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Iwata on Wii U third-party support, more key titles to be announced by them
- Thread starter Poetic.Injustice
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I'm glad Iwata realizes that ports of old games for the launch was a problem. Sonic Racing sold best on Wii U right? Though I guess that might say more about user bases than anything
However I don't really think there's anything coming from third parties that could potentially be a hit outside of Rayman and Sonic. Which is definitely not gonna change the minds, of say, EA
However I don't really think there's anything coming from third parties that could potentially be a hit outside of Rayman and Sonic. Which is definitely not gonna change the minds, of say, EA
Eh, if they released HD versions of Mario Galaxy I & II at launch or even Mario Sunshine HD, I think people would have gone gaga over it. It is what Nintendo does for their handhelds(Mario Advanced 1-4, Mario 64 DS, Zelda OOT 3DS, etc.) and they needed to steal that playbook for the Wii U. Instead, Wind Waker HD is coming out a year too late, and people are divisive on Mario 3DWorld.
Sorry, I meant ports of third party games, most (all?) of which were sequels to games that never had a presence on Nintendo consoles before. Mass Effect 3 being the more egregious
The Abominable Snowman
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Everytime Nintendo says "We have Third Party Announcements coming soon!" a 3rd party publisher steps up and goes "Here's the announcement: We've axed all Wii U titles"
It'd be best if they just kept quiet about it.
It'd be best if they just kept quiet about it.
toastyToast
Member
Iwata: Wait for them to announce games
Devs: We have nothing to announce for the Wii U
Devs: We have nothing to announce for the Wii U
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The time will come where third party games are made for the PS4 and Xbone and the Wii-U/PS4/360 won't get much of anything
I actually laughed at this.
Iwata: (laughs)
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Don't expect much. I remember when Iwata was telling investors the would see a turnaround for Western 3rd parties at E3 2012 and it basically amounted to Castlevania, Epic Mickey, and Scribblenauts.
Linkstrikesback
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Because despite what GAF says he still has an approval rating of 77.26% among investors?
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2013/voting_1306.pdf
2nd page, 3rd line in the table below the headings is iwata.
LiberaTeExInferis
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Well, he mentions that the launch period games were more or less ports, so I have hope that he is refering to original high profile-ish games.
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Translation: Activision totally has the CoD: Ghosts port ready and we're still confident that they'll release it at the last second possible.
The Horror the horror
Banned
Iwata: More key titles to be announced by them...
Capcom: We're releasing those NES mega man games you've played a million times on the VC soon.
Iwata: Please understand.
Capcom: We're releasing those NES mega man games you've played a million times on the VC soon.
Iwata: Please understand.
rain elbows
Member
More unprecedented partnerships..
I found this statement interesting:
My first read is that he is saying that Western developers are more hesitant to develop for the platform. What I find interesting is that in reality Western support is actually better than from Japan, at least at the moment.
My first read is that he is saying that Western developers are more hesitant to develop for the platform. What I find interesting is that in reality Western support is actually better than from Japan, at least at the moment.
airmangataosenai
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One can dream!
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Nintendo has 'partnered' or funded most of their JP 3rd parties on the Wii U, haven't they?
clay_ghost
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I read it as Western developers dare to step out and said no we are noting doing anything while Japan one just keep quite about not doing anything.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
If it keeps bringing stuff like Bayonetta 2 and Wonderful 101, I'm all for it.
Excellent point what Main titles is he talking about? Capcom (MH3 Port? RE Revalations?) SE (DQX Wii Port?)
LiberaTeExInferis
Member
This.
So, does he or other educated/well informed fellows here know something that would prove finally that Japan is embracing a high profile Wii U development?
Or is it another naive assertion, fooling us to think that this neverending game of waiting for announcements will never cease?
Spieler Eins
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It's unbelievable how dead the Japanese support is. Wii still had a good amount of smaller scaled Japanese titles and eventually a bigger one like Monster Hunter from time to time. On the WiiU, no one gives a shit.
I don't believe so.
RumblingRosco
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So the rest of the execs have a 92%+ rating, and Iwata has a 77% rating? I guess your point is that he needs to be below 50% before he would be fired?
Linkstrikesback
Member
I have no idea how low it needs to go before he would lose his job, but 77% does still mean a majority of the people who have money invested in Nintendo still trust him (for some reason) to do the job he has on the board. Could be 50, could be 66, could be some other arbitrary number and I don't know much better. Japan honor ,etc, etc.
The rantings of the internet don't really mean much compared to the people who actually invested money in the future of the company.
I'm not sure what to take from this. Is it that Japanese devs are more reluctant to announce their major titles for the Wii U or that they have more in the works that we don't know about yet.
peanutbutterlatte
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Wii Deja VU
...Tried too hard?
...Tried too hard?
Yeah that is why I thought it was interesting. Who knows. Right now the list of Japanese announced games for the platform is literally 4-5 games. I assume there is more coming for this year,but I've been assuming that for like 6 months
grandjedi6
Master of the Google Search
Iwata won't lose his job unless Yamauchi demands it. He's still the largest shareholder and likely holds incredible influence over the other shareholders too.
In the first year?
"If the structure of Miiverse is developed more, users will also be able to exchange their play data with others, making it possible to play a game with another person without doing it at the same time."
The feel of multiplayer.
I'm not sure that the handheld port strategy would work for Wii U. The reason those ports have sold well is because they're excellent console games that you can now play on-the-go. The problem with doing that on Wii U is that you're still tethered to the TV, so there's no advantage to playing a straight port on Wii U outside of enhanced resolution.
Nintendo needs to focus on delivering fresh experiences, not porting games we've already played.
The first year lineup was pretty bad for Wii, but still a lot better than 2013 has been so far for Wii U.
Hum I doubt it.
Saying "so far" is pretty disingenuous since most titles are coming near the end of the year, it looks way better than the Wii at the point. I remember being mostly unimpressed by the Wii game wise at the start.
There's nothing else to say. Right now, the announced third party lineup is even worse than N64 in its years. I'm serious, it's like Wii U doesn't exist at all for Japanese developers.