nintendo puts out games that aren't part of their biannual staples all the time. they get discounted for existing because they don't appeal to the western market, aren't a new ip, or other strange reasons.
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Nintendo's VGX reveal is fucking Cranky Kong!!!
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nintendo puts out games that aren't part of their biannual staples all the time. they get discounted for existing because they don't appeal to the western market, aren't a new ip, or other strange reasons.
He's Uncle Scrooge by using the cane to jump on spikes without taking damage.
I can tell you that if Nintendo bothered to make a 3D Donkey Kong that felt like an actual next-gen title in terms of gameplay, scope and presentation, people would be much more excited now.
But no, they pulled a "modern Nintendo" and they're making yet another safe, unambitious and unexciting sequel.
No, just no.
PixyJunket
Member
Scrooge McDuck.
vagabondarts
Member
Yes, that's it! He was saying what he couldn't say because of NCL but letting all of us know what's up!
Outtrigger888
Member
lol. Do what? Videogames dont rule my life. I thought id bring it up for discussion. It would seem more appropriate for Reggie to wear a donkey kong pin.
I was curious why we had to be reminded that Retro made Metroid Prime.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
More people will really be willing to buy a $300 console for Donkey Kong in 2013? I disagree. Maybe at ~$200 where families wouldn't feel bad about getting it for their kids, but I really don't think DKC has the power to sell hardware to casual gamers. Metroid, on the other hands, appeals to a completely different subset of the audience. A smaller, but more dedicated subset who will spend more on gaming.
While you have sales numbers for Metroid Prime that could disprove this... nothing can really be said about what Donkey Kong Country could do in terms of selling hardware. The userbase for Wii by the time DKC came out was huge. There was obviously interest, but if no one gave a shit about Wii, I feel DKC would have bombed and failed to move any significant hardware. Metroid would have obviously bombed too, and in the end the distinction is probably pretty pointless... but I really feel like Metroid would do more good for Wii U than DKC at this point.
Reggie expected Geoff to follow the prompter. We saw where that led.
ZealousMonkey
Banned
Pretty sure we are talking about franchise material here. Not one offs that sell like bombs. It does some weird we don't have at least one new main franchise from N at this point.
Metroid Prime sold 2.8m, while DKCR sold around 6m. If you compare the install base of the GCN when most of the MP copies were sold to that of the Wii when DKCR came out, those MP sales compare very favorably.
Watch what happens when Tropical Freeze comes out and that franchise has to sell to a tiny install base that's largely hardcore gamers. It will bomb.
Green Mamba
Member
Oh. Is he a partner like Dixie and Diddy? Does he come from barrels like they do?
maquiladora
Member
:lol
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Luckily nothing of any substance came from this show so Crank Kong reveal seems kinda par the course
I did warn you guys not to get to hyped up but nooooo you refused to believe it and foolishly kept on to the hope it was Zelda U, when it made no sense. You have only yourself to blame.
Personally I can wait for the game to be release as it looks awesome.
This pretty much, it was so painstakingly obvious that it was related to Donkey Kong as that's Nintendo next big hit and once Cranky Kong got leaked well the writing was on the wall.
Indeed it is.
Personally I can wait for the game to be release as it looks awesome.
This pretty much, it was so painstakingly obvious that it was related to Donkey Kong as that's Nintendo next big hit and once Cranky Kong got leaked well the writing was on the wall.
Indeed it is.
PixyJunket
Member
It better symbolize a future Club Nintendo reward.
pushmo and dillon got/are getting sequels. so they're not one-offs and probably didn't sell like bombs. don't know about harmoknight though.
but that's a new twist. 'nintendo hasn't made any new ips- i mean the ones that turn into new franchises. only new ips that get turned into new franchises count.' i like it.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
On a system that sold bonkers numbers for 4 years prior to its release.
Again, it's about selling systems. On top of that, it's about selling a hard to sell system with tough competition that no one wants.
Hope springs eternal.
God, it's just a pin. The fact that Reggie spouted the usual PR nonsense when questioned about it, without even a tease, just further goes to show the company can't see out from under it's own ass. Even if they are making it, are they just going to make Retro work on two IPs forever?
Yes, he's the 4th character.
Hopefully Metroid isn't the next game because then it will suffer from Skyward Sword syndrome. No one will give a shit about the wii u not even the hardcore by 2016/2017. Skyward sword was criminally underplayed because by the time it came the Wii was dead.
Last thing Metroid needs is to launch at the end of the Wii Us lifetime so it can sell like ass and have people say see it doesn't sell
Freezie KO
Banned
I figured it'd be Cranky Kong because Nintendo seems incapable of developing or revealing something genuinely exciting.
The only disappointment isn't Cranky Kong himself. It's just further confirmation they don't get it.
At least now we have an answer to the question "Who else could've made this game other than Retro?!"
The answer is Wayforward. They already remade Ducktales.
The only disappointment isn't Cranky Kong himself. It's just further confirmation they don't get it.
At least now we have an answer to the question "Who else could've made this game other than Retro?!"
The answer is Wayforward. They already remade Ducktales.
ZealousMonkey
Banned
I think the question is what and the heck is Metroid going to do with such a small audience?
ShironRedshift
Member
No. Not at all. This is the same type of reasoning that people used to convince themselves that Retro's next game was going to be some super-huge, never seen before thing, before it turned out to be Tropical Freeze. Don't read into things like that, as that's what causes people to create hype-trains based on nothing and then get disappointed when all that nothing turned out to just be... nothing.
How convenient to ignore the sales of Prime 2 and 3.
Entryhazard
Banned
Actually, the number of people following the stream is less than the usual Direct traffic
All I know is I wanted Retro to make a new DKC game from the start. I'll be buying a Wii U because of it. Whenever Nintendo finds the right hands for Metroid, even if that's Retro again, I'll be looking forward to it.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Cranky or not this will probably be the first game I buy in 2014.
Always-honest
Banned
Haha, nice. Sometimes it seems nintendo is just fucking with people. But they aren't. They really thought this would be a great way to get people excited.
Amazing.
Looking forward to the game though
Amazing.
Looking forward to the game though
Like the hat?
Banned
But he wore the Zelda jacket and they showed the new Zelda, right?
Hey, is DRW any good? Didn't know it existed.
Two of those got sequels tho...so they had to have done pretty well.
Now I do agree that they need to push more new or at least other franchises. I also expect them to do so this upcoming year.
Nintendo Directs are better for their big announcements. They have their own format to present it the way they want and don't need to compete with a clutter of other information.
At the end of the day, it's the content of the announcement itself that matters, not the place it's presented.
Twenty7KVN
Member
Year of Cranky coming up.
And your answer is Metroid?
Prime Trilogy - August 2009
Metroid Other M - August 2010
DKCR - November 2010
DKC R outsold both Metroid games combined released around similar points in the Wii lifecycle. Your claim that Metroid would be a better system seller right now holds absolutely zero ground.
i think you'd see more complaining that metroid was on the wii u and how nintendo doesn't make any new franchises and how no one's going to buy a wii u for one game. nintendo's trying to make a different console than microsoft or sony and right now, it seems the way they're doing that is making one that's family friendly. hard to tell if it'll work outside the holidays, but it's at least a more solid direction than their attempt to grab their vision of hardcore gamers a year ago.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
The Wii U doesn't need anymore platformers for the moment.
I would absolutely love a Retro-made Super Metroid 2D sequel over a Metroid Prime 4.
PixyJunket
Member
I really can't stand this universal thought that anyone could make Donkey Kong Country, yet Retro has to make Metroid. That's just not fair.
Retro has proved that they do their homework and care about the franchise. They brought back David fucking Wise to do the score for the game. That's way above and beyond just pumping out something like Jungle Beat was.
Chopper Dave
Member
How much lols and hysterical criticism would Nintendo have gotten if they decided to not bother with the event at all like the spike awards? Instead of skipping it entirely the company made a decision to bring something light. There was no grandiose hype supplied from anyone at Nintendo. I always got the feeling that skipping the TV event wasn't a big deal at all for most. This thing has all of a sudden become such a big thing for some of you?
Outtrigger888
Member
Same type of reasoning? Miyamoto said he wants to see metroid on the Wii U. He said Retro Studios has high priority for next Metroid game. He said retro is capable of working on multiple titles at once. Metroid was on that leaked miiverse admin list, that has confirmed multiple games. iirc, Retro was hiring employees that did work that could be fitting for an fps, more mature themed game.
What clues did we have to have the same type of reasoning when guessing retros current game?
Now, we have the cherry on top, the Metroid pin.