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

[coffeewithchess]

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)

Even Nintendo themselves didn't develop Geist though, it was n-Space.

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.

Who suggested a war/combat game? I didn't even mention a WW2 game. Halo isn't WW2, neither is Killzone. Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, has been my favorite Nintendo published Wii game...mainly because it was a first-person shooter/adventure, though I tend to lean more towards the shooter category.

As of online, Nintendo has online in Mario Kart Wii, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and then in games by 2nd Party developers like Excitebots and Endless Ocean...so, they can do it, though if it ended up like SSBB online, then it would basically be The Conduit all over again.

Again, this is my "wishful thinking". If Nintendo has teamed with 2nd Party developers to make a lot of games, I don't see why they couldn't at least do the same for a multi-player focused FPS game on the Wii that could be the Wii's Halo or Killzone.

[cortjezter]

haha... link's crossbow training--online!

as for prime, i was just stating that for all intents and purposes, it IS a FPS. also, most FPS seem to revolve around war/combat, or similar; wwii has just been the punching bag for so many of them.

i could definitely see a prime game that focused on multiplayer more than a single-player effort. maybe a NPC of Hunters?

then again, the suggestion sounded like a NEW franchise was wanted, not extending an existing one.

maybe that's what happened to project hammer; it disappeared to go from third-person to first person...but with a shooting hammer.

[NintendoCougar]

Kid Icarus Kid Icarus!!

I feel that if they try to bring a new franchise, it won't be as original as the others, because all the good ideas have been taken..
But then again, they ARE Nintendo..

[New Age Retro Hippie]

Both? It doesn't need to be one or the other considering how immensely successful Nintendo has been. But what Nintendo did with Mario in the last two Wii games starring him shows that they needn't retire the character in any capacity. Even when discounting that New Super Mario Bros. Wii may become the best-selling video game ever created.

[PaperLink64]

They have plenty of older franchises to revisit.

I'm surprised they haven't done revisits to Ice Climber, Devil World, or Panel de Pon on the downloadable services, they would be perfect fits for them.






(Yes, I know about Puzzle League Express, I meant a WiiWare one)

[piebot56]

Whatever Nintendo does, they need a new Earthbound game. Period.

[New Age Retro Hippie]

Why would they? I mean, I love EarthBound just as much more than the average gamer, but it doesn't NEED a sequel. There's almost nothing about the series that needs closure or isn't already closed. If Itoi is to do something, it should be a new series.

[piebot56]

Why would they? I mean, I love EarthBound just as much more than the average gamer, but it doesn't NEED a sequel. There's almost nothing about the series that needs closure or isn't already closed. If Itoi is to do something, it should be a new series.

I didn't mean just a sequal but maybe a compilation.

[NES_Master]

What we need is a Donkey Kong Country game!!!

[Devil_Rising]

Both.

Nintendo HAS to keep bringing back their old franchises, because those franchises were awesome. And I personally still need to see Pikmin 3, a new REAL Star Fox, a new F-Zero (maybe), a new Wave Race (please), possibly another Mother game, another KIRBY, another REAL DK game, and of course perhaps that rumored Kid Icarus game.

That will always be a given, that Nintendo should keep their established characters going.

But they've also been pretty good over the years at giving us new faces, new franchises.

Hell, on GC they gave us Eternal Darkness, Geist, Pikmin, and Chibi Robo.

And on Wii, whether you like them or not, they've created the Wii Sports and Wii Fit franchises. In fact, I think if they made a Wii Music 2, but did it RIGHT this time, I'd probably get it. The one thing that game really needed, was the ability to create your own music, ala Mario Paint. Speaking of, I would REALLY love to see them make a new Mario Paint type game. Just imagine how acurate it could be, with the IR and Motion Plus. Could be awesome.


Anyhow, they do seem to be bringing other new franchises as well, in the form of games like Line Attack Heroes, Dynamic Slash, Endless Ocean, Xenoblade, and most especially The Last Story (which is supposed to be their long rumored "FF killer").

So like I said, they should continue to do both.


I'm still wandering what Retro is working on now.

[Striker Jacen]

New franchise new franchise new franchise. I think if No More Heroes was more popular it could have been a new "Nintendo" staple (even though it's 3rd or 2nd party). That being said, a quality new title that gets advertised well and boosts a good enough plug (interesting mechanic tied with great graphics, like SMGalaxy) should be enough to solidify a new franchise in Nintendo's book

[drew]

It's funny that Nintendo's two biggest franchises saw radical overhauls in the second games, (SMB2 and LOZ2) that they tried to ignore, but those old ideas slowly came back.
The same thing happened in Castlevania 2. Then, in the third game of each it was back to (enhanced) basics. What if alongside Super Metroid, Super Castlevania, etc we had seen Super Kid Icarus? Super RC pro am? They would almost certainly be classics.

I'm all for new IP's but it might be a case of the old IP's not really having a lot of name recognition anymore. I would probably pick up a new Ice Climber or Wild Gunman day one, but who else would? It's hard to predict where Nintendo is going to go next. Wii sports gave everyone hope for a new Punchout!! but we were still surprised to see it. Likewise, people hope WSR is a dry run for the new Zelda game, and maybe it was. I don't believe Nintendo really thinks in terms of IPS , they want to get everyone playing their games.

Anyway, my proposal is Super Smash Bros. Kart, which sounds ridiculous but could be fun.

[Vonter]

Nintendo at core is a company that focuses on gameplay. For sake of completion I'll like to see a story delivered new franchise. Also since Eternal Darkness the company hasn't made another mature title right?

If some franchise deserves a reboot, especially a reintroduction in the west, its the mother/earthbound series. I know they'll not make another entry soon, but people need to play the first and third entry. I like them better than earthbound.