As someone unfamiliar with both series, the game I see by far the most praise for is Bowser's Inside Story.
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Possibly but Extra Epic Yarn just came out and it was still under EPD2. Unlikely for them to change the producer and coordinators that work with Good-Feel now
PM TTYD is the ultimate darling, Bowser's Inside Story is the M&L RPG series entry that was a) recent (2010) and b) universally liked.
Thousand Year Door is honestly probably up there with Ocarina, SMB3, and Mother 3 as Nintendo's critical sacred cows.
With Cadence of Hyrule being a thing that exists...
I wonder if we might see other spinoffs like this...
I wonder if we might see other spinoffs like this...
I've said it hundreds of times (ok not that many), but I want Nintendo to give their IP's out to indies. I hope more is to come.
Nintendo owns the rights to all those games. They don't need Rare to release them. If they haven't it's because they haven't wanted to
At the very least, the original Diddy Kong Racing has been stuck in limbo for so long due to the presence of Banjo and Conker.
I can't even imagine what it takes to get nintendo's attention. Crypt of the Necrodancer got someone's dick wet. and I'm certain Spike Chunsoft also had a hand in it
Huh, I wasn't aware that Spike Chunsoft was publishing it in Japan. That's an interesting arrangement.
Probably like the week before or two weeks. Media will get hands on time. Nintendo doesn't seem to really care. This feels like the end of it.
We're due for at the very least an announcement over the next 12 months from:
-ARMS Yabuki team
-Monolith Soft Production division 2
-ARMS Yabuki team
-Monolith Soft Production division 2
And Retro Studios because there's no way they dumped out two games back to back over 6 years with nothing to show for it
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There's definitely more first-party announcements for this year. You also have to imagine that some type of Mii centric product is getting prepped for the near future.
it's the reason why their name is on the trailer and why the first game had a Danganronpa crossover
So I guess it might be fun to just spitball predictions for what's going on. EPD 7 and 9 feel like the big mysteries to me for what they're working on. It sounds like EPD 9 is working on Mario Kart Tour though, so I'm keeping low expectations for the scope of their next Switch project. EPD 7 is probably working with MercurySteam on another 2D Metroid, but I hope they have something else lined up, even if it's an e-shop release.
I think EPD 3 and 8 are doing BotW/Odyssey sequels and EPD 10 could be doing Pikmin 4 in the background while focusing on MM2.
Being an optimist about Retro having a game soon is impossible for me. Would be happy to be proven wrong, but I'm in for the long haul now until Prime 4.
I think EPD 3 and 8 are doing BotW/Odyssey sequels and EPD 10 could be doing Pikmin 4 in the background while focusing on MM2.
Being an optimist about Retro having a game soon is impossible for me. Would be happy to be proven wrong, but I'm in for the long haul now until Prime 4.
I wonder what
- EPD 4 is doing after Labo VR
- EPD 5 has planned other than AC
- EPD 7's next thing is
- EPD 9 is doing other than MK Tour
Want to see Tsubasa Sakaguchi's next project (hopefully not being a toy product)
- EPD 4 is doing after Labo VR
- EPD 5 has planned other than AC
- EPD 7's next thing is
- EPD 9 is doing other than MK Tour
Want to see Tsubasa Sakaguchi's next project (hopefully not being a toy product)
Does anyone else kind of not really like the design Rock Pikmin? I mean, they are just a chunk of rock with googly eyes and a flower stem, they seem very ad hoc and really don't have the synergistic animal / plant / insectoid hybrid vibe of the other Pikmin types.
EPD teams can grow and shrink as needed, though. Though there's a fix total number of EPD staff, and each production department has a set of directors/teams, there's not really any reason to believe a group couldn't have 2 games going at once. Except maybe EPD9 because I think there was a large overlap in MK8/Arms lead staff. Plus, they can always work with external partners if/when necessary (I'd be very surprised in MKT wasn't assisted on by BN like MK8 was, and the LA remake is probably a co-production with EPD and Monolith Kyoto, 1-UP and/or Grezzo).
Just realized that Shiro Mouri was the director for NSMBU Deluxe.
Makes me wonder who's leading the Link's Awakening remake and when it started. I don't think the NSMBU port would have taken much time and I'm guessing the BotW leads moved onto the next 3D game while the DLC was in development.
Speaking on LA itself, I find it interesting that Aonuma decided to do it in the first place seeing as he shot down Miyamoto's suggestion on making a straight up ALttP remake because it wouldn't be intetesting enough.
Makes me wonder who's leading the Link's Awakening remake and when it started. I don't think the NSMBU port would have taken much time and I'm guessing the BotW leads moved onto the next 3D game while the DLC was in development.
Speaking on LA itself, I find it interesting that Aonuma decided to do it in the first place seeing as he shot down Miyamoto's suggestion on making a straight up ALttP remake because it wouldn't be intetesting enough.
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It could also have been pushed by Koizumi, co-head of the overall development department, who has strong ties to that particular episode.
The Tomodachi team, Rhythm Tengoku team, and 2D Metroid team all have to be working on something. It's been a long time since any of their 3 main planning teams have releasing anything.
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It's more than just them, actually. Even the DS port of Diddy Kong Racing is in a bit of legal limbo; the credits of the game note that while the game elements are owned by Nintendo, "certain characters" are owned by Rare. Nintendo themselves own the Kongs and Krunch (as he is considered a Kremling). Very possible that they own the boss Tricky as well, as apparently he was the inspiration for Star Fox Adventure's Tricky. Characters like Tiptup and Timber on the other hand may be entirely owned by Rare.
I'm really hoping that it gets a physical release in at least one region. If NoA doesn't do it, then maybe Spike Chunsoft in Japan will!
I'd like to believe that about Retro as well. Since Prime 4 was only recently rebooted, we might not see it until 2021. I really hope that Retro has some sort of finished project to show for what they've been doing all these years; preferably a new Donkey Kong.
The Rock Pikmin certainly don't make for very good plushies either. The other Pikmin ones are really cute, but the Rock Pikmin just look like grey blocks with eyes.
The first two paper mario's overall get the most. Superstar saga and BiS right after. If you asked almost anyone right now, they would pick Paper mario to return to true form of the two series.
Ah, that's something to consider then. I had been thinking of it as something like a production like BotW 2 would take up most of PG 3's resources, but since they're also doing a LA remake then expanding team sizes and outsourcing definitely has to be at play.
I've been wondering how they would plan to move Tomodachi and Rhythm Tengoku to the Switch in terms of scope and pricing model. I'm not too familiar with those IP aside from them being mostly on 3DS last generation, so it will be interesting if they follow the path of other former 3DS franchises.
I mean it's only been a year and a half since samus returns. If things have went okay, I think there is a chance of metroid 5 second half 2020....hopefully.
I definitely think we'll see something from those first two before the end of 2020. This year seems too packed first-party wise for Tomodachi and Rhythm Heaven to slot in, so I think we'll be seeing them in 2020.
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I think the Tomodachi team is probably evaluating a lot of ideas after the success of Tomodachi Collection 2 / Life and the misfire of Miitomo. I think they also need to continue deviating as far as possible from AC. For Rhythm Tengoku, the answer has to be more multiplayer elements.
iNiS made Project Rap Rabbit for PS4/PC last year. You're not getting a new EBA.
we will never know
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Rap_Rabbit#cite_note-7
right before that they made Just Sing for Ubi
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It seems normal that every production group has about 2-3 games in production at a time.
PG3 is made up of the 3D Zelda leads and the 2D Zelda leads who report to Aonuma. These lead staff for the 2 series combined is probably fewer than 30 people, all up. The remaining developers for each project move between projects as needed from the main pool of 700ish EPD staff. So 2D Zelda and 3D Zelda shouldn't affect each other. Companies will be contracted for outsourcing (Tose, etc) or co-development (Grezzo) or internal support/co-development (1-Up, Monolith Soft) as needed, based on scope, available EPD resources, and so on.
Yes, at least. I imagine DLC/AOC for games like Splatoon may reduce the average a bit, but I imagine each non-external group is about that many at any one time.
Hmm, I dunno. Woolly World passed that benchmark (barley), so why couldn't Crafted World do the same?
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This is getting as boring as your Sakurai hates Zelda shtick from the Ultimate pre-release threads. Get some new material man.
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Oh shit, I think you figured it out.
Though, the US government should get off his back. He has dirt on them too.
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I'm try to hate yoshi and love Zelda but I'm dummythicc and the clap of my asscheeks keeps alerting the yoshi fans and Zelda haters.
I want Zelda newcomers in Smash too, and i'm not even a big fan of half of the Yoshi games.
But come on, you really have to admit that maybe you post(ed) about those subjects a little too much? We got it the first seven times, and you don't add anything to it. It's just tiring to see the same thing every time Yoshi is brought up in these threads.
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