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Nem said:
I'm getting quite sick of point number 3. Iwata died and we got less information due to less directs. This is not just about the Wii U, but everything Nintendo.

As in, you're getting sick of the lack of information, or people bringing it up?



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Pretty much most Nintendo development teams are likely working on NX software as we speak so it wouldn't be much of a surprise.

Have you guys actually gone back and looked at the software Nitnendo consoles get in their so called "fifth year"?

N64 from December 2000-December 2001 got Dr. Mario from Nintendo and basically nothing else (lol). Rare published Conker's Bad Fur Day. That was it. Two whopping games. If you didn't buy a GameCube for launch that's all you got. 

GameCube from Dec.2005-Dec 06 had Odama, Chibi Robo, both outsourced games, and Nintendo picked up the Western publishing for Baten Kaitos (Namco) in the West. It got Zelda: TP, but only after the Wii got it first. 



i think it will release this year on the wii u. it is probably already close to completion if not completed already and i wouldnt be surprised if they have started development on the next project for the nx.



If it was a Wii U game IMO it would have been shown at last year's E3. No reason not to.



PerturbedKitty said:
i think it will release this year on the wii u. it is probably already close to completion if not completed already and i wouldnt be surprised if they have started development on the next project for the nx.

Come on, it's less than two years since Tropical Freeze came out, and that took them three years, as did DKCR.

The chances that their next game is "close to completion if not completed already" are astronomically remote.



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curl-6 said:
PerturbedKitty said:
i think it will release this year on the wii u. it is probably already close to completion if not completed already and i wouldnt be surprised if they have started development on the next project for the nx.

Come on, it's less than two years since Tropical Freeze came out, and that took them three years, as did DKCR.

The chances that their next game is "close to completion if not completed already" are astronomically remote.

tropical freeze, as somebody pointed out already, was likely finished long before its launch in 2014. i suspect they finished the bulk of that game well in advance. the true development time spent on a new project (released this year on wii u) is likely to be around 3 years which is enough time to complete a game. 





PerturbedKitty said:
curl-6 said:

Come on, it's less than two years since Tropical Freeze came out, and that took them three years, as did DKCR.

The chances that their next game is "close to completion if not completed already" are astronomically remote.

tropical freeze, as somebody pointed out already, was likely finished long before its launch in 2014. i suspect they finished the bulk of that game well in advance. the true development time spent on a new project (released this year on wii u) is likely to be around 3 years which is enough time to complete a game. 

I think you are being waaay too optimistic here. 

Do you have any evidence that Retro started a new project any significant length of time before the launch of Tropical Freeze? For all you know they may not have even started their followup until late 2014 or something.



curl-6 said:
Nem said:
I'm getting quite sick of point number 3. Iwata died and we got less information due to less directs. This is not just about the Wii U, but everything Nintendo.

As in, you're getting sick of the lack of information, or people bringing it up?

 

Both tbh, but specificaly bringing it up like its an isolated case specific to the Wii U.



curl-6 said:
PerturbedKitty said:
curl-6 said:

Come on, it's less than two years since Tropical Freeze came out, and that took them three years, as did DKCR.

The chances that their next game is "close to completion if not completed already" are astronomically remote.

tropical freeze, as somebody pointed out already, was likely finished long before its launch in 2014. i suspect they finished the bulk of that game well in advance. the true development time spent on a new project (released this year on wii u) is likely to be around 3 years which is enough time to complete a game. 

I think you are being waaay too optimistic here. 

Do you have any evidence that Retro started a new project any significant length of time before the launch of Tropical Freeze? For all you know they may not have even started their followup until late 2014 or something.

no of course i have no evidence of that. i think we all know theyre working on something though. we dont know when they started their current project, but i think late 2014 wouldnt be very logical because why would they just be doing nothing for almost the entire year? they ought to at least be working on some kind of storyboard for a game, a concept or SOMETHING. they werent just sitting on their asses that whole time. also, DK is not a demanding project, they probably had something on the backburner during development of that game as well. but hey, we are just talking about beliefs and predictions here, aren't we?





PerturbedKitty said:

no of course i have no evidence of that. i think we all know theyre working on something though. we dont know when they started their current project, but i think late 2014 wouldnt be very logical because why would they just be doing nothing for almost the entire year? they ought to at least be working on some kind of storyboard for a game, a concept or SOMETHING. they werent just sitting on their asses that whole time. also, DK is not a demanding project, they probably had something on the backburner during development of that game as well. but hey, we are just talking about beliefs and predictions here, aren't we?

Maybe their first few pitches were shot down or went nowhere. Maybe they were assisting with other games, as they did with Mario Kart 7.

There are all kinds of things that could have taken up their time and manpower. Considering how long it was between the releases of DKCR and Tropical Freeze, it seems highly unlikely their new project is "complete or nearing completion", especially as we have heard nothing about it so far.