Topic: A year later......

[NWR_Lindy]

Seriously, Golden Sun.  This is another one of those series that Nintendo inexplicably leaves on the sidelines.  If they had Camelot create it, Nintendo publish it, and marketed the hell out of it, it would be HUGE.

[SixthAngel]

Seriously, Golden Sun.  This is another one of those series that Nintendo inexplicably leaves on the sidelines.  If they had Camelot create it, Nintendo publish it, and marketed the hell out of it, it would be HUGE.

If Camelot wanted to make another Golden Sun they would.  It certainly isn't Nintendo or lack of advertising that is stopping them.  They walked away from the Shining series (including my favorite games: Shining Force) and never looked back.  A company not owned by Nintendo can do what it wants and that is not always what fans and others want.

[Stogi]

That's completely fine, but don't walk away from what your good at.

If they don't want to make Golden Sun, that's fine. But walking away from RPG's altogether?

I'm sure Nintendo would love to fund a new RPG project exclusive to the Wii.

[Bill Aurion]

Seriously, Golden Sun.  This is another one of those series that Nintendo inexplicably leaves on the sidelines.  If they had Camelot create it, Nintendo publish it, and marketed the hell out of it, it would be HUGE.

There have been several interviews with the Takahashi brothers that stated that Nintendo HAS asked them to make a new Golden Sun, and they said that they'd love to...eventually...Camelot has just been lazy... =(

[BeautifulShy]

Bill, what do you believe are the genres that need more games for the Wii? I think Fighting and Rpgs.

[Bill Aurion]

RPGs, though they have been pretty severely lacking on all consoles this generation...

GOOD FPSers are also a rarity, which is ridiculous considering how well the genre fits on Wii...

I think there are plenty of decent fighting games out for Wii at the moment and in the near future (Naruto, Guilty Gear, Capcom VS Tatsunoko, Treasure's Bleach game, Castlevania, and of course, Smash Brothers)...

[Stogi]

RACING GAMES

Where's my burnout? or even better yet, EXCITE TRUCK 2?

[EasyCure]

WII NEEDS MORE ADULT SIMS

although a follow up to excite truck would be awesome, wheres my (and Icecoldes) f-zero!

[Luigi Dude]

wheres my (and Icecoldes) f-zero!

Well if you want the same people who made GX to make it you'll have to wait awhile.  Amusement Vision is busy working on Yakuza 3 for the PS3 and wont be done with that game until at least 2009 or maybe even latter.

Of course Nintendo themselves could make it if they get the X team together.  That could always be possible since the Director of Fzero X, Tadashi Sugiyama is in charge of EAD 5 and the last game they made was Wii Fit last year. 

Everyone has to remember that Wii Fit came out in December 2007 in Japan, so EAD 5 has to have been working on something for almost a year now.  Maybe there's a chance it might be F-Zero, or maybe not.

[Caliban]

RPGs, though they have been pretty severely lacking on all consoles this generation...

Aren't you somewhat surprised the 360 is getting more RPGs that anyone would expect?

[Nick DiMola]

or even better yet, EXCITE TRUCK 2?

OMFG give it to me

[Caliban]

I want a boat racing game just like Hydro Thunder.

[Bill Aurion]

Aren't you somewhat surprised the 360 is getting more RPGs that anyone would expect?

Not really...We heard about MS moneyhatting those games back around the start of the generation...What with the lengthy development cycle for RPGs and all...

(I really, REALLY doubt we'll see many more exclusive 360 JRPGs, personally...It's just not cost-effective at all for developers...)

[Caliban]

I knew there would be money hats involved, but I didn't think they were brought out so early.

[Pale]

I'm gonna beat the dead horse and say the Wii needs a home console 3D pokemon rpg with a good story that does not involve collecting 8 badges.

[EasyCure]

3D console Pokemon RPG
Wii dont need no stinkin' badges

i think that sums it up better.

[NWR_Lindy]

(I really, REALLY doubt we'll see many more exclusive 360 JRPGs, personally...It's just not cost-effective at all for developers...)

If they're getting moneyhats, I don't think they care.  Microsoft is paying away the risk for them, essentially.  I don't think it's entirely moneyhats, either...you would think that some brave souls would choose to fill an empty niche in the 360's library, much like High Voltage with Conduit on Wii.  In the beginning, certainly there were moneyhats, but now I'm not entirely sure.  Franchises that are popular in Japan sell decently on the 360, as isolated as those cases are.

[Bill Aurion]

If they're getting moneyhats, I don't think they care.  Microsoft is paying away the risk for them, essentially.

The thing is, I don't think MS is going to keep throwing money into a bottomless pit, but who knows?

you would think that some brave souls would choose to fill an empty niche in the 360's library, much like High Voltage with Conduit on Wii.  In the beginning, certainly there were moneyhats, but now I'm not entirely sure.  Franchises that are popular in Japan sell decently on the 360, as isolated as those cases are.

Oh there are definitely certain genres on the 360 that Japanese developers have chosen, no doubt about that...ADVs and SHMUPs are a popular thing to make for 360 in Japan these days...Except these games have a much smaller budget than a big RPG, and there really aren't too many (non-moneyhatted) RPGs that can make up for the cost of development when sales are so sparse...Which is probably why we are starting to see more multiplatform RPGs on the horizon (Last Remnant, FFXIII)...