Does nintendo need a new franchise or to revisit a old one?

[Icedog12]

I think a new franchise is in order. I mesn i love mario and zelda but what more can they do? You decide!!!!

[LuigiGBA]

new franchises are definitely welcome, but I think both are needed. I think we need a new core franchise, to go along with Mario, Metroid and Zelda. We also need to get new entries in older franchises as well.

[Clowns8me]

If they can revive Kid Icarus/ Earthbound/ Ice Climbers while keeping Mario, Metroid, and Zelda in top condition, then I'll be fine. As for needing a new franchise, I think for now they are set with Pikmin and Little King's Story.

[demonbaby]

I want them to come up with a new kirby game quick! But I quess a new franchise would be nice too.

[Artistic_Anarchy]

I want new franchises. I love Nintendo's old franchises A LOT, but unfortunately I believe it's time they start making new IPs to introduce us to new worlds and characters. I want something fresh and new. It would be pretty exciting, in my opinion.

[The_Hangman]

Both.

I want a new IP from Nintendo as they've yet to create one this gen. However, I'd also like another Donkey Kong/Ice Climbers/Kirby/Kid Icarus/Star Fox/etc.

Mario/Metroid/Zelda are great and all - - but where are the other franchises? Or new IP's?

[DeltaOne]

I'd really love to see them do to Zelda what they're doing to Metroid- Get a big-time third party involved, and re-invent the series. When I saw that Team Ninja logo pop up in the Metroid trailer at E3, it sent shivers down my spine! I'm a BIG TIME Metroid fan, and I cannot wait to see what they do to the series.

[karkashan]

Mach Rider. No, really, I think that would be an awesome franchise to bring to the 3d realm of the Wii.

[D3stiny_Sm4sher]

I'd really love to see them do to Zelda what they're doing to Metroid- Get a big-time third party involved, and re-invent the series. When I saw that Team Ninja logo pop up in the Metroid trailer at E3, it sent shivers down my spine! I'm a BIG TIME Metroid fan, and I cannot wait to see what they do to the series.

Yea, I hear ya, I mean, I expect it to be different, but ya know what? A change of pace couldn't hurt. Not that it's near the same thing, but Resident Evil 4 did WONDERS for that franchise. Difference being that Metroid games have thus far been amazing (aside from maybe the first two, the latter of which I haven't played and can't speak for) while RE games were...well, in my opinion, not as amazing.

But really, a twist in gameplay could be pretty sweet. I'd honestly love to see someone besides whoever made the CDi games give Zelda a go. Of course you DO know Capcom made a few Zelda games, right? They were very traditional, but they weren't made by Nintendo and they were pretty spot-on Zelda games.

I think Zelda needs more of a swift kick in the pants and get some revolution goin' on than Mario or Metroid do. Mario Galaxy was a great way to refresh the series and the Prime games did a good job, too. Wind Waker and Majora's Mask were both brilliant and as good as TP is it didn't go as far out there (because people wanted it to be more like OoT).

I would love to play a Zelda-themed game that doesn't actually feel like a Zelda game. The characters, the ideas, the lands, but something very different -- a spin-off. Yes, I admit, I'd be up for something like that. Look at the Mario Kart and Mario RPG games: spin-offs that have become full-fledged franchises in their own right.

[InvalidRobot]

I would like new IP's.

[mariomaniac45213]

I want my older franchises I don't really think we need new ones with Wii___ series, Captain Rainbow, Disaster Day of Crisis, Span Smasher, Line Attack Heroes, Rock N' Roll Climber, Bonsai Barber, Endless Ocean, Art Style, Monado, maboshi. (Yes there is Wiiware in there too.)

[thedreadpirateguy]

I'd really want to see Kid Icarus come back. Like, badly.

What I don't understand is why Nintendo doesn't use any of its characters for WiiWare.

I imagine that a new Ice Climber game or an old-school arcade style Donkey Kong on the service could be a lot of fun.

[Lord Bubsy]

Personally, I think Nintendo needs a little of both. I'd go with a new franchise, they already revived Punch-Out!!! this year.

However, I would like a new Ice Climbers game (a vastly underrated series) with tons of bizarre levels, moves, and powerups.

[RustyCage]

As for 'What more can they do?', the answer is 'Plenty'.

As for 'Does Nintendo need a new franchise or to revisit an old one?', the answer is 'Why not both?'.

[Star Luigi]

like rusty said, both. they have MANY old franchises they could revitalise& WiiWare wud make a good starting place. also i second the earlier ideas for zelda. also an idea of mine was that always thought that a futuristic zelda wud be a nice/crazy change of pace to the series. cybernetic tunics ftw!
also, i want new franchises, so if some1 asked what my favs are i can say "Oh, mario, zelda, metroid and ______ of course.

[wiiarebrothers]

Let's be original and answer : both !!

They can do a new franchise or revive the older ones. What they need on the Wii is simple : long-selling games, with a great replay-value (which is the very problem of Wii games imo). If they have that, then there'll be no more problems with lacking software for such semester, etc...
But that could be something brand new like Cosmic Walker, something classic like New Super Mario Bros. Wii (or Galaxy 2 if they achieve to add replay value), or something older/from a quieter license, like Earthbound, or Kirby.

[Shiiva_Wilding]

Well when they took a chance with Pikmin it paid off, so they should have a crack at developing a new series and see what strange and interesting things they can come up with... although, I would like to see them attempt to make a good StarFox game for a change, Lylat Wars was fantastic but the rest of them have been below par. I want a game modelled almost entirely off of Lylat Wars, changing nothing but the look, the levels, the characters to fit in with the timeline, some new weapon options and save all the technical stuff that ruined the series for the bin.

Either way, I'm happy

[Star Luigi]

also i'd like to see a certain 2nd party(*cough* game freak *cough*) do something totally diffrent than what they're currently doing.

[WesFX]

They are making new franchises. The US just never gets to see them. ;__;

A mix of new and old is good.

[coffeewithchess]

I just wish Nintendo would start a FPS franchise, that has a nice single player campaign and great multi-player action, online and offline.
Microsoft has Halo
Sony has Killzone.
Nintendo has...????

[Shiiva_Wilding]

Nintendo have Metroid Prime... although now complete, they should review the idea for a new FPS Metroid title

[coffeewithchess]

Nintendo have Metroid Prime... although now complete, they should review the idea for a new FPS Metroid title

The Metroid Prime games aren't really classified as First-Person Shooters, they are more referred to as, First-Person Adventures.
I'm more meaning a First-Person Shooter, with a heavy focus of online multi-player.

[Shiiva_Wilding]

I suppose it's a valid excuse for Nintendo to turn the videogaming world upside down again FPS (a proper one with online multiplayer) with that simple yet mind-numbingly unique Nintendo magic all over it... sounds awesome!

[cortjezter]

an fps with heavy online focus... from nintendo? i don't think so, at least not in the near future/wii lifetime. their focus is on games a wider audience can get into. plus, once you add heavy online functionality to anything, you get expose the hairy, blistery, venereal diseased naughty bits of society; hardly things nintendo would want their audience to experience, as evidenced in no small part by things like friend codes.

the prime series isn't strictly aimed at mature players, but it's probably as close as we'll get to a nintendo FPS, and nintendo didn't even make it. some purists debate the semantics of the prime series, but at the end of the day, it's still a first-person game that involves a lot of shooting and other shooter elements. unless FPS-lovers only consider a game to be a "shooter" if it's a war/combat game, and that's what is suggested above: a world war 2 game from nintendo? lol.. i can't imagine it from a japanese company.

[Shiiva_Wilding]

It might be too much to ask of Nintendo to do such an excercise but you never know what they're going to do, which makes them fresh and interesting every single year. I wouldn't put it past them to try, they failed with Geist because it was too complicated and lacked graphical ability on the GC couple with a lack of depth, but they could give it another go!! I don't even care if it's like Link's Crossbow Training, cause that game was pretty good as a freebii (I know, terrible use of double I's)