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Soundwave on 08 August 2016
curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:

I'm actually not really that concerned about NX's software library at all. It wouldn't surprise me much if it has one of the better 1st year lineups for a Nintendo system ever. Lets look at 3 reasons.

1.) Unifying the library will channel all their dev teams onto one platform, Nintendo releases like 20+ games per year, and usually at least 2/3 of those are of a fairly good quality.

2.) Because the NX doesn't appear to be a full generation upgrade from Wii U, but more like a portable Wii U++, Nintendo's developers are going to be able to get the hang of developing on the NX fairly easily if we're talking a Tegra X1 tier chip. They're just now getting into the swing of making HD Wii U games, the transition to the NX will be easy for them.

3.) Lets be honest, likely a lot of Wii U development was curbed/nixed in favor of the NX. Not just Zelda, we're probably talking a "real" Animal Crossing, another 3D Mario platformer, a second Retro Studios game, etc. that were supposed to be on the Wii U that got diverted to the NX a while ago. These games as a result will end up showing up early in the NX life cycle because Nintendo pulled resources from the Wii U a while ago.

It's not just a matter of quantity though, the software also needs to be compelling, not New Super Mario Bros HD or party game #3871, etc.

I think they kinda already have that covered though, because Zelda at launch is pretty big. 

And the things they withheld from the Wii U ... Animal Crossing, a 2nd 3D Mario, a second Retro game (GameCube and Wii both got two) are fairly large scale things too. 



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curl-6 on 08 August 2016
Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

It's not just a matter of quantity though, the software also needs to be compelling, not New Super Mario Bros HD or party game #3871, etc.

I think they kinda already have that covered though, because Zelda at launch is pretty big. 

And the things they withheld from the Wii U ... Animal Crossing, a 2nd 3D Mario, a second Retro game (GameCube and Wii both got two) are fairly large scale things too. 

Breath of the Wild is good start, but what I mean is that for Nintendo's first party output on NX as whole, they need to be overall more ambitious and compelling than they were on Wii U. Less NSMB/3D World/TF/Nintendoland/Ultra Smash, more BotW/Splatoon.



Chazore on 09 August 2016

Really would love a home console Animal Crossing within those 6 months, it would help me decide in getting an NX within those few months, same if they make a decent home console Pokemon game.



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Miyamotoo on 09 August 2016
curl-6 said:
Soundwave said:

I think they kinda already have that covered though, because Zelda at launch is pretty big. 

And the things they withheld from the Wii U ... Animal Crossing, a 2nd 3D Mario, a second Retro game (GameCube and Wii both got two) are fairly large scale things too. 

Breath of the Wild is good start, but what I mean is that for Nintendo's first party output on NX as whole, they need to be overall more ambitious and compelling than they were on Wii U. Less NSMB/3D World/TF/Nintendoland/Ultra Smash, more BotW/Splatoon.

I think NX needs equally both those category of games because they are all very quality games and gives huge variety.



Wyrdness on 09 August 2016

I wouldn't even say Splatoon and BOTW are any different to the other first party games they've just been handled in a different manner with far stronger marketing. Software can be compelling but it won't sell if you don't handle it well, no one thought Splatoon would do well but Nintendo did everything to make sure people knew about the game and tried it out, had that effort also been replicated with other first party games the Wii U would have performed better.

If anything it's not whether the software output was compelling but the quantity and marketing that was the issue and that is due to having 2 platforms.



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curl-6 on 09 August 2016
Wyrdness said:
I wouldn't even say Splatoon and BOTW are any different to the other first party games they've just been handled in a different manner with far stronger marketing. Software can be compelling but it won't sell if you don't handle it well, no one thought Splatoon would do well but Nintendo did everything to make sure people knew about the game and tried it out, had that effort also been replicated with other first party games the Wii U would have performed better.

If anything it's not whether the software output was compelling but the quantity and marketing that was the issue and that is due to having 2 platforms.

While marketing is certainly important, I would contend that games have to be compelling in the first place; no matter how well you marketed, say, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, it's just not a compelling piece of software. Splatoon and Breath of the Wild, on the other hand, are.