I hope this amounts to something.
Off topic: so Google is what's keeping Nomura from talking about Versus XIII?
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Wii U Speculation thread IV: Photoshop rumors and image memes
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I hope this amounts to something.
Off topic: so Google is what's keeping Nomura from talking about Versus XIII?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
SK is working on a "requested sequel" and "returning to thier roots". Process of elimination of their franchises leaves Eternal Darkness and Too Human. Plus they have Wii U devkits.
Father_Brain
Banned
There was also an SK resume indicating that they were developing for Wii U as of last year.
The only other "requested IP" SK could possibly be working on is Legacy of Kain, and I think that's even less likely.
AceBandage
Banned
And Nintendo still owns a considerable stake in SK.
And since no one is requesting another Too Human...
I can see it totally turn out to be Too Human haha
gashikunFLCL
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If I remember right, they said in the Iwata asks that they tried to use the Motion Plus but they didn't get a good idea, when Wii Sports Resort was show they got Motion Plus back in the game and then had to rework the game.
GameplayWhore
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And since no one is requesting another Too Human...
Say, about that "Leaving Nintendo" curse Has there been a good example of a company hit by the curse then coming back and ending up healthy again?
I can see lots of upset people in that event.
Heck, either way people are going to be upset.
As far as I know, no. Look at what Rare has become and Factor 5 is no more
I can see lots of upset people in that event.
Heck, either way people are going to be upset.
In Dyack's mind, it's the game everyone has been demanding a sequel to.
Oh wow... This is something I would expect from Sony.
Somewhat debatable, but I'd vote "no."
test_account
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What did they do?
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Sounds more like a new website for all Nintendo news at E3 (interviews, images, videos, etc.). I'm assuming they won't use Nintendo Network for that anymore because of the whole new online identity and it makes too much sense to have the same name for ALL online content from Nintendo......
If a Eternal Darkness sequel is definitely in the works, then it will literally only sell to Eternal Darkness fans. I see this often with Sony franchises.
JoshuaJSlone
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C? B? DS's Animal Crossing sold more than 5 million in Japan alone, making it one of the top DS games and bigger than Dragon Quest IX or Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.
GameplayWhore
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Yeah, I thought that was weird, too. That and Donkey Kong Country Returns being a whole category below Zelda despite having a better-selling most recent entry.
edit: Oh, wow, didn't realize that Vandal had 1000 post limits on their threads. Here's the new one: #Nintendo E3'12: Divagaciones y Specs. Welcome aboard v3.24# Dark GAF of the moon
GameplayWhore
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Somewhat debatable, but I'd vote "no."
So if ED sells decently, then we'll have the first example of the "Nintendo Curse Cycle".
Don't forget that Squaresoft and Sony went on to far greater success after dissolving their relationships with Nintendo in the 90s.
Father_Brain
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No, that's around when they release the results. The briefing is the next day JST, or around 9 PM EDT the same day.
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Rösti
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Not that I know, that's just what Bloomberg has it at: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/earnings/earnings.asp?ticker=NTDOY:US
If anyone wanna call and ask, this is the telephone number (to HQ): (075) 662-9600
GameplayWhore
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Isn't the Curse supposed to be with second party partners?
I guess Sony would count, since they were an extremely close business partner in the SNES era. And they're doing pretty well nowada-- wait.
Edit: It is quite interesting how many "gaming cognates" there are between English and Spanish. They freely use the terms HYPE, port, Next Generation, train, fake, HD, Power-Ups, wannabe and remake.
Animal Crossing is definetly at least in the B team. You can't put Kid Icarus in a whole level above it when there has only been one KI game in years, and AC has sold and been popular since the GC.
So 9PM EDT Thursday?
Looks like I'm going to miss it, unfortunately.
Surely there's a Twitter I can follow to keep up? >_>
Father_Brain
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@gibbogame
Yeah, but they weren't hit with the curse at all, so that's irrelevant to the question
GameplayWhore
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So how does the curse work? I assumed it was something like the curse on the Defense Against the Dark Arts post in Harry Potter i.e NO EXCEPTIONS.
test_account
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Ah, like that. Sony's games usually have a fairly big fanbase, so i guess it isnt always a huge financial risk. How much did Eternal Darkness sell?
AceBandage
Banned
It sometimes just takes longer to work.
Like how Sony is bleeding money and most of Square's big franchises (especially FF) are now turds.
That, and EatChildren got us all into a really good mood for some honest, level-headed progostication. It's been some of the best discussion since ShockingAlberto laid-down how it is at the end of the last speculation thread.
Is it wrong that I laughed at this so gleefully?It sometimes just takes longer to work.
Like how Sony is bleeding money and most of Square's big franchises (especially FF) are now turds.
(it's "turd." That word gets me.. )
GameplayWhore
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It's supposed to be something like:
"If a company was a second party developer partnered with Nintendo and is now no longer associated with Nintendo, then Yamauchi will destroy the company in unseeable manners."
I'm not sure if that's really it, but that's the impression I've always got from reading chats about it.
That's some spooky, mystical stuff.
We've heard of Nintendo Magic.. is there such a thing as "Nintendo Black Arts?"
GameplayWhore
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It almost broke 18k in Japan!
In truth, it garnered a ton of interesting awards and/or press mentions of notability, and this sort of attention can increase mindshare for a sequel. The question is: Did Nintendo wait too long to capitalize on this?
Probably.
Like shit, but times have changed. Eternal Darkness was an M-rated title on a platform with an image problem and a tiny install base.
I think Eternal Darkness in 2012 is an entirely different proposition. And considering Silicon Knights situation, I'm sure Nintendo got to dictate terms to SK with little blow back.
bgassassin
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Issues with their own programming ≠ confirmation Wii U is not a powerhouse nor that it is weak
Especially when by expectations of PS4/Xbox 3 no one expected it to be so.
AceBandage
Banned
If it comes out near launch, and it doesn't have a 2 on the name (EG: It should be Eternal Darkness
Subtitle)) Then it won't matter that they waited so long.18k man that's a lot of units
I'm assuming that it didn't do that well in the states either.
Thanks for the update! Also: new ED2 talk? Cool beans.
what about Sadness2: Even Sadder?
Factor 5 -> dead
Argonaut -> dead
Iguana -> dead
Cing -> dead
Left Field Productions -> yeah...
Silicon Knights -> lol
Rare -> rofl
Gaia is also dead, but they never even finished their Wii game in the first place. But there are exceptions: Angel Studios was part of the Nintendo Dream Team, and became Rockstar San Diego. And DMA Design is known today as Rockstar North.
R
Rösti
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I actually remember that company considering the amount of times I rented Excitebike 64 from the local video store. It's not a bad game, but I wouldn't praise it as highly as the press did back when it was released.
Nitrobike I haven't played though, but haven't heard any good things about it. How come you bring this up?
AceBandage
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Lots of dead studios right there.
Rösti;37247511 said:
I only brought it up because GameplayWhore brought up the curse and I just recalled that they were a second party studio. I only owned NBA Courtside, which they developed. I don't remember it being that great either.
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