As the weeks go on, I'm starting to wonder what everyone thinks about the lack of new game announcements for the NS. I know haters can take this idea and run with it, but if you're not into Mario Kart, what's next for you for the system? My wife and I have decided to run through LEGO City: Undercover in two player mode as an interesting exercise since we beat the game on the Wii U years ago. Doing it again in two player mode should be pretty fun.
However, as the days pass, I really wonder about what the software outlook is going to be going forward. There have been so few new game announcements for the system in recent weeks that it's starting to get a little worrying. I mean, we did get the new Seiken Densetsu announcement that will hopefully lead to something new in the future, but there are surprisingly few NS games that have been announced recently. Why games like the upcoming Radiant Historia game isn't coming to the system and is going to the 3DS (when that system can still even play the DS version) is baffling. Odds are the NS isn't getting Destiny 2, Red Dead 2, or any other big third party games. It just seems like games are getting announced all the time and almost none of them are for the NS.
What made me really think about this is when I took a look at the Japanese eShop this morning and, man, it's bad. Worse than the U.S. shop, I think. At least we've been getting some cool indie stuff, but over there the last game of note they got was King of Fighter's '94. Japanese devs aren't giving the system any love at all. No indies to fill in the gap, either. It was a little shocking since I figured Japan would have more interesting stuff flowing out fairly often. Doesn't seem to be case.
On top of that, I just fail to see why companies aren't really talking about their games on the system, either. So we know that Rayman is coming to the system, but we've seen one trailer (might be two, actually) and then it's all quiet. We know that Ubisoft is bringing Steep, but they haven't really said a peep about it. So we can't really even talk about the games we already know about, and there haven't been many announcements of new stuff, either.
I know it's a little early to get all doom and gloom and things can change in the next couple of months, but as someone not interested in Mario Kart or Arms, it's something I noticed when trying to find more information on games I may be interested in outside of Nintendo's games.
It would be nice if companies would at least throw us a bone and even tease some cool stuff or something interesting. I don't need a new game every day, but some interesting stuff to talk about or add to my wish list would be good. It'd be nice if Nintendo did a Direct that talked about upcoming 3rd party games.
What do you guys think?
However, as the days pass, I really wonder about what the software outlook is going to be going forward. There have been so few new game announcements for the system in recent weeks that it's starting to get a little worrying. I mean, we did get the new Seiken Densetsu announcement that will hopefully lead to something new in the future, but there are surprisingly few NS games that have been announced recently. Why games like the upcoming Radiant Historia game isn't coming to the system and is going to the 3DS (when that system can still even play the DS version) is baffling. Odds are the NS isn't getting Destiny 2, Red Dead 2, or any other big third party games. It just seems like games are getting announced all the time and almost none of them are for the NS.
What made me really think about this is when I took a look at the Japanese eShop this morning and, man, it's bad. Worse than the U.S. shop, I think. At least we've been getting some cool indie stuff, but over there the last game of note they got was King of Fighter's '94. Japanese devs aren't giving the system any love at all. No indies to fill in the gap, either. It was a little shocking since I figured Japan would have more interesting stuff flowing out fairly often. Doesn't seem to be case.
On top of that, I just fail to see why companies aren't really talking about their games on the system, either. So we know that Rayman is coming to the system, but we've seen one trailer (might be two, actually) and then it's all quiet. We know that Ubisoft is bringing Steep, but they haven't really said a peep about it. So we can't really even talk about the games we already know about, and there haven't been many announcements of new stuff, either.
I know it's a little early to get all doom and gloom and things can change in the next couple of months, but as someone not interested in Mario Kart or Arms, it's something I noticed when trying to find more information on games I may be interested in outside of Nintendo's games.
It would be nice if companies would at least throw us a bone and even tease some cool stuff or something interesting. I don't need a new game every day, but some interesting stuff to talk about or add to my wish list would be good. It'd be nice if Nintendo did a Direct that talked about upcoming 3rd party games.
What do you guys think?
