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joseph21 on 17 July 2008

no announcement at e3 just mean my wii will get dusk for the next 6+ months or so



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TWRoO on 17 July 2008
shams said:

You are missing one other important point as well:

Last Xmas, Ninty completely sold out of stock - in a really bad way.

This Xmas, they will STILL sell out of stock (both DS & Wii) - without any more announced or released titles from Ninty. There is heaps out there, heaps of 3rd-party coming, and still a few Ninty titles coming out.

...

It makes a LOT more sense for them to hold back their first party "wildcard" titles until they are truly needed (or Ninty just want to cash in even more).

So even if there weren't any other 1st-party titles in dev (or coming out) - it really wouldn't matter... this year anyway.

Next year is looking like the year of the *really* nasty battleground: probably get a slim 360, new Halo, GT5, Mass Effect II, Bioshock II, Starcraft II, God of War, FFXIII (maybe), RE5, ....

Ninty will need a few eye catching AAA titles to compete (a new Zelda + Mario wouldn't hurt...).

...

Being in 1st-place affords Ninty some privileges, and this is one of them.

 

 

This is a good point, Nintendo haven't got much to compete against this Christmas, Resistance-lol sure, huge system seller. Gears 2 is the biggest thig really, but as the name implies it is gears "2", so apart from it's own software sales it won't do too much.

In fact they may have set themselves up to sell out in a really bad way just with Animal Crossing.



I like Bacon on 17 July 2008
Griffin said:
ferret1603 said:
They haven't released or announced the ones I'm interested in. I want Punch-Out!!, 1080 Snowboarding, F-Zero, Wave Race, Diddy Kong Racing, 2D platformers like Donkey Kong. And where are the new IPs? Their Wii series is a great idea and has brought loads of people into gaming, but I want old style games too. The 2D Wario platformer looks good but it sounds like it's going to make you use motion controls and I'd much prefer to use a Gamecube pad for that type of game.

The only 1st party games I've got this gen are Wii Sports, Wii Play, Warioware and Mario Kart. Zelda, Mario and Metroid are great games but they're not must-buys for me personally. I prefer 2D to 3D when it comes to platform and adventure games so 3D stuff is rarely top of my list. Mario Kart and Brawl are the only ones I'm really pleased about as racing and fighting are my favourite genres.

 

Last i heard Diddy Kong is owned by Rare, they allow the use of it on the DS but i doubt he will appear on the wii.

No. Diddy Kong has been, still is, and ALWAYS will be owned by Nintendo. Why else would Diddy be in Mario Kart DD, Nario Kart Wii, Mario Baseball 1 and 2, Mario Hoops, Mario Party DS, etc... New characters introduced in DKR are owned by Rare.



Griffin on 17 July 2008
I like Bacon said:
Griffin said:
ferret1603 said:
They haven't released or announced the ones I'm interested in. I want Punch-Out!!, 1080 Snowboarding, F-Zero, Wave Race, Diddy Kong Racing, 2D platformers like Donkey Kong. And where are the new IPs? Their Wii series is a great idea and has brought loads of people into gaming, but I want old style games too. The 2D Wario platformer looks good but it sounds like it's going to make you use motion controls and I'd much prefer to use a Gamecube pad for that type of game.

The only 1st party games I've got this gen are Wii Sports, Wii Play, Warioware and Mario Kart. Zelda, Mario and Metroid are great games but they're not must-buys for me personally. I prefer 2D to 3D when it comes to platform and adventure games so 3D stuff is rarely top of my list. Mario Kart and Brawl are the only ones I'm really pleased about as racing and fighting are my favourite genres.

 

Last i heard Diddy Kong is owned by Rare, they allow the use of it on the DS but i doubt he will appear on the wii.

No. Diddy Kong has been, still is, and ALWAYS will be owned by Nintendo. Why else would Diddy be in Mario Kart DD, Nario Kart Wii, Mario Baseball 1 and 2, Mario Hoops, Mario Party DS, etc... New characters introduced in DKR are owned by Rare.

Sorry about that then, it was on some Tv show a couple years ago they were talking about it.  I guess i got it mixed up, diddy kong owned by Nintendo but the new characters in the game owned by Rare.

 



Valkyria00 on 17 July 2008
I like Bacon said:
Valkyria00 said:
sc94597 said:
Valkyria00 said:
sc94597 said:
I agree with your point, but I disagree that they have released all of them. They released about a quarter of them. Not to mention TP was a port, which means we have yet to get the real wii zelda. . They did release some of the biggest ones though.

I know thats why I meant by being made for the Wii ground up.

They released all the ones that are still alive. People need to give up an Punch out and Earthbound. Nintendo has explictly said they are not making any more Earthbound games. At least anyone who thinks theyre making one this gen are in for a disappointment.

 

Actually they have yet to release F-Zero, Wave Race Starfox, Donkey Kong(Announced), Kirby(ANnounced Kinda), Pikmin 3(Announced), and a Wii specific Zelda. Not to mention many franchises that have made their appearance on the DS may make their it on the WII also. OH and there are tons of smaller ones too. Kid Icarus is very likely. I do agree with the OP though.

 

"What im trying to say is Nintendo delivired all the core titles you wanted. Now shut up and wait for the next ones which will be completly built for the ground up for Wii." from my OP statement.

Wait for your Wave Race and Starfox.

I listed those games.

 

No you didn't. You did not say anything about Star Fox until I mentioned it. Or anything about Wavewace until sc94597 mentioned it. :-p

 

*sigh* When I said "I listed those games" I was talking about the ones I put in bold on sc94597 comment. (Pikmin 3 Wii Zelda and Kid Icarus.) Do you see them in black bold?

I know I didnt mention star fox or wave race thats why I say wait for the next core titles. Implying all other 1st party titles nintendo can announce.

 



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Valkyria00 on 17 July 2008
joseph21 said:
no announcement at e3 just mean my wii will get dusk for the next 6+ months or so

*sigh* why dont you go pick up a third party game?



Valkyria00 on 17 July 2008

@steven787
good comment agree.

@shams
great point made. Which is why they can just kick back and rely on 3rd parties



radioioRobert on 17 July 2008

About Wave Race. With a jet ski game in Wii Sports Resort, there is no reason to put this out in the next fiscal year or so. Nintendo did say the Jet Ski game would have deep gameplay (in a Wii Sports game?), so I think that's off the table for a while. Hopefully Wii Sports can deliver some other fun games in the mix, as Nintendo stated there would be "up to ten games" on the disc.

Hopefully this holiday will give third parties a chance to shine....



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SuperSteveyLes on 17 July 2008

A new Pikmin game would be great, and a chance to revive Kid Icarus. As for Mario and Zelda, they'll be ready one day, no need to rush.



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