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Skullwaker on 29 July 2015
KLXVER said:
I just hope they make some new IPs and bring back some older franchises.
Mario, Zelda and Pokémon all make Assassins Creed games look like they are few and far between at this point...

How is that?

Assassin's Creed has had 9 main games since its introduction in 2007, which averages 1 game per year.

Mario has had 5 main games since 2007 (6 if we count Super Mario Maker), which averages .56 (or .66) games per year.

Zelda has had 4 main games since 2007, which averages .44 games per year.

Pokemon has had 7 main games since 2007, which averages .77 games per year.



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Kotastic on 29 July 2015

Lol, asking a bit much? They aren't slaves uknow.



KLXVER on 29 July 2015

Nintendo will always put the Japanese market first. That's just something everyone needs to deal with. So they wont ever be like Sony for better or worse.



KLXVER on 29 July 2015
Skullwaker said:
KLXVER said:
I just hope they make some new IPs and bring back some older franchises.
Mario, Zelda and Pokémon all make Assassins Creed games look like they are few and far between at this point...

How is that?

Assassin's Creed has had 9 main games since its introduction in 2007, which averages 1.125 games per year.

Mario has had 5 main games since 2007 (6 if we count Super Mario Maker), which averages .625 (or .75) games per year.

Zelda has had 4 main games since 2007, which averages .5 games per year.

Pokemon has had 7 main games since 2007, which averages .875 games per year.

 

Thats one way to spin it...



Skullwaker on 29 July 2015
KLXVER said:
Thats one way to spin it...

Explain how that is spinning.



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate on 29 July 2015
Bofferbrauer said:
Captain_Yuri said:
The really don't have enough people at all...

Nintendo Employees: >3000

EA Employees: 9370

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_development_teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts

And Nintendo is a hardware company... So yea... The fact that they can even release this many games is amazing

That's not Nintendo employees, the 3000 figure is not up to date. Nintendo has over 5000 employees, and the numbers had been rising for years now:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo At worst, 3000+ is the number of pure video game developers which have nothing to do with the hardware or other non-programming related.

It also excludes the developers from their partner studios like Intelligent Systems or HAL Laboratory.

Welp, thats what I get for trusting wiki with google search + being lazy

Either ways, it is quite impressive imo still since Nintendo still has two hardware to manage while companies like EA who still have quite a bit more employees don't



                  

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KLXVER on 29 July 2015
Skullwaker said:
KLXVER said:
Thats one way to spin it...

Explain how that is spinning.

Skyward Sword

A Link Between Worlds

Phantom Hourglass

Spirit Tracks

Ocarina Of Time 3D

Majoras Mask 3D

Wind Waker HD

Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

 

Thats since 2007



Skullwaker on 29 July 2015
KLXVER said:
Skyward Sword

A Link Between Worlds

Phantom Hourglass

Spirit Tracks

Ocarina Of Time 3D

Majoras Mask 3D

Wind Waker HD

Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition

 

Thats since 2007

I wasn't including spinoffs/remakes for any of the series. Assassin's Creed had like 7 of those but I don't consider them true and new AC games, just like the upcoming Tri Force Heroes isn't legit Zelda, and Mario Party 10 isn't legit Mario.



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ArchangelMadzz on 29 July 2015

I think development will be faster with the NX given that it may have a better architecture and Nintendo will be used to developing games in HD. Which really screwed them at the beginning with the Wii U.



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bobgamez on 29 July 2015
Eddie_Raja said:
Nautilus said:

Again, as i said, this is something that nintendo can fix NEXT gen.For wii u is too late.And while DQ XI isint confirmed and just rumored, it is a good sign that nintendo is trying to fix that problem


No offense but one niche Japanese game means nothing.  Yes, they could fix it, but that would require a massive overhaul to eveything - this took Sony an entire generation to 100% nail down.


Dragon quest is niche? What lol