Author Topic: Nintendo is sitting on a rpg goldmine/power house (Read 12680 times)

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2004, 07:10:05 AM »

Bill: Calm down, man, I wasn't trying to attack your case.

I just thought pointing out that Kirby's Air Ride was a full 3D game would have helped the conversation.

Syl_Aran: I wasn't saying that Shining Soul 1 and 2 were the remakes of Shining Force 1 and 2, just that they're based around the same license and are on the GBA in addition to the remakes.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2004, 09:31:40 AM »

Nevermind I think I'm losing it.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #27 on:** April 25, 2004, 09:42:41 AM »

Hehe, I saw that!

Ruin Explorers was an RPG-ish anime, I believe, but I don't recall it being made into a game...

Rich · « **Reply #28 on:** April 25, 2004, 12:33:36 PM »

Any chance of Skies of Arcadia2, I'm loving the first one.

BlkPaladin · « **Reply #29 on:** April 25, 2004, 12:50:12 PM »

No I could of swore that it was made for the NES but then again that was a long time ago.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #30 on:** April 25, 2004, 01:39:06 PM »

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Originally posted by: Rich
Any chance of Skies of Arcadia2, I'm loving the first one.

Yep, the sequel is in the planning stages...

Rich · « **Reply #31 on:** April 25, 2004, 04:56:00 PM »

awesome, I didn't think there was a chance that there would be sequel because of the poor sales but I'm glad that Sega is making one anyway.

GaimeGuy · « **Reply #32 on:** April 25, 2004, 05:14:40 PM »

They said it was in the planning stages about a year and a half ago. For all we know, they canned it a couple weeks after. -_-. There's really nothing you can say about a Skies of Arcadia sequel. Aside from that little bit about the planning of it last year, there's never been anything said about it.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #33 on:** April 25, 2004, 05:55:12 PM »

Actually, this is from an interview not too long ago...

Uncle Rich AiAi · « **Reply #34 on:** April 25, 2004, 06:40:29 PM »

I remember reading the interview before E3 last year. OverWorks (as it was at the time. It is SegaWow now) said it was in the planning stages, but didn't say if there will be a sequel.

We should know when E3 is over; hopefully. I'm praying for a Skies sequel!

Ian Sane · « **Reply #35 on:** April 25, 2004, 09:06:11 PM »

"Every game is a role playing game."

Not Pong. Or Breakout. Or Tetris. Or Mah Jong.

It's funny how people use the literal translation of role playing game to justify calling every game an RPG. Yet action means movement and you don't see anyone saying that all games with movement (which would be like every single game ever made) are action games.

Anyhoo I'd say the major RPG goldmine Nintendo is sitting on is Camelot. Those guys are loyal and so far this gen are exclusive yet the only Cube game they've released thus far is a sequel to Mario Golf which in my opinion was totally unneeded and a waste of their talents. RPGs are huge sellers in Japan and Nintendo NEEDS an exclusive RPG series to compete with the many PS2 exclusive RPGs. They don't need another Mario spinoff game that will have no effect on system sales. Camelot should be working on nothing but original content. That way they may create a new franchise with huge system selling appeal. They'll NEVER create anything like that if all they're working on is Mario games. Mario games don't sell systems anymore. The only team that should be working on Mario games is EAD.

In regards to Skies of Arcadia I would love to see a sequel. And I think it could sell decently if it was actually advertised. Sega could re-release the original game as a player's choice title and promote it heavily about a year before Skies 2's release. Then they should advertise the f*ck out of Skies 2. If the ads for the first game's re-release are effective it should build up a small Skies fanbase that would drive sales of Skies 2. The only thing that held the first game back was zero advertising and the fact that a lot of people who wanted it couldn't find it in stores. Both of those factors are completely under Sega's control.

Syl · « **Reply #36 on:** April 26, 2004, 02:20:56 PM »

Skies' original ad still sticks out in my mind as one of the better ads i've ever seen in magazines.

Legends, however, wasn't nearly as great.

Jessmo26 · « **Reply #37 on:** April 26, 2004, 10:24:34 PM »

Well the problem is image. people buy FF games because it looks gritty and cool and modern
(on top of it being a decent RPg) if nintendo got a good Rpg with market appeal the others would have trouble selling good. it seems theve neglected the rpg market for years and now there playing catch UP. On another note it would be cool if they used a marquee character like LInk to make a RPg spin OFF

Skyman_Welks · « **Reply #38 on:** April 27, 2004, 12:01:47 PM »

I would love to see a new startropics as an action RPG.

Swinging your yo-yo at an enemie and seeing the "level up" notice appear above Mike's head.........ahhhh.

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #39 on:** April 27, 2004, 01:22:15 PM »

I want to see a new StarTropics as well. I still have not finished the game yet, but I have enjoyed it. Maybe they could use the Super Mario Sunshine Engine. Exploring a gorgeous ocean in full 3D would be great, not to mention all the other interesting stuff in StarTropics.

jasonditz · « **Reply #40 on:** April 27, 2004, 02:19:50 PM »

Umm... hate to burst your bubbles guys, but Faxanadu does not belong to Nintendo, it belongs to Falcom.

IIRC, they even re-released it on one of their Sega Saturn compilation CDs (Japan only of course).

Falcom hasn't made a game for a Nintendo console since the SNES, in fact mostly they make PC games nowadays (with the occasional PS2 title).

I'd love to see them try to do some gamecube titles, but a new Xanadu title might be a tough sell (the World Tree and elf storyline might seem a little too Zelda-y). Better to get an original Ys title.

joeamis · « **Reply #41 on:** April 28, 2004, 02:07:18 PM »

Faxanadu was a great game, but like the others said
it's not by Nintendo. (my neighbors mom ran over my friends
copy of Faxanadu by accident, it was crushed all over and cracked
to pieces, but he put it in and it still worked!)

Star Tropics was cool too, a little bit of copying zelda but
still had enough originality. But, I'm almost certain
Nintendo did not make Star Tropics or Star Tropics 2.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #42 on:** April 28, 2004, 02:21:37 PM »

They did...In fact, it was supposed to be a sister series to Zelda, but it just wasn't a hit like it...

the_zombie_luke · « **Reply #43 on:** April 28, 2004, 07:33:51 PM »

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Originally posted by: Bill
They did...In fact, it was supposed to be a sister series to Zelda, but it just wasn't a hit like it...

Which is disappointing. Startropics had such interesting stuff in it. Such as pouring water on the instruction manual to get that number, and it had stuff that reminded me of The Goonies. I think it would be awesome for Nintendo to dust off lesser-known franchises like Startropics and Kid Icarus, and give them another chance at the limelight.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #44 on:** April 28, 2004, 08:57:12 PM »

If Kid Icarus went-3D "the proper way," I'd imagine it would be nothing less than the likes of Metroid Prime--there's some good "base" material to build off of.

Skyman_Welks · « **Reply #45 on:** April 29, 2004, 11:23:53 AM »

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Originally posted by: the_zombie_luke
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Originally posted by: Bill
They did...In fact, it was supposed to be a sister series to Zelda, but it just wasn't a hit like it...

Which is disappointing. Startropics had such interesting stuff in it. Such as pouring water on the instruction manual to get that number, and it had stuff that reminded me of The Goonies. I think it would be awesome for Nintendo to dust off lesser-known franchises like Startropics and Kid Icarus, and give them another chance at the limelight.

I completely agree. I wish these series had gained more popularity because they were great games. Maybe it would be difficult translating them to 3d, but I still have my fingers crossed for some "surprise announcement"

joeamis · « **Reply #46 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:27:27 PM »

I would love to see these games remade in 2d.
I hope Mario 128 is 2d too

Rich · « **Reply #47 on:** April 29, 2004, 01:41:29 PM »

And when Nintendo releases 3D versions of those games they can release the orginals as a pre-order bonus so people who haven't played the originals can.

joedaddy · « **Reply #48 on:** April 30, 2004, 06:25:05 AM »

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Originally posted by: ThePerm
say japanese or jpn please that is not an appropriate abbrieviation.

what was the inappropriate abbrieviation??? i hope it wasnt "jap", because if it was, to denounce it would be overly conservative. all my jap mates call jap stuff "jap". jap food, jap games, jap (as in japanese language) etc. its the same as calling an australian, "aussie".

if the word wasnt "jap" you have my apologies permy.

JAP!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #49 on:** April 30, 2004, 07:17:45 AM »

Aussie has never been used negatively in our world's history...Using the first three letters of "Japanese" has, and it can be very offensive to some Japanese persons...(one of my friends, for example)

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