TheMoon
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Switch conf is on Jan 12 (US time), yea
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Nintendo First-Party Thread: The Teams, The Games, The Future
- Thread starter Shikamaru Ninja
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Switch conf is on Jan 12 (US time), yea
Sorry I was being ironic since yes, obviously we're going to have some news on January 12/13. ^^
No Super Mario Run in the list for 2016.
Hopefully Metroid and F-Zero are in development. I'll even take F-Zero GX remake like Wind Waker HD treatment.
lwilliams3
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Thanks for the update.
Shikamaru Ninja
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I think I forgot Miitomo too. I'll edit that and update
Shikamaru Ninja
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Updated -
Added Games
1 2 Switch
Snipperclips
Mario Kart 8 DX
Splatoon 2
Super Mario Odyssey
Added Team Notes
Wii Sports team and Brain Age team merged. Developed Miitopia and 1 2 Switch under new producer Kouichi Kawamoto and co-producer Takayuki Shimamura.
Added Games
1 2 Switch
Snipperclips
Mario Kart 8 DX
Splatoon 2
Super Mario Odyssey
Added Team Notes
Wii Sports team and Brain Age team merged. Developed Miitopia and 1 2 Switch under new producer Kouichi Kawamoto and co-producer Takayuki Shimamura.
gingerbeardman
Member
Thanks for the continued updates to this thread!
Typo: Animal Crossing Moile
Typo: Animal Crossing Moile
Shikamaru Ninja
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Thanks. There are definitely more in-house projects likely being announced at E3 or later in the year.
AcademicSaucer
Member
The main weakness of the Switch right now is its first party support. 2017 is going to be rough for Nintendo.
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
But unified hardware means no droughts!!
Mario looks great and the hat is perfect as a power up.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
I think each slice looks great individually, but I do agree that I don't totally see the connections and direction for everything put together.
TheMoon
Member
Shikamaru Ninja
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It's from Kouichi Kawamoto's internal group. There's also been parents for Nintendo programmers using the technology used in some of those mini-games. I bet Goro Abe is the director.
Yo, you sure about these two? Why would Group 2 be responsible for the Mario games when that was the first series Tokyo started?
So there's 800 developers within Nintendo.
Quick estimation: Given that a big HD game needs about 100 developers over 2 years at the minimum, it means Nintendo can produce roughly 4 big HD games per year.
This year we have Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey and Breath Of The Wild/MK8D (Counting them as 1 as dev is finished). Arms isn't that big, so it looks there's room for Pikmin 4 or something.
Naughty Dogs alone is 1/4 of Nintendo internal teams.
Quick estimation: Given that a big HD game needs about 100 developers over 2 years at the minimum, it means Nintendo can produce roughly 4 big HD games per year.
This year we have Arms, Splatoon 2, Mario Odyssey and Breath Of The Wild/MK8D (Counting them as 1 as dev is finished). Arms isn't that big, so it looks there's room for Pikmin 4 or something.
Naughty Dogs alone is 1/4 of Nintendo internal teams.
Shikamaru Ninja
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Takao Shimizu (VS Excitebike, Star Fox 64, Pokemon Stadium) was the producer of Tokyo Group 1. When Koizumi was promoted from director to producer, he split off into group 2 to continue the 3D Marios series. Then Koizumi got promoted again to General Manager, and Koichi Hayashida became new group 2 manager.
There's a reason why Platinum Games has 200 developers and make 3-4 HD games at a time. They heavily outsource art. Nintendo has started outsourcing art as well. Technically Nintendo does the lead art and hires out the filler asset work.
SporeCrawler
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So speculation Time
daTRUballin
Member
Oh wow. Didn't know there's a Nintendo version of this type of thread. Cool!
Solid SOAP
Member
I was a little disappointed at the lack of "small" titles at their unveiling, as one thing I'm hoping the Switch allows is for Nintendo to simultaneously work on "big" titles (BOTW, Mario Odyssey, ARMS, etc.) while also releasing budget releases (ALBW, Mario 3D Land, Captain Toad, etc.). I hope we'll see games that reflect this model, as it'll really ease the game between releases of their big budget games. More experimental titles, maybe weird remakes of older games? Weird Kirby games, uprezzes of old NES/SNES classics, ports/remasters of the Zelda remakes, etc would all be nice to see.
gingerbeardman
Member
Same. I can only assume they're holding back.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Big in sales, hopefully yes. But I don't think this is a big budget title.
Shikamaru Ninja
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gingerbeardman
Member
Is there a link to read more about Eighting's work on Animal Crossing New Leaf mini games? Thanks
Shikamaru Ninja
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Presumably just the Animal Crossing: Puzzle League mini game.
gingerbeardman
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OK thanks
But where is the source of the news?
But where is the source of the news?
Shikamaru Ninja
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QuixoticNeutral
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One project not accounted for: at this point we don't know who's on the Pikmin adventure for 3DS, do we?
Shikamaru Ninja
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Most likely it's co-developed by the Nintendo EPD Pikmin team and maybe Vanpool? Or Arzest? Who knows. I doubt it's completely outsourced but we will probably find out soon.
Jubenhimer
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One thing I would really like to see is a New IP from EPD 7, AKA, the Rhythm Heaven team. I personally think they're Nintendo's most creative studio, and I'd like to see what kind of game they'd come up with while not doing WarioWare or Rhythm Heaven.
Omnistalgic
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Is this thread regularly updated like the other two? Hopefully getting my Switch this month (God willing lol) and definitely want some updates on what WiiU games are coming over to Switch. So far, I have Zelda, Mario Kart, Splatoon 2, and Mario bought and pre-ordered. Are their any rumors to Smash brothers being ported?
The Giant
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It will be updated after the next direct and when E3 happens.
Shikamaru Ninja
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Pretty much. Nintendo is being very quiet at the moment. Hoping for a late April Direct and E3 this June for some major bombs to update the thread.
TreasureHunterG
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The big (and scariest) question is: what if they don't reveal everything at the E3? This might lead to the conclusion they are facing internal structural problems, hence the recent over secrecy. Really, they should at least reveal something during this time period. This whole silence makes the situation suspicious, actually.
lwilliams3
Member
Zelda seems to be keeping the Switch's sales up, and Mario Kart is not that far away now. I don't think they need to be in a rush yet.
FalconLorenzo
Member
I agree. A big 1st party game every month or so is a great strategy, at least commercially if not for the hardcore owners with too much time on their hands
DeuceGamer
Member
Big first party about once a month with smaller titles, 3rd parties, and indies in between. Hopefully we also get VC releases soon as well.
I fell like an April direct is almost a guarantee. But then again we are talking about Nintendo lol
Yea, I don't get some people. I have a pretty decent amount of free time after graduating from college, and I am finding myself with too many games to play. Nintendo doesn't need to release a new game every two weeks to make me happy. Indies do a great job of filling the library for me. All I need is that VC Nintendo
Shikamaru Ninja
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I really don't think there is anything to worry about. I'm kind of believing we will see a retail first party game every month this year. There's definitely a strong second half they have yet to announce for the Switch. Truthfully, they also have a ton of 3DS localizations and supposedly a few surprise first party games left to announce.
Shikamaru Ninja
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Updates
- Denyu-sha confirmed they developed/co-developed Swapdoodle for 3DS. (as expected)
- Eighting confirmed they developed the 2 mini-games found in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo. Nintendo developed the expansion in-house with the two mini-games assisted by Eighting. One of the mini-games being a port from NDCubes work on Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (as previous posted)
- Arzest has been linked by Australian Classification Boards as developer/co-developer of Hey Pikmin for 3DS.
- Denyu-sha confirmed they developed/co-developed Swapdoodle for 3DS. (as expected)
- Eighting confirmed they developed the 2 mini-games found in Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo. Nintendo developed the expansion in-house with the two mini-games assisted by Eighting. One of the mini-games being a port from NDCubes work on Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (as previous posted)
- Arzest has been linked by Australian Classification Boards as developer/co-developer of Hey Pikmin for 3DS.
tonyh24613
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No update for HAL?