Shikamaru Ninja
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Their driving and flying sections are no good. But it's Platinum so give them Mario Kart and Mario Party while we are at it.
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Star Fox Zero Delayed to Q1 2016
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Their driving and flying sections are no good. But it's Platinum so give them Mario Kart and Mario Party while we are at it.
Discomurf
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not really but maybe Dreamcast
edit: as for the new Holiday title... perhaps that HD remake we heard about ages ago will be announced? Its hard to imagine they go with just the current line up. If so, there is no doubt in my mind NX is coming next year.
Spring-Loaded
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Mario Kart didn't look like crap just before release though
Glass Rebel
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This should have gone to Treasure right after they wrapped up Sin & Punishment but sadly Miyamoto's ego got in the way.
Tertullian
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Looks like an Atari 2600 game.
You gotta source for that, or are you just salty?
Yoshi's Island theme graphics big megaton for dem holidays 2k15 Wii U tm!
Exactly, there have been too many mediocre Starfox games for them to get another one wrong. I'm glad they're putting the effort in to make sure this one isn't completely forgettable in the shadow of Starfox 64.
Glass Rebel
Member
Salty that the revival of one of my favourite Nintendo franchises looks like a slow and ugly rehash of SF64? Absolutely.
My good man, it's obvious he was suggesting the actual Mario Maker game may have juicy DLC lined up for the holidays. Nowhere was Smash mentioned.
Tertullian
Member
I googled "Mario Maker DLC" to figure out what the hell he was talking about, and it quickly became evident that the only thing actually announced that anyone was referring to as "the Mario Maker DLC" was a Smash stage.
I'm not sure you're doing his argument any favors. At least I assumed he was talking about something that's actually announced. If he was actually defending Nintendo's holiday lineup on the basis of something that Nintendo hasn't even claimed to be working on, then again, he's making my point for me!
And how the hell did my post end up attributed to someone else?
Well, assuming Pikmin 4 is a Wii U game, and assuming they don't launch any new Wii U games after September because the NX will launch in November, here's how 2016 is shaping up (some of these are my own guesses):
January to March
StarFox Zero
Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem
April to June
Pokkén Tournament
Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
July to September
Pikmin 4
The Legend of Zelda Wii U
That's basically the same rate of retail releases they've maintained throughout the Wii U's lifespan:
2012 [4 games]
> November
New Super Mario Bros. U
Nintendo Land
Sing Party
Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge
2013 [9 games]
> March
Lego City Undercover
> June
Game & Wario
> August
Pikmin 3
New Super Luigi U
> September
The Wonderful 101
> October
Wii Party U
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD
> November
Super Mario 3D World
Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
2014 [8 games]
> January
Wii Fit U
> February
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
> May
Mario Kart 8
> July
Wii Sports Club
> September
Hyrule Warriors
> October
Bayonetta 2
> November
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
> December
Captain Toad: Treasurer Tracker
2015 [9 games]
> February
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
> March
Mario Party 10
> May
Splatoon
> September
Mario Maker
> October
Yoshi's Wooly World
New Super Mario Bros. U and New Super Luigi U
> November
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
> December
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Devil's Third
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
As an aside, these have been my pick-ups on the Wii U. Underscores just how damn good the Wii U is when it comes to consistently good exclusive content.
Because I was a dummy whose clumsiness while quoting on mobile made me accidentally quote another user with your words. Sorry to both!
Sure, going by facts I concede the lineup is sparse, to say the least. But we are still a couple months away, and it's not unlikely to think something could be announced just in time there. Last year we still ignored Smash U's release date among other things.
But that's not really my point, just thought you were insulting that user's intelligence if you actually thought they genuinely suggested a single Smash stage would save the holidays.
SoldnerKei
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as long as they announce Wolf for Smash when the game comes out, it's fine
let me dream
Jorok Goldblade
Member
Treasure should be the ones working on Star Fox.
Save Platinum for a revival of Castle Murasame.
I mean, even if it had Zelda U and Star Fox, games like Fallout 4, CoD, BattleFront, Halo still wouldn't be "quaking in its boots" regardless. Not sure why the big hitters this Fall are brought up. In its situation, even if the Wii U had 10 games this fall it wouldn't impact those games/bundles.
Shikamaru Ninja
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They have a hard enough time making a standard definition low budget title.
Calamari41
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Nintendo's holiday was going to be carried by Mario Maker and the legacy game bundles (Kart, Smash, etc). Star Fox was never going to be The Game for them. I'm glad they're delaying it to make it better.
Hey man, Platinum's been chomping at the bit to do a Star Fox game. Now, I agree that the game doesn't look great, but it'd probably look worse a lot worse if Treasure was working on it at this point in time given the short development cycle given to Platinum.
I'm fine with this if the extra 3 months of work or whatever if it is enough to make me want to play the game.
Because right now I don't.
Does leave the Holiday kind of bare as far as big mainstream titles goes though. I'll pick up Xenoblade and still need to get Mario Maker. Might be interested in Yoshi and Fatal Frame too.
That 2016 though with Star Fox, Pokken, #FE and Zelda is going to be an epic send off for the WiiU.
Because right now I don't.
Does leave the Holiday kind of bare as far as big mainstream titles goes though. I'll pick up Xenoblade and still need to get Mario Maker. Might be interested in Yoshi and Fatal Frame too.
That 2016 though with Star Fox, Pokken, #FE and Zelda is going to be an epic send off for the WiiU.
ShockingAlberto
Member
They should have just put out a Sin & Punishment 2 Remaster.
It'd probably be better than a new Star Fox.
It'd probably be better than a new Star Fox.
TreasureHunterG
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THANK YOU, NINTENDO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
A big fuck you to the cynicals.
A big fuck you to the cynicals.
why did you quote me but put someone else's text in it
That's all sorts of depressing. Thanks for the comprehensive list.
You're welcome! Glad it's useful.
Tertullian
Member
Looks like a cathode ray tube amusement device game.
Spring-Loaded
Member
It was a mistake I didn't realize until Tertullian also pointed it out. Again, my apologies, mates!
Agent Unknown
Member
Obviously Star Fox wasn't going to do AAA sales numbers but I agree with others who say this possibly doesn't bode well for NX. If they can't get a fairly simple B-tier title like this out the door on time during a critical shopping season and late (apparently) in the Wii U's life with assistance from someone like Platinum, then why should we expect them to have a competent launch for NX? Unless Zelda is planned as a TP style cross gen launch title and EAD Tokyo's next Mario game is ready by then?
Also, Miyamoto admits that the dual screen aspect of the game's control system is a key problem contributing to the delay, he obviously took the negative feedback on it to heart somewhat but this just underscores why trying to force dual screen on the player was not a good idea to begin with. It's reminiscent of his insistence on forcing motion controls in DKCR, not needed, nobody wanted them but because Miyamoto always has to have *that one extra control hook no matter what* they just had to be forced on the player. This is one part of his design philosophy in recent years which I find odd and contradictory to his usual operating philosophy of making control and access for the player as intuitive and unintrusive on the gameplay experience as possible.
Also, Miyamoto admits that the dual screen aspect of the game's control system is a key problem contributing to the delay, he obviously took the negative feedback on it to heart somewhat but this just underscores why trying to force dual screen on the player was not a good idea to begin with. It's reminiscent of his insistence on forcing motion controls in DKCR, not needed, nobody wanted them but because Miyamoto always has to have *that one extra control hook no matter what* they just had to be forced on the player. This is one part of his design philosophy in recent years which I find odd and contradictory to his usual operating philosophy of making control and access for the player as intuitive and unintrusive on the gameplay experience as possible.
Looks like Pikachu.
vainglorious
Member
This is totally going to happen. And we're also going to get the NX version first. The Wii U version will be artificially delayed by several months just like Twilight Princess on Gamecube so that people feel compelled to upgrade to NX to get their Zelda fix.
I didn't buy a Wii until Mario Galaxy was released because of that burn.
Vaughngief
Member
This is getting ridiculous. The game didn't look nearly as bad as people made it out to be.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Yep. Should've just gone balls out on the TV with slick action and shooting scenes.
Sectorseven
Member
There's a lot of compelling games releasing in November on other platforms though. Xenoblade could easily get lost in the shuffle, unless the typical Xenoblade fan only owns a Wii U and nothing else.
Calamari41
41 > 38
I'll be shocked if it doesn't happen.
It's also worth noting that it will have been 3 years since 3D World if the NX launches in 2016. That's plenty of time for a new 3D Mario game.
And 3 years since Retro's last game was finished.
Basically, a November to April period consisting of Zelda, 3D Mario, a Retro title, and potential complete editions of Smash 4 and Mario Kart will indeed be a solid launch. Not counting smaller projects that could be done by then, as well, like Pikmin.
vainglorious
Member
The fact that Nintendo's attempts to justify the Wii U's Gamepad/split screen concept with games like Star Fox Zero is meeting resistance from their limited hardware spec philosophy is a beautiful irony.
God, did I love this.
tiebreaker
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Supermanisdead
Member
good. the game was looking rough.
Agent Unknown
Member
Unless they have a lot of surprise Wii U game announcements for 2016 other than Zelda I don't see how they can keep it going until 2017. It's not desirable but this really is a case where it looks like they may have little choice but to break the normally sacred 5 year minimum cycle.