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I want to see them make...

A new Metroid 83 41.50%
 
A game from another existing IP 26 13.00%
 
A new IP 91 45.50%
 
Total:200
Ck1x on 28 July 2016
curl-6 said:
Ck1x said:

But even when Nintendo makes new IP's they aren't making clones of these types of games that you are naming! Splatoon is new but isn't anything like Gears or Uncharted... Yes they are lacking those types of games, but the 3rd party companies are already making similar games, it's the reason why Sony's 1st party titles aren't selling as good as Nintendo's do on their own hardware.

The saturation of similar games on both PS4 and XbOne are very high and everything is either a 3rd person action game or some form of a shooter. The games you desire for Nintendo to make, gamers are already invested in 3rd party variants, so Nintendo would be wasting money making a Nintendo version of Assassin's Creed or Uncharted.

Nintendo's first party catalogue as it stands today is sorely lacking in tonal variety. When your software output is pretty much entirely E-rated cartoon games, you are limiting the appeal of your product. People like to have options and diversity. Such products being available on other platforms does preclude the need for them on Nintendo's, just like the availability of Pokemon and Monster Hunter on 3DS doesn't preclude the fact that Vita could have really used such a system seller of its own.

Retro Studios was acquired by Nintendo for specifically this purpose, to diversify Nintendo's appeal by making a different kind of game to EAD proper.

What's irritating is that because Nintendo doesn't have their version of Assassin's Creed or Uncharted you guys feel that their line up is sorely lacking. But games Nintendo makes aren't saturated in the marketplace! It's easy to be dismissive when you say Mario, Zelda or whatever but Nintendo is a very Japanese company and their games tend to lean more towards that style of play. 

I think people confuse wanting Nintendo to make new IP's with just making their IP''s appeal to more western gamers as a whole. Because Nintendo will create new franchises and most of them will undoubtedly have a very heavy Japanese overtone, which focuses on games being fun and not just matured themed like many western developed games.

Zelda BoTW is a perfect balance of where they need to take more of their franchises, but in no way shape or form should Nintendo lose the identity of what makes the games unique and fun. Let Sony focus on the story driven linear games, but everyone shouldn't make those types of games just because it's mainstream to do so...



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curl-6 on 28 July 2016
Ck1x said:
curl-6 said:

Nintendo's first party catalogue as it stands today is sorely lacking in tonal variety. When your software output is pretty much entirely E-rated cartoon games, you are limiting the appeal of your product. People like to have options and diversity. Such products being available on other platforms does preclude the need for them on Nintendo's, just like the availability of Pokemon and Monster Hunter on 3DS doesn't preclude the fact that Vita could have really used such a system seller of its own.

Retro Studios was acquired by Nintendo for specifically this purpose, to diversify Nintendo's appeal by making a different kind of game to EAD proper.

What's irritating is that because Nintendo doesn't have their version of Assassin's Creed or Uncharted you guys feel that their line up is sorely lacking. But games Nintendo makes aren't saturated in the marketplace! It's easy to be dismissive when you say Mario, Zelda or whatever but Nintendo is a very Japanese company and their games tend to lean more towards that style of play. 

I think people confuse wanting Nintendo to make new IP's with just making their IP''s appeal to more western gamers as a whole. Because Nintendo will create new franchises and most of them will undoubtedly have a very heavy Japanese overtone, which focuses on games being fun and not just matured themed like many western developed games.

Zelda BoTW is a perfect balance of where they need to take more of their franchises, but in no way shape or form should Nintendo lose the identity of what makes the games unique and fun. Let Sony focus on the story driven linear games, but everyone shouldn't make those types of games just because it's mainstream to do so...

The West has over 10 times the population of Japan. Targeting games at a more Western audience is simply good business sense. This is the approach Sony and Microsoft have taken, and as a result PS4 and Xbox One have trounced the Wii U.



super_etecoon on 28 July 2016

I would like a successor to Super Metroid. They did a great job with Donkey Kong and I know they would make an amazing 2D Metroid. I understand much of the core team that worked on Prime is gone and maybe they don't have a lot of love for the series, but sometimes your destiny is chosen for you.



Veknoid_Outcast on 30 July 2016
CaptainExplosion said:
OdinHades said:
F-Zero

But does anyone at Retro know how to code or program racing games?

Staff at Retro helped with course and character design on Mario Kart 7. I'm sure Retro could handle a racing game, with assistance from Nintendo EPD of course.



Veknoid_Outcast on 30 July 2016
CaptainExplosion said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

Staff at Retro helped with course and character design on Mario Kart 7. I'm sure Retro could handle a racing game, with assistance from Nintendo EPD of course.

I just thought it'd make more sense to assign it to the people who made FAST Racing Neo.

I would love it if Nintendo poached some talent from Firesprite or Playrise and tasked them to make a new F-Zero, with producers from EPD overseeing production.



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jonathanalis on 30 July 2016

2D donkey kong country; the sequence of TF



miqdadi on 30 July 2016

I choose new IP, new Metroid prime is what people want, a new DK country is nice but I wish nintendo will port tropical freeze for NX, it was a great game that needs more players to dig into, that's if NX manages decent sales



Jumpin on 30 July 2016

Retro is still around?



I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.

Ck1x on 30 July 2016
curl-6 said:
Ck1x said:

What's irritating is that because Nintendo doesn't have their version of Assassin's Creed or Uncharted you guys feel that their line up is sorely lacking. But games Nintendo makes aren't saturated in the marketplace! It's easy to be dismissive when you say Mario, Zelda or whatever but Nintendo is a very Japanese company and their games tend to lean more towards that style of play. 

I think people confuse wanting Nintendo to make new IP's with just making their IP''s appeal to more western gamers as a whole. Because Nintendo will create new franchises and most of them will undoubtedly have a very heavy Japanese overtone, which focuses on games being fun and not just matured themed like many western developed games.

Zelda BoTW is a perfect balance of where they need to take more of their franchises, but in no way shape or form should Nintendo lose the identity of what makes the games unique and fun. Let Sony focus on the story driven linear games, but everyone shouldn't make those types of games just because it's mainstream to do so...

The West has over 10 times the population of Japan. Targeting games at a more Western audience is simply good business sense. This is the approach Sony and Microsoft have taken, and as a result PS4 and Xbox One have trounced the Wii U.

Listen I agree that the western market is bigger than the Japanese, but I would rather Nintendo do games like Splatoon which puts their take on a online multi-player king of the mountain experience. Zelda BoTW is a good indication of Nintendo making an open world adventure, but in no way would I want them to clone some other game.

I like new IP's as much as the next person, but most of Nintendo's IP's that they barely touch are sought after to revisit more so than just creating something new. Kid Icarus could easily be Nintendo's hack-n-slash God of War franchise and I would much rather they do something with that IP than create something similar. These established franchises have history and value that not a lot of Sony games hold up during the test of time. This is also why SmashBros is such a hit because these characters have value...



Veknoid_Outcast on 30 July 2016
CaptainExplosion said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

I would love it if Nintendo poached some talent from Firesprite or Playrise and tasked them to make a new F-Zero, with producers from EPD overseeing production.

Meh, it'd be more logical to go with either Shin'en Multimedia, or the people who are making Formula Fusion.

Why would that be more logical?