let's see release dates for America : Pikmin 3 August 4, New super luigi 3 ( retail ) august, Wonderful 101 in September, Wind waker HD in October, Donkey kong country Tropical freeze in November, Super Mario 3D world in December
+ sonic lost world & Batman Arkham Origins in October iirc + all them Ubisoft games like watch_dogs, rayman, splinter cell, and assassins creed 4 are releasing on wii u too ...I don't see the problem ..Wii U's line up is PACKED for this year.
Next year I see them releasing bayonetta 2 early like january or February like how Bayonetta 1 released in January, I see Wii fit U being a early title for next year same with Yarn Yoshi and + there's other 2014 games like X, Fire emblem x SMT and smash bros..don't forget E3 where nintendo will show off more new games
in early 2008 Nintendo released the 1 2 3 punch in the first half. they released smash bros brawl in March, mario kart in April and wii fit in May ..if smash bros is really that deep into development ( i very much doubt, i see smash as their big holiday game ) they could do the same strategy again
It takes time to make games. Mario Kart 7 had a bunch of studios(including Retro) helping out and came out at 2011.
A bunch? Who else besides Retro?
Iwata Okay, let's start from Konno-san. Retro is practically on the opposite side of the globe from Japan. Could you tell us how our two companies came to make Mario Kart 7 together? Konno Oh, sure. I wasn't expecting that. (laughs) Understood. Let's see; the plan for Mario Kart 7 originally got its start at the beginning of 2010, at the same time as nintendogs + cats.3 The release of nintendogs + cats was scheduled first, so in the beginning we put more effort into creating that game, and had a tiny group of eight people working on Mario Kart 7. That said, when we got to the stage where we'd really be getting down to business on Mario Kart 7, lots of titles were underway in the department, and we had a problem: we didn't have enough members to develop the game.
3. nintendogs™ + cats: A simulation game released for the Nintendo 3DS™ system in March 2011.
Iwata To be completely honest, we decided to extend the production for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword4 so people you were expecting to have some time weren't available, right?
4. The Legend of Zelda™: Skyward Sword: An action-adventure game released for the Wii™ console on November 20, 2011.
Konno No. To be perfectly honest, that was one of the reasons. (laughs) I discussed it with (Shinya) Takahashi-san5 from the Software Planning & Development Department (SPD) and my contemporary, (Kensuke) Tanabe-san6, asking them, "Can we make it with one of the companies Tanabe-san's in contact with?" Retro had been working on the development of Donkey Kong Country Returns7, and the timing when they were going to be wrapped with that title matched the timing we would start needing help. The timing was right, and we ended up making it happen.
During an investors meeting yesterday, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said the firm has unannounced Wii U titles set to release by 2014.
According to Iwata, translated by Cheesemeister, theres more information on development than could be released at E3.
Iwata said that what has been shown through Nintendo Direct sessions and on the floor at E3 was enough to ease owners fears.
The firm has a plan in place so that there isnt as much of a gap between the announcement and the games release so as not to lessen the impact or allow competitors to copy.
Anyone who follows Nintendo knows that they are probably due for a drought next year unless they have some 3rd party partnerships to fill the gap. They are firing on pretty much all their cyclinders this year with 3D Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, Windwaker remake, Zelda 3DS, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, Wii ___ series games, and recently releasing 2d Mario. I wouldn't expect much more than X, Mario Kart, Bayonetta, Yoshi, and Smash, and Fire Emblem for 2014 on Wii U. Perhaps they have something from SPD but I don't know what development studio could have another game ready.Nintendo seems to have off periods every 3 or so years. 2005, 2008, 2011 all had major droughts.2015 is when I would expect to see the next big wave of Wii U games.
On a related note, has this been posted in the past? http://www.vg247.com/2013/06/29/nin...itles-set-for-release-before-2014-says-iwata/
I highly doubt there will be nothing else next fall other than X and Smash Bros. Nintendo can always reveal more games via Nintendo Directs and they undoubtedly will. I'm not really worried about a drought since almost all of their announced games are between now and April. They aren't that dumb to leave only 2 - 3 games for the rest of 2014. They just aren't announcing everything a year+ in advance.
If you buy a console with subpar third party support in the first place as of right now, you are just going to have to expect droughts here and there - even Nintendo with their excellent first party studios can fill in only so many gaps just by themselves, sort of reminds me of a few years in the N64 lifecycle.
Granted, you would get great games like OOT and DK64 here and there but the few monthly-long software droughts with only a few titles, only some of them even being THAT good was a bit brutal after a while.
Anyone who follows Nintendo knows that they are probably due for a drought next year unless they have some 3rd party partnerships to fill the gap. They are firing on pretty much all their cyclinders this year with 3D Mario, Donkey Kong, Pikmin, Windwaker remake, Zelda 3DS, Mario & Luigi, Mario Party, Wii ___ series games, and recently releasing 2d Mario. I wouldn't expect much more than X, Mario Kart, Bayonetta, Yoshi, and Smash, and Fire Emblem for 2014 on Wii U. Perhaps they have something from SPD but I don't know what development studio could have another game ready.Nintendo seems to have off periods every 3 or so years. 2005, 2008, 2011 all had major droughts.2015 is when I would expect to see the next big wave of Wii U games.
I highly doubt there will be nothing else next fall other than X and Smash Bros. Nintendo can always reveal more games via Nintendo Directs and they undoubtedly will. I'm not really worried about a drought since almost all of their announced games are between now and April. They aren't that dumb to leave only 2 - 3 games for the rest of 2014. They just aren't announcing everything a year+ in advance.
When is that Super Mario 3D World coming out?
Right, but I'm sure they're gonna keep games like Bayonetta and X for the Fall.
Yoshi's Epic Yarn? What else?
Dayum so all Big N has for this holiday on Wii U is one big title with Super Mario 3D World?
I think Super Smash is 2014 too, correct?
It just seems crazy to have such a big title miss a hoilday that's going up against two console lunches.
Dayum so all Big N has for this holiday on Wii U is one big title with Super Mario 3D World?
I think Super Smash is 2014 too, correct?
suddenly i lost my appetite.
As a Nintendo console owner for the past 15 years, droughts are just part of the reality. I remember many a barren release schedule in between Rare and Nintendo releases for the N64, renting Glover and ARmy Men: Sarge's Heroes and Kid Chameleon and shit.
It's never going back to the SNES days where you had all your big Nintendo quality games alongside third party games from Capcom/konami, Squaresoft RPGs, etc.
As a Nintendo console owner for the past 15 years, droughts are just part of the reality. I remember many a barren release schedule in between Rare and Nintendo releases for the N64, renting Glover and ARmy Men: Sarge's Heroes and Kid Chameleon and shit.
It's never going back to the SNES days where you had all your big Nintendo quality games alongside third party games from Capcom/konami, Squaresoft RPGs, etc.
If they miss this holiday they might as well publish it on ios and Android. Besides Wind Waker HD and Mario, what do they have this fall?
I'm still amazed at how this isn't coming out this Holiday season. Really boneheaded move.
PS4 and XB1 would have Mario Kart for dinner if it released this holiday.
Just like Mario Kart Wii. Now, look how amazing Mario Kart Wii sales are.
Yep, been saying for a while we were in for a drought in 2014. Pretty much perfectly following the Wii pattern except Smash Bros. will be end of the year at best instead of March. Mario Kart April, Yoshi October, Smash November, X...no idea. Maybe January of 2015, Bayonetta probably the same. I mean, absolutely no way will it be as bad as Wii's 2008 was, but it's gonna be far from stacked unless they somehow do manage to turn sales around this year and convince third parties to come back
Look at how amazing Nintendo Wii sales were.
Now let's compare that to Wii U...
The system really needs a good number of big games during the holiday season.
Look at how amazing Nintendo Wii sales were.
Now let's compare that to Wii U...
The system really needs a good number of big games during the holiday season.
there've been droughts since 1996 w/r/t nintendo consoles. i'm a nintendo fan but its one thing you can steadily rely on, regardless whenever mario kart or donkey kong or 3D world or whaveter game gets released
So I will get a Wii U in april 2014.
To be fair, the WiiU is my first Nintendo console since the N64.
Wii Fit launched too in April 2008!!Heh..not the same situation, but your post reminded me of when Grand Theft Auto IV was being released. Some people on GAF swore up and down that that month would finally see the 360 and PS3 outsell the Wii.
What actually happened? Mario Kart Wii catapulted the Wii to a record breaking 700k+ in a non-holiday/launch month, while the other 2 consoles somehow managed to sell LESS than they did the previous month.
Pretty much. Also the price drop will help too.So I will get a Wii U in april 2014.
Dayum so all Big N has for this holiday on Wii U is one big title with Super Mario 3D World?
I think Super Smash is 2014 too, correct?
Wii Fit was May.Wii Fit launched too in April 2008!!
Oh wait, right. I was thinking of Europe.Wii Fit was May.
As a Nintendo console owner for the past 15 years, droughts are just part of the reality. I remember many a barren release schedule in between Rare and Nintendo releases for the N64, renting Glover and ARmy Men: Sarge's Heroes and Kid Chameleon and shit.
It's never going back to the SNES days where you had all your big Nintendo quality games alongside third party games from Capcom/konami, Squaresoft RPGs, etc.
Yeah no use in pretending we know every Nintendo Wii U title for 2014 because we really don't.
No reason in pretending that stuff like FE x SMT is coming in 2014 either. It might as well do but I wouldn't count on it.
Spieler Eins said:I don't think it has ever been as bad as on the WiiU right now.
This time, their only games that actually somehow feel like a step into their next gen are X and Mario Kart. So it takes them one and a half years to deliver the first somehow ambitious looking game. Pretty damn pathetic.