I mean, you can look up their most successful software. This year they have Animal Crossing and Pokémon Gen 8 as their games with most potential. Maybe/hopefully something else.
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I mean, you can look up their most successful software. This year they have Animal Crossing and Pokémon Gen 8 as their games with most potential. Maybe/hopefully something else.
Any new features would be huge for me. I hate how conservative the devs are for Animal Crossing. None of the sequels after the first game felt like a proper "sequel", they were all nothing but small expansion pack.
Open world would be an amazing addition, I doubt they'd implement such feature. The village had always been the same size until New Leaf and for New Leaf they enlarged it just by a tiny bit. My dream AC game had gigantic world where we use bicycles and small cars to navigate if we want to.
Also, why still can't we visit strangers? I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS WHO PLAYS AC, NINTENDO! That tapir thing won't work, we want to visit villages of total strangers properly.
Why?
Their most appealing and pleasing games are BOTW, Smash, Odyssey, MK8, Pokemon, Splatoon and Super Mario Party?
Why is this bad?
Nah, 3D mario has wider appeal than Mario Tennis, for example. Considering the other comment where Furukawa believes chasing the Wii/DS crowd is no longer viable for Nintendo, you shouldn't be thinking about such things imo.
Maybe it's my bias, but I wonder how relevant Overwatch is these days. Feels like Fortnite has overshadowed it by now, and arriving late to the Switch can't help.
I've mentioned it elsewhere before, but Nintendo could partner with Imagineer again and publish their Little Friends (Nintendogs clone) in the west. They've already released a Switch bundle in Japan so it's not as if Nintendo doesn't recognize the sales potential already.
Me too. I'd rather see a Twilight Princess port instead.
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This is exciting.
Also interesting how you think retros secret game is under those 8 other games...I figured Star Fox racing would be one of the 4 mystery games!
I'm still going to keep saying it....
SNES remix out of nowhere. Believe!!
I guess it's a pricing issue because I don't think they can get more accessible than this FY:
Mario Party
Donkey Kong
Mario Tennis
Kirby
2 Pokemon games
Smash Bros.
New Super Mario Bros.
Yoshi
Nothing on PC/consoles really touches Fortnite, except for maybe League of Legends. Overwatch is still in the top 10 most played games on XONE and top 10 most watched on Twitch. I am sure it's pretty high on PS4 as well.
I'd rather they work on a new DK game. Probably something like Tropical Heat.
Definitely curious to see so many potential unannounced games on top of the many that already have been (albeit many with almost no details but still). I guess 2D Zelda and new Platinum IP will be 2 of the 4 games and the Wii U port ought to be Pikmin 3 or Windwaker (I can't see 3D World happening the same year as NSMBU). eShop titles beats me. So many mysteries surrounding 2019, hope this week will be THE week!
Nintendo are not looking at Jan-March 2019 though, 20 million units is a battle they know they can no longer win this FY - when they say more games they are looking at the fiscal year starting April 2019.
I agree about adding new features to Animal Crossing but I also don't want them to remove the "cozy" hometown feel of the previous titles. To me Animal Crossing is essentially the comfy starting village from every RPG only you never have to leave if don't want to. I just want them to retain the "feel" of what Animal Crossing is and not add features just for the sake of adding new stuff.
It could very well be. BY2K mentioned on Twitter a while back that apparently, Nindie Spotlights are followed up with Nintendo Directs shortly after (one or two weeks later, I think).
I don't think the problem was necessarily accessibility but more that there's a lot of genre overlap and many games that have a similar feel. If you look at the 20 best selling games in the US of last year, you can clearly see which games the Switch is "missing".
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
NBA 2K19- Madden NFL 19
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate*- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Far Cry 5
- God of War 2018
- Monster Hunter: World
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- Grand Theft Auto V
Mario Kart 8*FIFA 19**- Battlefield V**
Super Mario Odyssey*- Call of Duty: WWII**
Dragon Ball: FighterZThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild*Super Mario Party*Pokemon: Lets Go Pikachu*
Their problem wasnt Smash and Pokemon, thwir problem was that they had almost nothing between march and october.
I hope they've learned the lesson.
I hope they've learned the lesson.
Agree, Switch needs more variety. By the way, Pokemon CEO said the game was being developed with "longtime fans" in my mind, not serving as an entry point to the series. I'm not saying Pokemon will suddenly be a +18 game, but I don't think we will see the same approach they had with Let's Go in terms of marketing and who to reach. Animal Crossing is probably the big game with which they will try to appeal non traditional players.
I think some people are overlooking all the smaller franchises that could fall under the unannounced titles that Emily mentioned.
I really wouldn't be surprised if one is Tomodachi, that series is a huge seller and under the radar. The 3DS entry cleared 6.4 million and it would make sense alongside a smaller Switch revision. The only argument against it would be Animal Crossing covers very similar territory.
I also expect some sort of Pokemon spinoff. Mystery Dungeon would make sense, but it could be the Ranger series or even Snap?
Mario vs. Donkey Kong seems like a potential eShop fit. BoxBoy, Dillon, and Pushmo/Crashmo all seem possible too. My big theory would be Switch Sports as a digital game, or a digital pack-in. This could be a new IP also though.
1. 2D Zelda
2. Platinum Game
3. Tomodachi or something from that team
4. Pokemon Spinoff
5. Switch Sports (I'm willing this one into existence... it makes too much sense)
I really wouldn't be surprised if one is Tomodachi, that series is a huge seller and under the radar. The 3DS entry cleared 6.4 million and it would make sense alongside a smaller Switch revision. The only argument against it would be Animal Crossing covers very similar territory.
I also expect some sort of Pokemon spinoff. Mystery Dungeon would make sense, but it could be the Ranger series or even Snap?
Mario vs. Donkey Kong seems like a potential eShop fit. BoxBoy, Dillon, and Pushmo/Crashmo all seem possible too. My big theory would be Switch Sports as a digital game, or a digital pack-in. This could be a new IP also though.
1. 2D Zelda
2. Platinum Game
3. Tomodachi or something from that team
4. Pokemon Spinoff
5. Switch Sports (I'm willing this one into existence... it makes too much sense)
Missing franchises (that aren't dead):
-Wario
-Pikmin
-Style Savvy
-Brain Age
-Kid Icarus
-Punch Out!
-Nintendogs
-Rhythm Heaven
-Star Fox
Out of these, I think kid Icarus, punch out and starfox are out of the question because Sora has been too busy, we just had arms and star fox zero flopped pretty hard (I don't believe the rumour about it)
-Wario
-Pikmin
-Style Savvy
-Brain Age
-Kid Icarus
-Punch Out!
-Nintendogs
-Rhythm Heaven
-Star Fox
Out of these, I think kid Icarus, punch out and starfox are out of the question because Sora has been too busy, we just had arms and star fox zero flopped pretty hard (I don't believe the rumour about it)
You're right, I formulated that part weird. I meant to say that I believe Gen 8 will be more successful than LGPE and grow the user base more, particularly among kids. But that will also be helped by a cheaper Switch model.
Hmm didn't think of Switch Sports as an eShop title, makes sense as well.
Mang, it'd be wild if Switch got Monster Hunter World. That would result in a bab of the pants from me.
Despite Pikmin 3 did have some Wii textures, try booting Pikmin 2 than Pikmin 3 and than say that Pikmin 3 look like more like Wii game.
Saying that, Pikmin 3 port on Switch would quite benefit from 1080p resolution.
Punch Out and Arms aren't really comparable. Punch Out is a lot more like a puzzle/rhythm game than a fighting game.
Also Kid Icarus can be developed by someone other than Sakurai (though that would be a shame)
We'll see the bolded following sooner or later. Didn't Sakurai say we won't be seeing a Kid Icarus game anytime soon?
Edit: Want to reiterate, Sakurai said he won't be making one personally, as skittz claims, it would be a shame. Then again, Kirby hasn't been touched by Sakurai for years now, and its trekking along quite nicely.
Depends on the story. And most of game development isn't taking up by creating a new world or an IP. Most of game development happens because of engine and assets. Even a new IP can borrow assets from a different game.
Kid Icarus Uprising was at its best when it went to space
#PutAllNintendoGamesInSpace
Where did you pick that "small hitter" expression from ? Read what I wrote again.
I'd think it'd be cool if Animal Crossing ditches the top-down view and instead has a fully-realized 3D perspective. Probably won't happen though.
We're finally going to get that Fire Emblem game set on Mars, lol.
I'm positive Monolith needs a new engine after XC2 since that uses the XCX engine
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I checked and saw Animal Crossing has never reviewed 90 or higher.
https://www.gamerankings.com/browse...mrev=1&sort=0&letter=&search=Animal+Crossing+
86 is the highest score. I always figured one of them hit 90.
https://www.gamerankings.com/browse...mrev=1&sort=0&letter=&search=Animal+Crossing+
86 is the highest score. I always figured one of them hit 90.
KIU was best when you were fighting space aliens with the other gods
Monolith upgraded the renderer to be physically based. all they really need to do is optimize it so it doesn't run as poorly as Xenoblade 2
Fun fact, my cats name is Otter, completely unrelated to all of this. I'm expecting some news this week. Things are too quiet regarding the next two months still.
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