Nintendo buying a company who's most profitable games are on PC makes zero sense
It would be more likely to see Sega sell Nintendo Sonic than that.
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Nintendo snags publishing and distribution duties for the next 3 Sonic titles
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Nintendo buying a company who's most profitable games are on PC makes zero sense
It would be more likely to see Sega sell Nintendo Sonic than that.
Why would you do that?
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Old, but your thread has a much better title IMO.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=558886
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=558886
Would/will be more excited if Nintendo has a lot of input in the creation of the games. Sonic team has seemingly lost their touch. I would not call any of the later games "Great". Some are "decent, or good" but only in comparison to the garbage sonic games they made before them. Compared to other games (non sonic) they are merely average.
It will definitely be interesting if Nintendo use their magic wand
Get out of my head...
Hero of Legend
Member
I see LW as a new thing on its own, and I'm HOPING it's not Unleashed 4 (Colors as 2, Gens as 3...).
Hopefully they got Yasuhara on this, he's at NST, don't waste him!
And hopefully the 3rd is SA3, but I'm placing my bets on a 3DS exclusive, regardless of what.
nah. colors and generations are both pretty good video games. with nintendo publishing lost world, there will be an even higher degree of quality control. it generally happens when they publish games.
plus, just one step closer to that mario/sonic platformer crossover.
Man, you're delusional. Especially since 1 of the 3 titles is just more Olympics junk.
Hope the last one is something worth caring about. Mario & Sonic platformer/action/RPG game already, dammit.
Palette Swap
Member
Of all the third party franchises to moneyhat, such a weird move.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Why would Sonic fans be salty over this? Most of 'em already buy Nintendo consoles anyway.
wow..., i didn't expect something like this, but, if this is the route the holding company has sega on i wouldn't be surprised to see their catalog sold/licensed out to other companies soon/next gen. as far as the console titles and legacy IP's go.
its smart in the end, they would just be siting on IP that could rot (sonic) or old IP that will go nowhere... but i never expected it to hit all levels of console IP, including sonic.
its smart in the end, they would just be siting on IP that could rot (sonic) or old IP that will go nowhere... but i never expected it to hit all levels of console IP, including sonic.
exmachina64
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That would destroy the positive things that have been happening on the PC side with Sega, like Total War.
Not really. Sonic sells the best on Nintendo systems.
Vampirolol
Member
Well, Sonic in Smash Bros reconfirmed!
Yet it wont move consoles
Generations was very good actually. I'm not sure if I should be salty. It was also one of the few (good) 3D platformers on PC.
I've been waiting for this day forever.
Then Skies of Arcadia 2 can happen! Wii U exclusive baby!
AuthenticM
Member
I would scream as I schoolgirl if we got a Valkyria Chronicles 4 on consoles.
On a console. Sadly it looks like it will only happen at this point if someone steps in and funds it (Nintendo)
I don't own a Wii-U and I'd prefer my Sonic games on PC. Smhh. . . So yes I'm very salty this morning haha.
I would be REALLY surprised if this has a Bayo2 like reaction from people...at least looking at this thread that doesn't seem to be the case.
imho they should have spent that money on a franchise that sells more on other consoles...try and bring in a new crowd of gamers to the wiiu
imho they should have spent that money on a franchise that sells more on other consoles...try and bring in a new crowd of gamers to the wiiu
ViewtifulJC
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Delusibeta
Banned
Huh. Well, I guess if you're going to bail out of AAA console games, might as well give your biggest AAA console game to a proven publisher.
frankie_baby
Member
after the sales of racing transformed I doubt this cost Nintendo any money or any hats
peanutbutterlatte
Member
Hey, what goes up must come down...Oh god... I'm so pissed off right now... ugh...
YET MY FEET DONT TOUCH THE GROUND
I was wondering about this myself, but then I remembered the Generations PC port was fucking wonderful and this news would probably stifle any PC porting for a good long time.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
Meh. Dunno. Meh.
partyphone
Banned
As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s I find this unprecedented partnership highly disturbing.
Which is what makes this such a strange move
It's already a franchise that does much better on their systems.. and SEGA would be dumb to avoid them with the sales the Sonic and Mario Olympic games bring them anyhow.
But I'm curious to see what the 3rd game is.. if it isn't a sonic platformer.. could help
We clearly need PC Miku titles.
Miles Quaritch
Member
Doesn't seem like money well spent. I really do wonder what Nintendo were thinking when they signed up to this, wouldn't that money have been better spent on locking up some interesting games that would at least make the console more desirable?
Then again, it's Sonic and the franchise does still have some pull.
Then again, it's Sonic and the franchise does still have some pull.
Delusibeta
Banned
Miku Miku Dance (and whatever its replacement is called) is insufficient?
Basileus777
Member
Why would Nintendo want to acquire a publisher whose assets are mostly PC focused?