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Soundwave on 28 March 2015
zorg1000 said:
Gammalad said:


I didn't conviently ignore them. I just didn't see a point. The DS came out to be a companion device to the GBA, which went on to have a life of its own, the Xbox was Microsofts very first console so to me they have room to error. When it coems to this topic the Wii U is stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the consumers.  And yes Nintendo is known for supporting consoles for at least 5 years, all of Nintendo's home consoels have had a life span of at least 5 years. 

Nintendo only said it was a 3rd pillar because they needed a back up plan if it didn't catch on, it was always meant to be GBA successor.

They don't support consoles for 5 years, just because it exists for 5 doesn't mean it was supported. Like I just said, N64/GC/Wii support dried up after the 4th year, each only got a couple major titles after that point. Can u name me one single major GC title in 2006 other than Twilight Princess?

Exactly. Why not just skip the "sh*tty" last year altogether? Nintendo consoles are really only supported for 4 years with the GameCube honestly the arguement can be made that they bailed their main teams out after 2004 (the third year). 



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TheDarkneSsS on 28 March 2015

i hope so. If they have at least a decent 3rd party support i'm buying.



zorg1000 on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:

Nintendo only said it was a 3rd pillar because they needed a back up plan if it didn't catch on, it was always meant to be GBA successor.

They don't support consoles for 5 years, just because it exists for 5 doesn't mean it was supported. Like I just said, N64/GC/Wii support dried up after the 4th year, each only got a couple major titles after that point. Can u name me one single major GC title in 2006 other than Twilight Princess?

Exactly. Why not just skip the "sh*tty" last year altogether? Nintendo consoles are really only supported for 4 years. 

Yep, as long as Wii U gets decent support in 2016, something along the lines of Shin Megami Tensei × Fire Emblem, Pokken Fighters, Diddy Kong Racing, Super Mario Strikers, Legend of Zelda and a couple eShop titles than I will be completely fine with a new console for Holiday 2016 assuming that it has strong support from the get go.



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Materia-Blade on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:
Materia-Blade said:

the smoking gun you're missing is that not showing at E3 still gives them about 180 days in 2015 to show it on a direct or something.

Zelda is their biggest IP, why not show at least a 30 second trailer, and E3 is basically the biggest Direct of the year (they way they do the show now, it's effectively a Direct presentation). 

It makes no sense. Especially since they've already shown the game twice already. 

I don't know why but it makes no difference, especially if they show it shortly after E3. heck, they may troll us and show it a few days before E3.



Soundwave on 28 March 2015
zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

Exactly. Why not just skip the "sh*tty" last year altogether? Nintendo consoles are really only supported for 4 years. 

Yep, as long as Wii U gets decent support in 2016, something along the lines of Shin Megami Tensei × Fire Emblem, Pokken Fighters, Diddy Kong Racing, Super Mario Strikers, Legend of Zelda and a couple eShop titles than I will be completely fine with a new console for Holiday 2016 assuming that it has strong support from the get go.


The only thing with NX is if we assume it is indeed not a singular device, but rather multiple devices running the same OS/and most of the same games, I'm not sure if the home variant launches at the same time as the portable for example. 

Maybe it'll be like this NX portable in fall 2016 ... NX console in 2017 sometime? Or maybe they just launch both at the same time? 

My guess is for the console NX they are going to want some kind of controller/interface gimmick that justifies it as being more than just "well I can play my portable games on my TV now". That might require more time for them to figure out. 



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Jumpin on 28 March 2015

I actually hope this is the case.



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zorg1000 on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:
zorg1000 said:

Nintendo only said it was a 3rd pillar because they needed a back up plan if it didn't catch on, it was always meant to be GBA successor.

They don't support consoles for 5 years, just because it exists for 5 doesn't mean it was supported. Like I just said, N64/GC/Wii support dried up after the 4th year, each only got a couple major titles after that point. Can u name me one single major GC title in 2006 other than Twilight Princess?

Exactly. Why not just skip the "sh*tty" last year altogether? Nintendo consoles are really only supported for 4 years with the GameCube honestly the arguement can be made that they bailed their main teams out after 2004 (the third year). 


The main teams moved on after 2004 but 2005 still had pretty decent support from Nintendo-published titles.

Battalion Wars

Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix

Donkey Konga 2

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Geist

Mario Party 7

Mario Superstar Baseball

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Star Fox: Assault

Super Mario Strikers



When the herd loses its way, the shepard must kill the bull that leads them astray.

Soundwave on 28 March 2015
Materia-Blade said:
Soundwave said:

Zelda is their biggest IP, why not show at least a 30 second trailer, and E3 is basically the biggest Direct of the year (they way they do the show now, it's effectively a Direct presentation). 

It makes no sense. Especially since they've already shown the game twice already. 

I don't know why but it makes no difference, especially if they show it shortly after E3. heck, they may troll us and show it a few days before E3.


If it's not shown at E3, likely you're not seeing it for a looooong time. Makes no sense to just show it 2 months later on something ... why not show it at E3 where it would get far more exposure? 



Materia-Blade on 28 March 2015
Soundwave said:
Platina said:
Possibly, though I doubt it.

I don't even think the next home console will be released in 2016. My guess is that the NX is the next handheld.


Even if it is a handheld by 2016, mobile tech will have caught up to the Wii U making a NX version of this Zelda game more than possible. 

The Apple A9 processor that's probably coming at the end of this year will probably exceed the PS3/360 level consoles. 

"Even if it is a handheld by 2016, mobile tech will have caught up to the Wii U making a NX version of this Zelda game more than possible."

NO.

"The Apple A9 processor that's probably coming at the end of this year will probably exceed the PS3/360 level consoles. "

That means it would be expensive as hell and still quite bellow wii u, wich further proves the above "NO"



Soundwave on 28 March 2015
zorg1000 said:
Soundwave said:

Exactly. Why not just skip the "sh*tty" last year altogether? Nintendo consoles are really only supported for 4 years with the GameCube honestly the arguement can be made that they bailed their main teams out after 2004 (the third year). 


The main teams moved on after 2004 but 2005 still had pretty decent support from Nintendo-published titles.

Battalion Wars

Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix

Donkey Konga 2

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance

Geist

Mario Party 7

Mario Superstar Baseball

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Star Fox: Assault

Super Mario Strikers


They basically turned the GameCube into the Mario spin-off machine after 2004. Mario dance dance revolution! Mario soccer! Mario baseball! Mario Party! 

lol. 

All those games were farmed out projects too, basically the main EAD teams, Retro, NST, etc. stopped making GameCube only games after 2004.