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Nintendo E3 2015 Event Schedule
- Thread starter Volotaire
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I agree, their best showings aren't coming anytimes soon.
Shenmue: they say Dec 2017, but don't be surprised if that one gets delayed since work hasn't even started
FF VII: Same, they take 1.5 - 2 years to HD'ify FF X, FF VII is a game that needs to be redone from scratch.
TLG: Q4 2016?
Horizon: Q4 2016? Seem to be a candidate for their big holiday title in '16
So while i agree these games are (potentially) great, and I look forward to some of them, we shouldn't expect to see them soon. We will be playing on the NX before some of these will get released.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
When will this myth die? Also, they started working on their next game before Tropical Freeze was released, so no more of this crap please.
Laughable. Three Metroid games in a row is perfectly okay, but two DK games is a crime against humanity. Tropical Freeze was hurt by people like you who judged the game based on what it wasn't, rather than on its own merits.
Yes.
Your first paragraph makes no sense. EA doesn't own Retro, Nintendo does. Nintendo isn't in the habit of killing off its 1st party studios. If it was, Monolith Soft wouldn't exist, let alone make an even more ambitious sequel to a game that quite frankly didn't sell that well.
Also, yeah, I don't believe you. I not saying that YOU will complain, but there will be a thread dedicated to complaining about how it isn't Metroid Prime 4. in fact, if it isn't a "dark" "western-type" game, there will be a complaint thread how Nintendo is wasting its western studios skills. If it IS a dark western-type game, then people will have a complain thread how its not Metroid Prime 4.
Also, nice to see you took insult to the word petty, because that is what this is. Petty. We're arguing whether or not a game Retro, which by all accounts have only made games they want to make, deserves to exist at all. If you don't like the game, don't buy it. No one's forcing you. Retro will continue to make games because Nintendo isn't EA and life will go on. Calm down.
well as always it should be noted that Nintendo does Directs all throughout the year so they don't really need to show anything beyond late 2016. not really sure how that's a bad thing haha.
This would be such a train wreck. I imagine Miyamoto's disgusted face when trying to play W101. It's just so far removed from his gaming ethos
What myth
What's the myth here? Sales were underperforming.
But you are right, they started their next game long before TF was released. Nintendo was sitting on the game for 6 months to have a title for spring 2014.
Oh I just remembered - weren't there rumours of ZombiU making an appearance at Ubi's conference with ports for PS4/Bone? Unless I missed it, there wasn't anything shown so I'm going to choose to believe it was IN FACT a misheard rumour and we're getting Zombi U2: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Brains) , this Holiday Season.
Did I say that 3 Metroids in a row was a good thing? A bad doesn't fix another bad. 3 lame threads in a row is also bad.
Theognosis
Member
I feel the same way. Greatness awaits... in 2017 (not even 2016). I'm not impressed.
For 2015, I want Nintendo to focus on 60 fps goodness with brilliant game mechanics like what they have done with Splatoon--the game-changer.
I have a double feeling about the "not showing games for 2016 and beyond" thing here though. I think we will see (late) 2016 titles, and maybe even something 2017'ish.
Strategically they could do it because E3 2016 is likely to have a strong focus on NX, so they can blow their load on the current systems if they really want to. They have less reasons to keep the games that are in development on current gen close to their chest.
Strategically they could do it because E3 2016 is likely to have a strong focus on NX, so they can blow their load on the current systems if they really want to. They have less reasons to keep the games that are in development on current gen close to their chest.
Unseen64 is going to provide a big backstory on that after E3 actually.
Three Metroid games on systems void of similar experiences. Just like WiiU. Another DK game would be madness, considering the amount of platformers and cutesy games already on the WiiU. It is a platform severely lacking an exclusive game in the same vein as Metroid Prime, Half-Life, Deus Ex, and other games like it. Third parties aren't going to be making those anymore on the platform, and after a dozen platformers (DK, Mario, Toad, Rayman, Yoshi, Kirby...) I think it's safe to say that fans of the genre will have plenty to choose from, and one more DK game won't make a difference. A game "like" Metroid Prime however, might make a difference. Maybe not in console sales, but at the very least towards a part of your fanbase that has been starving.
tenderbrew
Member
I just hope Star Fox is a good format. They haven't quite nailed the lightning in a bottle they caught with Star Fox 64 since that game came out.
Let's not forget that Nintendo is also bringing out another 2D Platformer this year in Super Mario Maker, so if Retro is working on ANOTHER DKC game, prospects won't be looking good.
yo why everybody gotta get down on the dong?
don't hate it cuz you ain't it
yes, it was immediately after
don't hate it cuz you ain't it
yes, it was immediately after
TheSlySoul
Member
I am so ready for fucking Diddy Kong!
What other 1st party games though?
I feel the same way. Next year will likely focus heavily on NX and it's future. This'll be the last E3 of theirs for a while that won't mention an entirely a new console. Now is the best time to show everything that's left
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Underperforming =/= terrible
It's on the Wii U. Every game not starring Mario or Link (and possibly Splatoon) has underperformed. Metroid fans are spreading the narrative that "TROPICAL FREEZE BOMBED" to elevate their series, despite the fact that Metroid games typically sell even worse than DKC. Genre saturation is the bigger problem here. You'd think Nintendo would feel confident in greenlighting another Metroid title after Other M sold to less than 1% of the Wii's userbase? It's hypocritical.
Not gonna happen. Nintendo pretty much scrapped NST's ambitions into console gaming after Hammer/Wii Crush failed. Their latest titles have only been smaller puzzle games.
To be honest, I absolutely don't understand how Nintendo decides which titles to fund. Why fund another Chibi Robo game? Bayonetta 2? Devil's Third?
balladofwindfishes
Member
I have a good feeling about the VC this year. I think we'll see a lot of surprises, like Star Fox and Mother 3, maybe even GameCube games.
tenderbrew
Member
All-in, all I really want is Mother 3. I would be happy if a Nintendo rep walked up, said "MOTHER 3!", and then the rest of the Direct was just white noise that let me process it.
NarrowPath
Member
I hope to see SNES and GBA VC for NEW3DS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Wii_U_video_games
None of those are getting yet a second installment on Wii U, why DKC should?
Getting down on dongs? Monkey business with Diddy!? This thread is heading in a direction I did not expect.
Honestly? Nintendo doesn't really need to "win" this event with me. They've already won it with the Nintendo World Championships. Yes, Sony's conference was incredible with its multiple game announcements, but the NWC was just fun. It was fun to watch the elimination rounds, it was fun to see Reggie fail at Smash, and it was extremely fun to watch that Super Mario Maker Grand Finals. Nintendo knows that E3 has stopped being an "expo" a long time ago and became about entertainment and they killed it with the NWCs. Just by having that alone, I'm perfectly happy with whatever Nintendo shows me. If it's great stuff, even better. If it's not that impressive, I still had the NWC and 3 solid days of Treehouse Live so I'm still happy.
tenderbrew
Member
I would love a follow up to Tropical Freeze, but I'd be disappointed if that was the one thing Retro was working on. Tropical Freeze was possibly the best platformer in the last ten years.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
The same reason why we got three Metroid Prime games in a row instead of Super Mario Sunshine 2. Retro will make what they want, and I look forward to seeing it.
Oh come on, really? This is more realistic:
2 - Yoshi's Woolly World
5 - Animal Crossing
6 - Super Mario Maker w. SMB 30th Anniversary talk
5 - Star Fox
2 - Xenoblade Chronicles X
3 - Indie games
1 - Fire Emblem
That's 24 minutes. 3-7 minutes of Devil's Third, my ass.
DK banned from GAF.
What is hypocritical is talking about the Wii userbase as benchmark for a Metroid game even Metroid fans didn't like. We all know who bought those tens of millions of Wii's, and it wasn't the core Nintendo fan or hardcore gamer. So that % is bollocks.
Genre saturation IS the problem, just like i said in my previous post (previous page). All we got from third parties in similar genres as Metroid Prime, was late and/or sloppy ports. It's time to give DK a rest and look after your userbase that has been neglected safe for Deus Ex and eh... well, that's probably it.
Overall it seems like most people are expecting too much stuff for the WiiU. I don't see why Nintendo would make a big push for the WiiU with franchises like Metroit, F-Zero, Animal Crossing, Diddy Kong Racing.. etc.
If we see Metroit, I bet it's for 3DS. If we see Retro's new game, I bet it's either Metroid 3DS or the last game in the DKCR trilogy for WiiU. Starfox, Mario Maker, Yoshi and MAYBE a Zelda teaser is the main stuff I believe they'll show for WiiU.
At this point Nintendo needs to realize the WiiU is never going to take off. Go all in for the NX so it can have games like Metroid, F-Zero, Animal Crossing, new 3D Mario, maybe Zelda (cross-gen?) within a launch window.
If we see Metroit, I bet it's for 3DS. If we see Retro's new game, I bet it's either Metroid 3DS or the last game in the DKCR trilogy for WiiU. Starfox, Mario Maker, Yoshi and MAYBE a Zelda teaser is the main stuff I believe they'll show for WiiU.
At this point Nintendo needs to realize the WiiU is never going to take off. Go all in for the NX so it can have games like Metroid, F-Zero, Animal Crossing, new 3D Mario, maybe Zelda (cross-gen?) within a launch window.
But did it sell worse or better than the last Metroid.
Which sold "close to half a million in US" on Wii. Wii sold around 50 million hardware units in US. So it only sold to around less than 1% of the customer base.
Wii U has sold almost 10 million hardware units worldwide (only). So to beat Other M, Tropical Freeze would need to sell around 100.000 copies only. And I think it totally did that. In fact it sold around 130.000 units in US within the first 8 days.
Which means Tropical Freeze sold way better than Other M did. And Tropical Freeze is actually a really well made and great game.
tenderbrew
Member
So I see a big sentiment is that we'll see Animal Crossing for Wii U? Was there a leak of some sort?
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Yep, I'm done with this thread. You people are embarrassing.
As embarrassing as Reggie's Cranky Kong announcement on VGX?
That half million in the US was the initial shipment run, which it never got another of. Many of which are still sitting on store shelves to this day.