By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

Forums - Nintendo - Nintendo needs a Direct, N- Oh, wait. Never mind.

Frogger on 28 March 2015
Screamapillar said:

Not as bad as droughts for Xbox One or PS4... (first-party, obviously)

Seriously, though, I think that the news about smartphone games and last night's update about Zelda further cement that Nintendo is planning something big, and we're just all in the dark about it.

A) They needed to update us on the unfortunate news about Zelda when they did, because by the time E3 comes around, people will have accepted and gotten over it, and will be judging E3 by what is there, instead of what isn't.

B) The smartphone/ DeNA alliance news is good to know now, because had it come out at or around E3, it's all anyone would be talking about.  It really is enormous news.  It would have over-shadowed Nintendo's software lineup.

It is true, that Splatoon, Star Fox, Mario Maker, and Yoshi's Wooly World alone are NOT enough for a full year's worth of Wii U software.  Not by a long shot.  All of those game + two E3 surprises, though, and that's an entirely different picture.

My point is, I'm glad Nintendo has gotten all of this "house-keeping" out of the way now, because at this point, probably all we're going to get between now and the rest of the year is games, games, games. 

I'm actually very excited to see what Nintendo has planned for the rest of 2015.  I assume it's something big, because Zelda was originally the tentpole release for holiday 2015.  Perhaps something else has gotten moved up in the production schedule to fill the hole?  Paper Mario?  Luigi's Mansion?  Metroid?

All I know is, I'm excited.


Unless it's Metroid, and it won't be Metroid, or Pokemon, and it definitely won't be Pokemon, there's nothing filling the spot Zelda left. I've already made an entire thread about why the DeNA partnership is a big deal, but that doesn't make this any more acceptable. For all intents and purposes, neither the DeNA news or the Zelda news have anything to do with Nintendo leaving their consumers in the dark about the immediate future of their products.

Even if E3 has the biggest games ever releasing this year, and everyone forgets the delay, it doesn't even come close to excusing the six months of nothing, only Splatoon, leading up to it.



Around the Network
Naum on 28 March 2015

Seriously this Nintendo slamming is starting to piss me off.

They will release Zelda when they are f**king ready to and not before so take a chill pill will ya.

I never seen so much silly outrage like this announcement before... not even Square got this much crap for delaying their games with 3-5 years.



If it isn't turnbased it isn't worth playing   (mostly)

And shepherds we shall be,

For Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee And teeming with souls shall it ever be. In Nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritūs Sancti. -----The Boondock Saints

Frogger on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:


May - Splatoon
June - Yoshi's Wooly World
July - Project: Giant Robot
August - Xenoblade X
September - Devil's Third
October - Mario Maker
November - Amiibo Universe
December - Star Fox U


If we knew that for sure, this thread wouldn't exist. The reality is that we know this:

May - Splatoon
2015 - Yoshi's Wooly World
2015 - Xenoblade X 
2015 - Devil's Third
2015 - Mario Maker
2015 - Star Fox U



Soundwave on 28 March 2015
spemanig said:
Soundwave said:


May - Splatoon
June - Yoshi's Wooly World
July - Project: Giant Robot
August - Xenoblade X
September - Devil's Third
October - Mario Maker
November - Amiibo Universe
December - Star Fox U


If we knew that for sure, this thread wouldn't exist. The reality is that we know this:

May - Splatoon
2015 - Yoshi's Wooly World
2015 - Xenoblade X 
2015 - Devil's Third
2015 - Mario Maker
2015 - Star Fox U


I've followed Nintendo for like 20+ years now. 

This is nothing different from their norm. 

In fact, even without Zelda that's a fairly busy release schedule by their standards. 



bunchanumbers on 28 March 2015

Can you really call it a drought? They released Mario Party, Kirby, Captain Toad (EU), Mario vs Donkey Kong, and in relatively short order. Just because you don't like them or didn't buy them doesn't mean its a drought. Its just games you may or may not be interested in.



Around the Network
Soundwave on 28 March 2015
spemanig said:
Screamapillar said:

Not as bad as droughts for Xbox One or PS4... (first-party, obviously)

Seriously, though, I think that the news about smartphone games and last night's update about Zelda further cement that Nintendo is planning something big, and we're just all in the dark about it.

A) They needed to update us on the unfortunate news about Zelda when they did, because by the time E3 comes around, people will have accepted and gotten over it, and will be judging E3 by what is there, instead of what isn't.

B) The smartphone/ DeNA alliance news is good to know now, because had it come out at or around E3, it's all anyone would be talking about.  It really is enormous news.  It would have over-shadowed Nintendo's software lineup.

It is true, that Splatoon, Star Fox, Mario Maker, and Yoshi's Wooly World alone are NOT enough for a full year's worth of Wii U software.  Not by a long shot.  All of those game + two E3 surprises, though, and that's an entirely different picture.

My point is, I'm glad Nintendo has gotten all of this "house-keeping" out of the way now, because at this point, probably all we're going to get between now and the rest of the year is games, games, games. 

I'm actually very excited to see what Nintendo has planned for the rest of 2015.  I assume it's something big, because Zelda was originally the tentpole release for holiday 2015.  Perhaps something else has gotten moved up in the production schedule to fill the hole?  Paper Mario?  Luigi's Mansion?  Metroid?

All I know is, I'm excited.


Unless it's Metroid, and it won't be Metroid, or Pokemon, and it definitely won't be Pokemon, there's nothing filling the spot Zelda left. I've already made an entire thread about why the DeNA partnership is a big deal, but that doesn't make this any more acceptable. For all intents and purposes, neither the DeNA news or the Zelda news have anything to do with Nintendo leaving their consumers in the dark about the immediate future of their products.

Even if E3 has the biggest games ever releasing this year, and everyone forgets the delay, it doesn't even come close to excusing the six months of nothing, only Splatoon, leading up to it.


An Amiibo game in the vein of Skylanders could probably outsell Zelda even if Nintendo has to rush it to market. Just sayin'.

Zelda was never saving the Wii U anyway, when MK8 and Smash didn't that was pretty much curtains on that idea. Wii U is going to be the worst selling Nintendo console. Nothing is changing that. Zelda isn't really even one of Nintendo's top 3 franchises by sales. 



Frogger on 28 March 2015
Naum said:
Seriously this Nintendo slamming is starting to piss me off.

They will release Zelda when they are f**king ready to and not before so take a chill pill will ya.

I never seen so much silly outrage like this announcement before... not even Square got this much crap for delaying their games with 3-5 years.


First, yes Square does get crap for delating games. They have one of the worst reputation of literally any japanese gaming company right now. Second, the problem isn't the delay; it's letting us know about the game over a year too early. A delay is nothing more than an admitance that Nintendo fucked up its marketing. We shouldn't even know that the game exists right now if it was over two years away last E3. And I feel the exact same way about XCX, Yarn Yoshi, and SMT x FE. In every case, it's bull shit. And last, this wouldn't even be a talking point if there were any info on relevant Wii U games to play in the last and next 3 months. From January to June, the only 3 Wii U games we've known about for release in the west were Kirby: RC, Mario Party 10, and a hazy Splatoon date.

Nintendo deserves the slamming it's getting right now.



Frogger on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:

I've followed Nintendo for like 20+ years now. 

This is nothing different from their norm. 

In fact, even without Zelda that's a fairly busy release schedule by their standards. 


I'm not talking about the amount of content - I'm talking about the dates we'll play them. I don't care if it's their norm. It's not acceptable. Not in this age. We're not learning about new games from magazines anymore. Directs exist for a very specific reason, and times like these should be it.



Frogger on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:

An Amiibo game in the vein of Skylanders could probably outsell Zelda even if Nintendo has to rush it to market. Just sayin'.

Zelda was never saving the Wii U anyway, when MK8 and Smash didn't that was pretty much curtains on that idea. Wii U is going to be the worst selling Nintendo console. Nothing is changing that. Zelda isn't really even one of Nintendo's top 3 franchises by sales. 


Never said Zelda was saving the Wii U. No Nintendo Skylanders game is selling more Wii U's than Zelda, though. Amiibo's wasn't driving the installed base; and Amiibo game ain't doing it either. People who already own the Wii U are who would probably but that game. No one on the fence is buying a Wii U for toys to life.

Sales wise, Zelda was never about saving the Wii U; it was about keeping it afloat with a killer app through the holidays. NintendoLanders is definitely not what's doing that. But I don't even care about that, because my original comment was not about sales, so any comments about sales are irrelevant.



teigaga on 28 March 2015

Yeah, I have to agree.

When Nintendo is the sole publisher on their platform they should probably be doing more to reassure their users. Truly though I think reality has just hit. Regardless of whether Nintendo prepare 1 release per month, that isn't enough to satisfy a broad range of tastes. Not everyone is going to want Kirby or Mario Party, hence why 2015 hence why Q1 feels like a drought.