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New Nintendo CEO Furukawa: “Nintendo should focus on things that only we can provide"
- Thread starter ggx2ac
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Exactly.
The competition covers the majority market right now, and if Nintendo can't do what they do then this is the best and only path for them.
You serious? Any thread about a new Nintendo console. All you hear is I wish they would give a normal controller and more power aka clone of ps/xbox.
Exactly.
It's even framed in the wall of a conference room at the Headquarters:
独創 = Dokusou = Creating Something Unique
https://youtu.be/9AkPdAWfFjI?t=33s
Took the words right out of my mouth.
I see Gamecube as a testament to the risks when Nintendo doesn't differentiate themselves enough from the competitions offerings. The only hardware differences as far as I can recall were a strange controller that offered similar functionality to the PS2 and XBOX, mini-DVDs for games and handle on the back of the console.
I agree with the rest of your post.
Anyway, this new CEO seems to get where Nintendo's strength lie. I mean it's fairly obvious IMO but still good to hear. What only Nintendo can provide is exactly what I want them to offer us. They're a very exciting and unpredictable company and I hope they stay that way forever.
Sometimes I wonder whether I would have been stanning for the Virtual Boy had I owned one back in the day as well.... Never played on one but perhaps it was actually great and unfairly maligned by gleeful haters like the Wii U (probably not huh).
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Because we know that's the exact thing he's talking about? He may want to open up the 2D platformers. Also 2D platformers is Nintendo's blood.
All the blood and gore and swearing makes it easier to indulge in your testosterone-loaded manchild fantasies, don'cha know?
I suspect it's the same folks who keep insisting Nintendo should go third party and port their IPs to another (i.e., their) console.
I love this company, and I think Furukawa has a bright(er) future here. I told my co-workers that I'm withholding judgment until I see him introduce or host a Nintendo Direct, but really, I already have a great feeling about him.
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Does this mean uniquely Nintendo only titles and let third parties make the othre games on the platform?
They're sending all the right signals. The real test, of course, is many years away, with whatever plan there is moving forward as the Switch dies down.
Still want my Iwata QoL sleep monitor, though.
I'm relieved that you specifically are not in charge.
Still want my Iwata QoL sleep monitor, though.
I'm relieved that you specifically are not in charge.
I hope he has a personality similar to Iwata. It doesn't have to be like 100% Iwata, but even half would be great because if he doesn't I don't think we'll see him in Nintendo Directs.
Moreover, right now with Koizumi they have a formula and personality that works (and one that was conceived with Furukawa's guidance from marketing, from what we're hearing). It's entirely possible that he shows up for an introductory address at a digital presentation like E3 before stepping back. Not everybody can be the kind of front-facing persona that Iwata was, a "character" established enough that we could get something out of watching him fight Reggie.
One of the main things (visible on our end) that seemed difficult to replace with Iwata was Iwata Asks, since he had the unique combination of access and professional experience to talk to internal developers as developers. I'd like to see a form of public documentation like that revived, especially as Nintendo is so enclosed from outside access.
I know he didn't specifically mean that but it was the first thing come to my mind when I read his quote. Also I'm surprised that I'm alone on this. Yes, Nintendo is excellent when it comes to 2d platformers but today indies are slowly reaching Nintendo. I don't know about others, but indies give me my required dose of 2D platformers. Nintendo should focus on stuff indies can't do, specifically full 3D games. 2D platformers might be Nintendo's blood, but so are 3D platformers, Odyssey is a living proof of that. I fail to understand why don't we get more of this and Switch's first half of the year has three first party 2D platformers.
Oh I thought you meant official Nintendo employees or something like that.
We had retro game collections on the Wii, right? But it still had a VC. I admit I'm starting to get wary about it but I haven't given up hope.
Sure, in 10 years we'll have a handheld about as powerful as current consoles. But consoles then will be far more powerful by definition.
I said it in the other thread about Furukawa's appointment, but I just want to go on record: It sounds like this guy understands Nintendo. I'm optimistic about him for sure.
Opposite on XB1 though, right? Free cloud saves, but you can't freely copy the saves off your system... or at least that's how I understand it. Maybe that's changed. Either way, better than what Nintendo has atm.
And by as powerful as current consoles, that's talking about the base PS4. Not the Pro.
Kids are absolutely core gamers. Only perpetual adolescents think that core gamers are 18-34 olds. Children are core gamers. They may not stay core gamers but they are core gamers. Just because Sony and Microsoft have written off children from their platforms doesn't mean that kids aren't core games.
You need to get over yourself.
There needs to be both. Super Mario Odyssey and Nintendo Labo can co-exist on the same platform.
With all due respect my good sir, surely there are no children playing games that I am playing.
Iwata assumed Nintendo with 42 years, just saying. You're pretty misinformed
Not sure. I don't have Xbox, just PS4 and Switch. Though I think I heard XB1 allows it too. But I could be wrong.
Pretty much. Probably somewhere in the middle due to the modern tools and cheaper components that will exist by then (similarly to Switch vs PS3/360).
Im all up for Labo, it's a big weird thing, but i meant like, it's not that much of a risk, is it? Labo is being launched at at time where the Switch has already secured the area, even if Labo fails horribly, it will not make a dent on the switch's success.
What i mean is, im hoping they don't go on a directions where they risk it all in a gimmick, Labo is not an "all in" risk, if labo fails nintendo will shrug off the losses and move on.
FWIW, Iwata was in his early 40's when he became President, so that may alleviate your concern a bit.
That's not the only thing I care about but it's a big point of interest for me too. I liked Iwata but he did not do well at all in this space.
Most of what I'm reading here so far actually sounds pretty great. In terms of what I'm still unsure of, I'll give him time to prove what he means by it instead of instantly jumping to conclusions. Considering Nintendo creativity made Splatoon, I'm all up for hanging on to that. Honestly as good of a job as Kimishima has done, I always felt he didn't exactly have a resume that meshed well with the position he ended up in. Too business oriented for how the company works. It seems he agreed.
That said, considering it seems like a response to the thread isn't complete without either being worried, expressing derision, or asking for a new game from some franchise or other, then with those choices in mind. . .
*Underworld theme blares on airhorns*
That said, considering it seems like a response to the thread isn't complete without either being worried, expressing derision, or asking for a new game from some franchise or other, then with those choices in mind. . .
*Underworld theme blares on airhorns*
I didn't realize Nintendo has a new CEO? Looks like I missed this news. I guess some people on this forum were right after all. Kimishima was more of an "interim" president then.
Hopefully this new guy will be the right person for the job. Very interesting news.
Hopefully this new guy will be the right person for the job. Very interesting news.
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The 3DS is a failure of a system is a shockingly bad take
Obviously the 3DS is nowhere near failure status, as evidence by its 75 million units sold worldwide. But it there's no denying it preformed bellow Nintendo's expectations.
Exactly.
It's even framed in the wall of a conference room at the Headquarters:
独創 = Dokusou = Creating Something Unique
https://youtu.be/9AkPdAWfFjI?t=33s
Miyamoto's favourite Japanese word, no less!
If VC is dead, I hope we can see an equivalent to Sega Ages for Nintendo games. I'd be down for widescreen Super Metroid/A Link to the Past with no slowdown for like ~$10.
*hears Distant screams of joy*
Oh, the boys in Brisbane at Sidebar games must have woken up, I can hear them from Perth! :)
Oh, the boys in Brisbane at Sidebar games must have woken up, I can hear them from Perth! :)
I know Kimishima was always a temporary president, but man is it weird seeing so many presidential changes in the last few years compared to what we're used to with Nintendo.
Hopefully he means the games they can provide and not gimmicks. I would hate it if it's possible to outgrow Nintendo.
Is Nintendo having its investors / press Q&A / conference right now? Or... soon, at least? I came here looking for a thread and don't see anything.
I get the gimmicks worry, but I hope Ninty doesn't double back on the third party support courting...