2013-06-23, 10:17 AM
Lozmaster Wrote:The difference between mario and f-zero is mario galaxy was selling near 10million units per game.
Well Nothing really sells as well as Mario but I don't think that should mean they never make those games again. Starfox sales have dipped too probably why we haven't seen a proper game in a while. I wouldn't want Nintendo to never make one of them again either. Soon all we will be left with is Mario and Zelda.
Lozmaster Wrote:Except, yes you do when each game that isn't "reinventing the wheel" sells less than the one before.
Well it didn't help Starfox they have tried lots of different things for that but it didn't work out that well.
As for the other games they are working on, well if they just cut out the crap like Wii Party U they could have time to work on proper games from their other franchises. I mean when they said Wii Party U was going to be delayed did anyone actually gave a pineapple? I had forgotten the game even existed.
Lozmaster Wrote:"one". Because Nintendo are the only people who have ever released a game on Wii U. (Getting hilariously close to that, but we aren't there yet!)
Need for Speed, which is lauded as the best version (barring maybe pc) didn't happen.
Sonic all stars racing didn't happen.
Fast and Furious didn't happen.
That F1 game didn't happen.
Several other games with psuedo racing sections, including lego city, also didn't happen.
Well when said one I was referring to Nintendo only since they have a few racing franchises. Though what you have listed there isn't exactly that impressive a list. Granted of course the console isn't that far along. But the only notable game there is All Stars and thats just Mario Kart really. They called the NFS game the best version yeah but the sales were pomegranate. Ports of 'current' gen games dont really excite anyone.
At the end of the day If they could make a game like Donkey Kong Barrel Blast for the Wii they could make an F-Zero. That's all I'm saying. Excite truck sold less than GX but that still got a pointless sequal. I can see why they wouldn't make an F-Zero for the Wii or DS, I don't think the hardware would have added anything to the experience or made a particularly great game. However I think now would be a good time on the Wii U since it has the power to do the game justice and the online capabilities.
Lozmaster Wrote:Oh, and I just found out, the only other major futuristic racer I can think of, Wipeout has been absolutely tanking over on sonys consoles too. The genre is pretty much dead in the water. (A lot like the Wii U at the moment)
Well Sony Liverpool/Psygnosis closed yeah but you could say a lot of genres of gaming are fading out as the generic FPS marches ever onward. I would say that's more of a problem with the gaming industry as a whole as they expect all games to sell multi millions, or they are demmed complete failures.
Lozmaster Wrote:I already made it clear I'm not happy with the direction nintendo is taking with mario. Taking the same repetitive direction with MORE games is your solution? I don't think that's the solution either.
Yeah but I think they are playing it way too safe for the Wii U. Just throwing out Mario games and saying hey DK Country Returns did will, lets port it to 3DS and make another for Wii U. But when you rely on the same franchises repetition is hard to avoid. I don't think it would be as much an issue with some of Nintendo's other franchises as they haven't had that many releases in the past. Take Kid Icarus. Most people will have never played it before 3DS so to them it is something brand new.
Ideally what i would want is some more new franchises from Nintendo. But they have sort of trapped themselves in their own Prison. Where you have of people saying where is the next Mario/Zelda and they other half saying oh not another Mario/Zelda game. You'll never please everyone and at the end of the Day Mario sells so i can see why they are doing it but i think they really should take some risks on Wii U and try some different games.