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TWRoO on 01 May 2009
cacafina said:
Smeags said:
Seeing as Nintendo themselves (1st party developers) have only developed one "traditional" FPS (traditional in the sense of Halo/Doom/etc.) in their 100+ year career, I don't see why the reasoning for this phenomena would be "they're not hardcore enough/their new casual appeal/etc.". It could be... could be that they've never been that sort of developer to begin with.

(NST developed Metroid Prime: Hunters if anyone was wondering.)

 

Well if you count perfect dark and golgenye theyre 3 well and jet force gemini but it was a third person but you're right anyways this people are not in nintendo anymore. But i think retro studios is very capable of doing so.

Well all three were developed by Rare, Not Nintendo, they only published them (except JFG in the USA, which Rare published themselves)

 



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steven787 on 01 May 2009

Puffy, thank you.

You made my day.

Mario Paintball!

It wouldn't even have to be a first person shooter, it could be done a myriad of different ways and millions of copies would sell. Or instead, Smash Bros. Paintball (as in more than just the mushroom kingdom).

I need someone nerdier than me to start a petition. I'm far too busy and important...

Well!?!?!?!? Get on it!



I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.

cacafina on 01 May 2009
TWRoO said:
cacafina said:
Smeags said:
Seeing as Nintendo themselves (1st party developers) have only developed one "traditional" FPS (traditional in the sense of Halo/Doom/etc.) in their 100+ year career, I don't see why the reasoning for this phenomena would be "they're not hardcore enough/their new casual appeal/etc.". It could be... could be that they've never been that sort of developer to begin with.

(NST developed Metroid Prime: Hunters if anyone was wondering.)

 

Well if you count perfect dark and golgenye theyre 3 well and jet force gemini but it was a third person but you're right anyways this people are not in nintendo anymore. But i think retro studios is very capable of doing so.

Well all three were developed by Rare, Not Nintendo, they only published them (except JFG in the USA, which Rare published themselves)

 
Yes i think i stated that in my comment =)

 

 



Voltaire on 01 May 2009

MP3 ISNT A FPS!!!!!!!!

I doubt anyone at internal Nintendo is interested in making a FPS, although a Team Fortress rippoff mentioned earlier sounds very appealing.




puffy on 02 May 2009
BHR-3 said:
puffy said:
BHR-3 said:
halogamer1989 said:
No major 3rd party support for FPSs + kids, soccer moms, and old folks don't want to play these games.

 

 

 

Its not just FPS there missing alot of other types of games that seem to be getting more popular like fighting games featuring real fighters ex. boxing, cage fighting.  Also TPS like Gears and Uncharted that feature realistic environments seem to be the it thing right now, and wat about action sandbox games like GTA4, Infamous, Prototype.  There racing games r also lacking wheres F1, Nascar, they got Nascar kart racing that fails to emulate the real sport, and there missing a good racer that features real licensed cars.

It's funny you say that.. How come Wii gets the most exclusives? I mean the majority of PS3 or 360 games I can just play on my PC.. How come Wii is getting 2 exclusives from Ubisoft in the second half of this year when 360 is getting one and the PS3 isn't getting any?How come EA have shifted half of their dev resources to Wii while the PS3 and the 360 have to share the same games?


How come Wii gets it's own version of Dead Space when the other consoles have to share with each other AND the PC?

im sure dead space for the wii will be miles ahead of its hd counter parts and will get better reviews and sell better too

Perhaps but all I need to play Dead Space and Dead Space: Extraction is my Wii because having a PC is pretty standard nowadays. Also what does sales have to do with my enjoyment of the game?

How come Wii is the lead platform for Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10?

golf and tennis how fun i can just go to the park and do those activities for real rather than swing a plastic thing around in my house

But wait... I thought you wanted realism? I thought you wanted realistic fighters with realistic people and realistic racers with realistic cars, why not go out anddo those activities in real life too?

How come Capcom is giving Wii exclusives like RE: UC, RE: DSC on top of all the classics when the other consoles only get RE5 which is basically painted RE4 and has to share with PC?

im sure RE UC RE DSC can compare with RE5 sales wise and review wise  how much did RE UC sell thats right 1.26 while only the ps3 version did close to that in the 1st week let alone 2 yrs

Again what does the sales have to do with my enjoyment? Just because somebody else doesn't buy it doesn't mean I don't. It's also coming to PC in 3D, that's pretty cool but I mean look I have 5 RE games on Wii to play by years end and HD consoles have 1. If you're a fan you know which console to buy

How come the Wii has the best selling racing game ever?

Yes go karts with characters from the 80s thats real racing

Again, go outside, buy a go-kart or hire a race car for the day, you go have your realism while I have my fun.

I thought you just said it was lacking? DiRT has been confirmed for Wii, F1 2009 is coming to Wii, not the other consoles

F1 is coming to the HDS as well not at the same time it will take longer since it will be an accurate game of the sport unlike the wiis

Not quite, it'll take longer to model the cars and circuits and put in things most people will never use just so the game can compete with other games like Forza and GT. That's the issue of the HD systems.. How long has FFXIII taken to be made? or GT5? 

Wii also has the best selling fighter this generation, so obviously it's the more popular type of fighter.

Yes it does again characters of the 80s fighting unrealistically how can some whos watching boxing or MMA on TV relate to that and say hey i want to do wat there doing on TV in SSBB they cant but they can in Fight night 4 and UFC Undisputed that are on the HDs

So.. Yoshi, Kirby, Pikmin, Meta Knight, King DeDeDe, Pokemon etc are from the 80's eh? That's beside the point.. If you are so desperate for realism go buy Smackdown vs. Raw Wii and realistically punch. Or could you realistically punch if you went out and bought a punching bag or joined a fighting dicipline? Who knows.. 

 

 

 

The bottom line is that you certainly have different tastes to what the Wii offers but don't be bagging the Wii for that, just don't buy one and enjoy the HD console/PC lineup



 

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Thechalkblock on 02 May 2009

It is a bit of a bummer, but Metroid Prime 1 & 2 NPC will keep me plenty busy.



megaman79 on 02 May 2009

http://ia301504.us.archive.org/2/items/20090417-scott-supermario/supermario_512kb.mp4

Watch this, its a lecture on Mario 64 and it is very interesting bcoz it proposes the theory that Nintendo have ALWAYS been more focussed on experimentation and ofcourse non violent gaming/play mechanics.

He tears Halo a new one implying that it is unimaginative and less rewarding because of its two dimensional plot / narrative structure. This alone should convince you why fps's are not Nintendo's thing and Wii Music is.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

novasonic on 02 May 2009

I think Nintendo should expand the Metroid series more. Let Retro have more freedom with it. Possible even make it darker and add a little sex appeal? After all. the whole point of the original Metroid was that there was a sexy girl under that suit. I think Metroid should become like.. Nintendo's flagship M rated series. I know it'll never happen, but it would be interesting I think anyways.




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WiiU: 30-35m
X1: 30-35m
3DS: 80-85m
PSV: 15-20m

ZZetaAlec on 02 May 2009
novasonic said:
I think Nintendo should expand the Metroid series more. Let Retro have more freedom with it. Possible even make it darker and add a little sex appeal? After all. the whole point of the original Metroid was that there was a sexy girl under that suit. I think Metroid should become like.. Nintendo's flagship M rated series. I know it'll never happen, but it would be interesting I think anyways.

 

 Thank god you don't work at Nintendo...



JUG on 02 May 2009

I think Novasonic has in interesting point. I think Nintendo has already gone a little way down that line... I mean, Zero suit Samus didn't leave much to the imagination...



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