats too, nor do they like to watch cat videos......sounds like you're just picking and choosing what you want to see. 

colourfull and cartoony is for kids?  well thats new for me.  sure i like my milk, cookies and saturday morning cartoons in the 90s, but ohh boy, those cartoons were not made for children. dragonball was realy dirty sometimes, and Rocko was working for a sexhotline. and dont forgett that nowadays the best selling  cartoons are made for adults, not children.

splatoon is a fine jokename, i realy like it, even if it makes me a bit angry that charlie sheen didnt get an oscar for platoon...

and most nintendo games dont sound kiddish, they sound like innocent fun and a good time.

nintendo makes games everyone can enjoy, the other companys focus mostly on teens with "mature" games, but there is nothing mature about a bad told war story and  a grey world.

I never said colourful and cartoony is only for kids, but it is kiddish because majority of designs that are colourful and cartoony are aimed towards/appeal to kids.  Look at the majority of animation movies, Pixar movies (Frozen, Finding Nemo etc..) and tell me who are the majority viewers?  You'll be full of yourself if you say its not kids.  Parents take their kids to watch that. Why? Because the appearance looks suitable for kids regardless if there are some mature content.  I never said all of Nintendo games are kiddy looking, i said most.  There are exceptions, just like how DBZ is an exception, but that should be given because the concept of DBZ is human-like fighting/killing human-like.  Think of a number of Nintendo games and the main character and their villains.  I bet you alot of their villains aren't even human-like, and more so friendly looking ie. Goombas, plants, pokemons etc.  

Splatoon is a fine joke name but its so simple of a joke that kids can understand.  And when you think if 'Platoon' you think of the movie and not the actual term meaning of a group of soldiers? Already you show how uniquely different you see things.  You don't think titles like Kirby's dreamland or marty party doesn't sound more attracting to kids?  They sound innocent and fun sure, just like how kids are also innocent and fun.

Yes Nintendo makes games everyone can enjoy, including kids! So if you want to market anything that kids can enjoy too then you'll have to make it look kiddy!!!  Hence back to my original point that alot of Nintendo games look kiddy.  You said it, I just elaborated and explained what you said ;P

....I don't know if you're serious about all of this or you're just trying to work me up >.>  If you don't believe me then do what I did and go work at a video game store/department and ask a bunch of kids and parents.  

do you know an adult that didnt enjoys good disney cartoons?  lionking is the best hamlet movie possible.

and i wasnt talking about dbz, dbz is just BORING and lost all the magic.

 

do you realy thing kids know what a platoon is? and what is wrong with a dreamland? or a party? is that just for kids?

and there is no such thing as "kiddy". they look CUTE, but a lot of people like cute things, the only group that doesnt openly enjoys cute things are males between 12 and 20. TEENS! Teens arent mature or adult and they dont care about adult themes or mature storys, all they care about is what others think(sure some are different, but we are all clever enough to know that exceptions are allways implicated).

a good book or movie for children has much more mature elemtents than a cod campaign, why? because the western way of telling childrensstorys wasnt invented as a way of telling storys to children, it was invented to teach uneducated people moral lessons, and those were brutal, and were just toned down a little when told to children.

"just like how kids are also innocent and fun." well this is unintentionelly funny... 

You're telling me that those disney cartoons or any other animated movies has never been labeled by anybody as 'kids movies'? Lion king is an amazing movie, but you've never heard anybody called it a kids movie before?  Was the lion king movie not in the 'kids' section of a video rental store??  If there's a place that has a 'kids' section they don't consist of anything that's cartoony?  Pretty much what you're getting at now is there's no such thing as 'kiddy' because what's for kids is for everybody.  But that funny because the term 'kiddy' is a real saying that people use to describe things that are more aimed to kids, heck you even know what I meant when I said 'kiddy'.

If you want to settle this then why don't you ask a bunch of kids and parents on their perspective of what's 'kiddy' giving them mine and your opinion.  I bet you they'll agree with mine more.  Or better yet, go to a video game store/department, find and ask a kid to point out all the kiddy games in the entire game selections, I bet you that kid will be at the Nintendo section pointing out the most games there.  

Clearly we see things differently so lets just end this.  Thanks for your opinion and debate =)

sure, there are things that are just for children, but most cartoons arent just for children, specialy the big ones. they are truely for everyone because everyone can find something he likes in it.   videogame sections for kids are mostly skylander toys, thats  cool atm.  nintendo has its own section.

and you cant ask a kind to point out all the "kiddy" games, you can ask them what games they like, but i doubt you will get good answers.(i once saw a little girl in a pink dress crying because the fallout statue didnt hug back.it was the funnyest moment i ever had while shopping)

yes i know what you mean when you talk about "kiddy" but that doesnt make it right. i understand when americans talk about football, but its still handegg.



Nintendo and third party is not a good idea. No system would be worth having Nintendo games and if Nintendo would make games anyway noone would buy the other third party games and we would have a "noone buys third party games on whatever console nintendo games are on" discussion.



hsrob said:
DanneSandin said:
hsrob said:
I'm not really sure those examples prove anything, they're not even close to the best offerings on their respective consoles. Mario Kart 8, 3D World and Smash Bros are. Nintendo's big franchises would make a killing on any console.

Never mind that in this hypothetical future those orphaned Nintendo fans are going to have to game on something, so the games should at least sell as much as they did on Wii U. Unless we are to assume that all Nintendo's fans are going to up and evaporate with the hardware.

Ecxuse me? http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/littlebigplanet/results?sort=score LBP has a metacritic of 95! It's one of THE best reviewed games on PS3! And what placement did it have in the top 30 PS3 games? Minecraft didn't get bad reviews either: http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/minecraft/results?sort=score And neither did Lego Marvel http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/Lego-marvel-super-heroes/results?sort=score Or what about Rayman Legends? http://www.metacritic.com/search/all/rayman-legends/results?sort=score These games all got good to GREAT scores.

What are you basing your comment "Nintendo [...] would make a killing on any console"? Just because it's Nintendo? Sure, most Nintendo fans would get PS5 or Xbox... two?.... if Nintendo didn't make their own console any more and had offerings on those systems, but how many else WOULD buy them? A lot of times talking is just that; talking. A lot of them people who wants Nintendo games on other consoles are just talking, and wouldn't buy the games. And the majority of gamers wouldn't give a rats ass. A small minority of existing PS4/XOne gamers would buy Nintendo games if they were on their prefered c onsole.

You've just had to cherry pick from your own post to help make your point, you use LBP as your primary example when it must have been clear I was particularly alluding to this gen. As for the other examples that you have thrown in, how did they sell on Nintendo's console? Rayman, Marvel, where do they feature in Nintendo's top selling titles? What about the PS4 games in the OP? Calling Minecraft 'kiddie' is a stretch at best and the other two were still reviewed significantly lower the the flagship Nintendo titles thus far this gen. That alone could be enough reason to explain why they haven't sold that well. It's not proof that there isn't a market for kiddie games on Sony consoles and it's certainly not proof that there's no market for Nintendo games on Sony consoles.

I picked a few titles at random from that list. The only game (afaik) on that list that got mediocre reviews is knack. Those games that did show up on Wii U/3DS (like Lego Marvel) probably didn't do so well since they have to compete against similar games. Rayman vs Mario? I think most would buy Mario. And why can't we talk about sales from last gen? An install base of 80m+ for both PS3 and X360, and not a single Nintendo like game in the Top 10 best selling lists (except Kinect Sports). The best selling none-bundled Nintendo like games sold 5-7m (LBP and Minecraft). That's pretty good numbers, and NSMB would probably sell something similar, or more, on PS4 and X1. But what about Kirby? What about Donkey Kong? ANimal Crossing? Kid Icarus?

Another significant issue with attempting to draw parallel's between these titles that have been arbitrarily designated 'kiddie' is that Nintendo's kiddie titles are first party, whereas the majority of Sony's are not.  Look for the best rated and top selling games on any console and first party games are always heavily represented.

LBP is 1st party, isn't it? And top rated as well.

The most common complaint you hear about Nintendo games from non Nintendo console owners is, "I wish it was on console X, it's a great game but I'm not buying a system for 1-2 great games." Now while that's no guarantee of sales it raises the possibility that there exists an untapped market for some Nintendo games amongst the Nintendo non-faithful.

And I argue that that crowed is either just talking the talk but won't walk the walk if given the chance. And remember, they are the minority of tall the gamers. Do you think the people getting CoD would give a shit about Mario?

They would make a killing because given the install base they have always made a killing. Mario, Zelda, Animal Crossing, Smash Bros, Pokemon, Mario Kart. Increase the install base and you will increase the sales, by how much is anyone's guess.  Increase the install base by 4-5 fold and what do you think will happen? It's not going to increase sales 4-5 fold but it's bound to have a big impact.

I'm arguing that the increase in sales wouldn't be that much, and I base that on previously released games. And let's remember that Nintendo have more games than those heavy hitters. What about the smaller games?

In the end it's all supposition, but I'm not quite sure why you believe yours to be so much more reliable than mine or anyone else's. We've never actually seen how well a Mario 'kiddie' game could sell on a non-Nintendo and while we can attempt to draw parallels and analogies, it's naive to think that it allows us to draw any solid conclusions on either side of the debate.

No, I don't have any solid conclusions =) Just some speculation that I've tried to base in real numbers.

Anyway, no more debating for me tonight, past bedtime :)

Sleep tight!





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They are a console game developer, they would be great on PS xbox and pc. Personal reason are why people doubt it for the most part.

Nintendo would greatly benefit from releasing on other platforms, the user base and potential will be why they eventually go multi plat. They have the resources and capability to really turn the 3rd party scene on it head.

Business case is there for it, they have the financials to do it. They have the skill and talent. Only missing part is the will which will come with new leadership and its crumbling user base which is already happening with the wii..



padib said:
Nintendo games would fail on Sony and MS platforms for the same reasons as the U is failing in today's market (incidentally shaped by Nintendo's competition).


Is this a serious statement or just a joke that went over my head?



I bet the Wii U would sell more than 15M LTD by the end of 2015. He bet it would sell less. I lost.

DanneSandin said:
gergroy said:
So, the op is assuming people that have bought nintendo consoles would not be willing to buy Xbox or playstation to play nintendo games?

Most of them would probably buy a new console, but with higher production costs and more merketing behind every game, would that loyal fan base be enough if Nintendo went 3rd party? Clearly, going by similar games sold on PS and XB, the market isn't huge for Nintendo like games on those systems.


No, I am sure nintendo would have a very sizable market to work with.  A loyal fan base with a larger base of owners from which to grow that fanbase would almost assuredly mean more software sells.  I am not actually one that says nintendo needs to go third party, as I think they are fine as they are, at least at the moment.  However, that doesn't mean I can't see the potential for growth such a move would make.  Hardware has never really been nintendos strength...



Ehh Im fine if they go 3rd party
just make a deal with sony for marketing and put it in a ps4 bundle
like zelda or smash
should sell1-3 million by that



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(Lost)Bet with kinisking: I say Ps4 will win April NPD while he says Xbox One will win it; winner gets 1 week of avatar control.

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Most Nintendo fans own a Playstation or XBox in addition to their Nintendo console, so I don't really think a whole lot would change in this hypothetical.

They would simply just get their Mario/Zelda/Mario Kart/DKC/etc. fix elsewhere.