Omega_Phazon_Pirate. said:
"Might as well... when was the last time Nintendo themselves actually made a Starfox game? I believe it was Starfox 64. Lately Nintendo has been whoring out their franchises to third parties *cough* Starfox *cough* F-Zero *cough* or second parties or other smaller internal developer groups because they can't be bothered to do it themselves."
Starfox Assault and Command were freaking amazing, same with Starfox Adventures. Also, F-Zero GX is my second favourite F-Zero game as well as second favourite racing game. |
Yes, but my point was that NONE of those Starfox games were developed internally by Nintendo. Adventures was originally Rare's N64 effort Dinosaur Planet, which was brought over to GC and slapped with the Starfox license at the request of Shiggy. Assault on the GC was handled by Namco and was pretty mediocre, and Command was developed by Q-games, who are known for their PixelJunk games.
And i agree F-Zero GX was great, but again, that was Sega's Amusement Vision (of Super Monkey Ball fame) and not Nintendo that develped that.
This doesn't necessarily bother me as most Nintendo franchises have turned out pretty well in the hands of other companies/develpers... see the Metroid Prime series by Retro and the Donkey Kong Country and 64 games by Rare, and whatever franchise Factor 5 is working on i know that it's in very good hands so I'm not worried about that.
What bothers me is that Nintendo is now back in the #1 spot in terms of market share after spending almost a decade clawing at the #2 spot, and yet their overall game output has been lackluster at best. Aside from additions to the top frachises like Twilight Princess, Galaxy and Mario Kart (screw Smash.. most over-rated game this generation IMO!), what have they put out in the 2 years the Wii has been on the market that's been noteworthy besides their pack-in tech demo (Wii Sports) and a few other offerings to their casual or expanded audience like Wii Fit?
