This whole back and forth about which game to make is the very problem with Nintendo. It shouldn't be do they make a Metroid or do they make a DKC, there needs to be both. They obviously can't have the same studio doing both so they need to divide their resources better. Having just a new Metroid, a new Mario, and the Wii U up-Ports or just having a new DK, a new Mario, and the Wii U up-ports are both going to have the same impact on sales and excitement for NX, in that people will shrug them off as whatever.
They obviously can't have all the big franchises out at once, nobody in their right mind should expect that, but they damn sure need to have everything on NX they can get. This bullshit of juggling the franchises around every generation is what pisses gamers off an alienates them the most. Wii might have been **** as a console in terms of horespower and the waggle hurt it more than helped it, but it had a damn solid line up of games, but only if you like retro gaming. Nintendo can't bank entirely on retro gaming anymore they desperately need to be relevant again.
What they need is to rush, yes rush, the quick and dirty up-ports as fast as they can while giving the major studios a new Mario, a new Metroid, and a new DKC, but then they need to shift to the stuff gamers have baan asking for, a new RPG that isn't paper Mario and then do a Paper Mario latter when the sales are there, a new more ambitous F-Zero that excites that crowd, but let that come after a new Mario Kart which will help bring in the rest of the racing crowd.
There is another problem with NX though, it can have a Game Pad or touch screen no problem but it had better not have motion controls period unless VR is a part of it at some point. If there isn't going to be any VR then move beyond motion controls and get back to the damn basics.
Nintendo also can't bank everything on just a few key titles, the whole point of consolidating is to increase output which means we should be getting as wide a variety as possible each year. If Mario launches with the system Metroid needs to be there save DKC for next year. Work towards a massive dungeon crawler type game in the style of Kingdom Hearts with Nintendo characters that makes good use of the Amiibo craze and get that out within year two. if they can up-port Smash and just focus on DLC characters, make a MAJOR deal out of launching Ice Climbers that will generate some buzz. They also need to set aside a team that does nothing but ports VC games so they can get 10 or more games out a week, preferably more.
The VC team and up-porting teams could work together to get some HD remasters going. If Nintendo could do one major franchise game a quarter like they are know for, but also step up VC and remasters, say do one every three months or so they could really increase interest in the machine. Focus on doing N64 and Game Cube HD-Remasters but don't do them like Wind Waker HD where they bank on it being a major release title, do it as an and one type deal, here is a new Pikmin game and a Super Mario 64 HD remaster 4 player, here is the new NX Mario Party and Star Fox Adventures HD remaster with alternate ending and streamlined game play. Here is the new Animal Crossing and Ocarina of time HD Remaster with whatever new content they can dream up, have a new Hd remaster to coincide with the every major title and ten new VC console games a week the hard core and casual Nintendo gamers come back and that gives 3rd parties incentive to return too.
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