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jonathanalis on 01 August 2015

perhaps wii U remasters should fill the droughts.



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Platina on 01 August 2015

Droughts hopefully will not happen, but the only way to do that is to have better 3rd party support



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ihatefatkatz on 01 August 2015

You'll probably get a drought every year between july and august. Most companies especially Nintendo like to release game between September and December to gain momentum for the busy holiday season.



justiceiro on 01 August 2015

Man, i will drink everybody tears when NX get revealed. Drougth happens and always will.



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pokoko on 01 August 2015

If NX is really a shared platform then the next Nintendo home console should be getting some of the same titles as their handheld console, at least the first part efforts and maybe some/many of the third party releases, though I'm betting at least a few publishers will have other plans.

Will Nintendo fans be content with that? Will that be enough to entice people who aren't necessarily Nintendo fans?



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Cobretti2 on 01 August 2015
spurgeonryan said:
The Wii U had a record game drought, at least for Nintendo systems.

I think no game drought is acceptable. That is why they need third parties for their droughts.


/end thread right there without 3rd parties no drought can be fixed.



 

 

AAA300 on 02 August 2015
zorg1000 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Every Nintendo console since the N64 has had software droughts early and often in its lifespan.

For the N64, at least there was the excuse that working within the limitations of cartridges and transitioning from 2D to 3D make development difficult early on, which is why there were so few launch titles and software in general within its 1st year on the market.

But for the GC, Wii and Wii U it was inexcusable. And of course the common thread for all 4 consoles is the ever dwindling amount of software from major 3rd party studios.


Wii Sports-November 19, 2006

Excite Truck-November 19, 2006

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-November 19, 2006

WarioWare: Smooth Moves-January 15, 2007

Wii Play-February 12, 2007

Super Paper Mario-April 9, 2007

Mario Party 8-May 29, 2007

Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree-June 11, 2007

Pokémon Battle Revolution-June 25, 2007

Mario Strikers Charged-July 30, 2007

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption-August 27, 2007

Donkey Kong Barrel Blast-October 8, 2007

Battalion Wars 2-October 29, 2007

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn-November 11, 2007

Super Mario Galaxy-November 12, 2007

Link's Crossbow Training-November 19, 2007

Endless Ocean-January 21, 2008

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-March 9, 2008

Mario Kart Wii-April 27, 2008

Wii Fit-May 21, 2008

Wii had no 1st party droughts in the first 18 months.

^^this. HD development was hard on Nintendo at the start of wii u , just like the 128 bit/3d was hard with GameCube . But when wii launched it saw few to none droughts . I think the transition from wii u to nx will be like that, they are making games faster now and should avoid super long droughts like the wii u had. 



MoHasanie on 02 August 2015

There are always droughts. Even if they plan a release schedule years in advance to stop any droughts from occuring, that still wouldn't help cause games get delayed. 



    

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Conina on 02 August 2015
-Newcloud- said:
Nintendo should at this stage have a good relationship with both indies and third partys...

When did that happen? They have a good relationship with third parties again? What was the trigger/catalyst for better relations?



Miyamotoo on 02 August 2015

Wii U droughts are specific because that were Nintendo first HD console, so those first games were first HD games for them.
Nintendo is now very familiar with HD, also they merged handheld and home console teams and If NX is really a shared platform or just one hybrid device, then majority of same games will be available on home and handheld or on hybrid device.

So NX will be in much better situation than Wii U, maybe even platform with best Nintendo support because there will no be need for separate support for handheld specific and separated support for home console specific, no more divided support.