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Amazon lists 18 unannounced Nintendo Switch game SKU's (TBA at Nintendo Direct???)
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I think one reason for this might be that Miyamoto seems to really care about Pikmin. (I do, too).
Arlo writes for NF, he usually makes an article for NF and then a video on it.
He said he wanted to make a video on Pikmin 4 so I'm guessing it's that
He said he wanted to make a video on Pikmin 4 so I'm guessing it's that
I think so too, hopefully when Miyamoto does retire Pikmin 5, Pikmin 6, etc still happens.
It's Miyamoto's pet project. He cares deeply about the series.
Nintendo Force, a sort of spiritual successor to Nintendo Power magazine (but not in any way affiliated with Nintendo of America like Nintendo Power was).
Never on their consoles? Hmmm, that's a hard one considering most multiplats either debuted or had spin offs later on. I mean, if we're talking strictly never ever, Valkyrie Profile or Star Ocean would do the trick for mass fuckery in the JRPG category for sure, but if we're talking about wider appeal, I guess an exclusive proper Prince of Persia would get the blood boiling.
If we're talking in general? I think Klonoa or Castlevania are gonna be revived on Switch, maybe both, with exclusivity.
Yea totally forgot about some of these games. Like I get it, monolith is bigger than Retro but the difference in output is still crazy.
Especially since most interviews Nintendo talks about how important Retro is, or how they actively work with the parent branches.
Pet projects from the most important Nintendo figure + good sales overall across franchise entries.
We're getting Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4.
It's clear at this point that Nintendo gives no fucks about what is "popular or successful" when green-lighting games.
Now give us a new F-Zero you fuckers.
More like people have this weird conception of them as this first party Nintendo studio that one day will come up with this super amazing adventure game tailored to the western audience instead of these "kid" games Nintendo is known for.
Just to put things into perspective.. a lot of people want a new IP from them, right? Even if it was a meaty one, tell me what kind of reaction said IP would get if the game that took 5 years to make had the art style and characters from that artist who posted some freelance work on his Instagram account a few weeks (months?) ago?
I can tell you right now, it'd face a similar fate as Tropical Freeze.
Fates didn't have a title when it was first announced in January 2015. Wouldn't be impossible.
It's about time someone said this.
I've thought people have had unrealistic expectations of Retro since after Returns launched.
Old forum had people convinced Retro's next title was a Sheik game and low and behold it was DK.
I've been thinking about a Klonoa revival recently, mainly to coincide with the movie that's supposed to be happening.
I mean... Many people want more games from Nintendo with the production values and tone of BotW or SMO/SMG.
That's pretty normal.
The one that made my blood boil was back in 2011 people were throwing the MK team under the bus and saying that the DKCR MK7 track and all the redone old tracks were better than anything the MK team did.
It is pretty normal. I've seen people want some AAA mature western focused title from Retro. Is it likely? Time will tell but I doubt it.
I remember that! Yikes.
Luigi's Mansion 3, 3D DK game, Super Smash, and Pokemon. I couldn't ask for anymore than that. I'm betting on at least 3 out of those 4 this year.
I don't think this game has to be more mature than BotW (BotW is actually extremely sexual so Retro's game could be less mature) or more focused on America than BOTW for people to be really excited for it.
You know I totally get that most companies now, would rather just make a new IP rather than buy an old one because of cost and legal issues. But Turok just does things that a Nintendo game probably can't.
It's got the name recognition, has the history, and will definitely be able to attract a different audience the typical Nintendo game cannot the same way Bayonetta does.
I know it's not gonna happen, but if Nintendo really wants to change what they bring and get that widespread appeal they probably should invest in a few franchises like that.
It's definitely something that would excite people. I'm just going to continue to wait and see. I could see Retro working on a new IP, or Donkey Kong. I just don't believe it will be a game reflecting what people have built Retro up to be in their heads.
That's not really realistic. Nintendo's a suprisingly efficient developer, but even their AAA titles take time to make. BotW was in development for 5 years. Oddyssey was in development for 3. Big AAA games take time to make, so you can't keep expecting Nintendo to make Blockbusters all the time. They need smaller projects to balance it out, which is how games like Splatoon and ARMS were born. The original Splatoon IIRC, was developed within a year, maybe less.
The first two Pikmin games were decent sellers. Pikmin 1 sold about 1.60 million, which is pretty good for a new IP on a relatively unpopular console like the GameCube. Pikmin 2, which came out during the GCN's twilight years, sold on par with that, at about 1.12 million.
So really, the only mainline game to not crack those numbers was the third game, which was doomed to oblivion by the virtue of being on a console even more unpopular than the GCN. When you think about it, Pikmin 4 could be the series' time to truly shine, as it's the first real game to be released on an actually sucessful console (not counting the New Play Control ports, which no one bought in general considering that line lasted like five games, lol).
So really, the only mainline game to not crack those numbers was the third game, which was doomed to oblivion by the virtue of being on a console even more unpopular than the GCN. When you think about it, Pikmin 4 could be the series' time to truly shine, as it's the first real game to be released on an actually sucessful console (not counting the New Play Control ports, which no one bought in general considering that line lasted like five games, lol).
fwiw, Retro's recent artist hires mostly do cartoony stuff... But then again, they absorbed a lot of people from Junction Point (Epic Mickey) after Disney closed that studio because Junction Point is in Austin and most hirings happen based on proximity. Mia Goodwin and Adam Fenton are their top new concept artists and they have done cartoony feminist comics and Disney stuff respectively.
Most people would be satisfied with art similar to Mario or Steven Universe I believe as long as the graphics and dialog and gameplay looked very good.
Most people would be satisfied with art similar to Mario or Steven Universe I believe as long as the graphics and dialog and gameplay looked very good.
Hmmmm
My favorite Wii U game that was made for the system was probably Smash.
I had most fun with Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD.
My favorite Wii U game that was made for the system was probably Smash.
I had most fun with Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD.
I'm really curious about Retro's game if it is more cartoony or tries to have an all ages thing because I'm like 97% certain it has online multiplayer based on them hiring people who have only worked on networking for online multiplayer games.
And it has had a lot more story work put into it than prior Retro games also.
And it has had a lot more story work put into it than prior Retro games also.
Fates didn't release until a year later in the west. Here Fire Emblem Switch will be revealed the same year as it will release.
I don't know how Nintendo Force would have insider information considering their unofficial nature.
Exactly.
Mario and Zelda are two of the most critically acclaimed and commercial successful franchises the medium has to offer. Furthermore, they both appeal to a global audience. Nintendo is not going to throw that kind of budget behind a "new IP" from Retro Studios. We are more likely to see an ambitious 3D Donkey Kong platformer with high production values than a "AAA shooter" or whatever the fuck else people are asking them to make these days.
I don't think there was more money spent on SMO than Horizon: Zero Dawn and Horizon was made by a previously bad developer that had never released a game that lived up to expectations ;)
EA has approved development of a massive, several hundred million dollar new IP from Motive, a studio that has previously done:
-Mass Effect Andromeda
-Battlefront 2 single player
-Cancelled Star Wars Uncharted game
They do have Kim Swift but she hasn't done a AAA video game in a decade.
EA has approved development of a massive, several hundred million dollar new IP from Motive, a studio that has previously done:
-Mass Effect Andromeda
-Battlefront 2 single player
-Cancelled Star Wars Uncharted game
They do have Kim Swift but she hasn't done a AAA video game in a decade.
Its that as well, but mostly I am surprised Nintendo never tried to follow through with Namco for continuing the revival after the great remake on the Wii. Its one of the rare franchise that are very Nintendo like, both in terms of game design and presentation, and I feel a full Nintendo/Namco collab for a new entry can alleviate some shortcomings of previous entries(mainly game length). Its the 20th Anniversary, so no time is better for it.
This. I think people are going to be disapointed if they're expecting some gritty western AAA style game from Retro. While I personally would be interested in seeing that if only for curiosity sake. I gaurentee you that whatever Retro's working on is going to be far more unique and stylized that these "AAA Western Game" fantasies people keep yammering about.
It'll be announced either Monday or Tuesday. It's been heavily rumoured and basically confirmed by EA/Amazon/Insiders.
Also, if the name was in the magazine preview, it would ruin the potential name reveal next week.
Off topic, but I wouldn't call Guerilla Games a bad developer. Killzone 2 was ace and sits at 91 on Metacritic, Killzone 3 at 84. They dropped the ball with the original Killzone and Killzone Shadowfall's campaign, but they were far from a bad developer.
People were worried because they've never been great at telling stories, despite nailing the gameplay in all of their games. Horizon delivered beyond expectations in the end.
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Weird to know they have more info than anyone else, if they really have.
I hope it's real, but I don't want to get excited and later disappointed.
The Nintendo Force Patreon page also says this about that next issue:
So it definitely sounds like they know stuff we don't (and also raises my feeling that this direct's just going to cover the first half of 2018).
So it definitely sounds like they know stuff we don't (and also raises my feeling that this direct's just going to cover the first half of 2018).
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