Nintendo hates risk?

[boffo]

Nintendo really should consider some sort of an FPS franchise for the Wii. The point and shoot capabilities of the Wiimote have been looked at very favourably this far. Nintendo could also benefit from some sort of tough-as-nails new character that would appeal to an older audience. Doesn't need to be rated M to totally go against their norm, but an FPS by Nintendo could be a big seller that really shows how well motion sensing can work in a game.

[Neohamster]

Originally Posted by InsightGoalie

I follow that with another question. Do you really consider the Wii ____ series actual games? I don't think of them as games at all. Wii Sports/Play were more tech demos then anything. Wii Fit doesn't even try to be a game, it trys to add functionality to draw in more users. The gamers that complain about Nintendo not coming out with new IP's are the ones who think the same as I do.

Erm, yes?

[Spindel]

Originally Posted by boffo

Nintendo really should consider some sort of an FPS franchise for the Wii. The point and shoot capabilities of the Wiimote have been looked at very favourably this far. Nintendo could also benefit from some sort of tough-as-nails new character that would appeal to an older audience. Doesn't need to be rated M to totally go against their norm, but an FPS by Nintendo could be a big seller that really shows how well motion sensing can work in a game.

Metroid????

[Li Cha]

Originally Posted by boffo

Nintendo really should consider some sort of an FPS franchise for the Wii. The point and shoot capabilities of the Wiimote have been looked at very favourably this far. Nintendo could also benefit from some sort of tough-as-nails new character that would appeal to an older audience. Doesn't need to be rated M to totally go against their norm, but an FPS by Nintendo could be a big seller that really shows how well motion sensing can work in a game.

Doesn't get anymore badass than MPR and Call of duty.

Master chief is just samus in green so I don't see the problem.

[boffo]

Originally Posted by Spindel

Metroid????

Metroid's not something that falls in as a traditional FPS. I'm talking a new game built from the ground up as an FPS. If you consider Metroid as the answer to what I was asking for then they might as well stick Mario into an FPS and call it new.

[InsightGoalie]

Originally Posted by Neohamster

Erm, yes?

And thats why "hardcore" gamers don't take Wii gaming seriously. Just sayin'.

[Spindel]

Originally Posted by InsightGoalie

And thats why "hardcore" gamers don't take Wii gaming seriously. Just sayin'.

Sorry Mr. Hardcore gamer but you are wrong

[man on the moon]

Originally Posted by man on the moon

Nintendo should work on bringing new IPs. Again, it is true that, despite the classics are being commercialised to maximise profit, the originality of each title is preserved. Yet there is no excuse to not to focus more on bringing new titles, especially that Nintendo has the capability to do so. We have some completely new titles here and there, but we need more. We need more of Pikmin and Eternal Darkness.

[emphasis added]

Originally Posted by Power666

Nintendo isn't afraid of risk but rather they plan their moves in the market conservatively and take risks when they have to. They are a company based solely on video games and cannot take the same financial beating as its two main competitors in the market. Sony and MS both has other sources of cash so that they can sell their products at a loss for extended periods of time.

The same principle holds true for software as it does hardware. Sequels will sell. It is a conservative approach to making money in this business. I do think that there is going to be some new Nintendo IP this generation but it'll arrive well into the future. Nintendo didn't want to put resources into such titles so close to launch as they didn't know how successfully the Wii was going to be.

Don't you think adopting the DS and the Wii is rather radical than conservative, I don't deny Nintendo's tendency to be conservative though.

I'm not saying Nintendo shouldn't invest in their great lines of IP, I'm saying they should invest more in new IPs. Your point about the launch is quite reasonable, but still doesn't contradict with the call that Nintendo should work more, and harder.

[InsightGoalie]

Originally Posted by Spindel

Sorry Mr. Hardcore gamer but you are wrong

Think what you want. I'd still venture to bet that most people who opted for a 360 or PS3 (the "hardcore" crowd) wouldn't consider the Wii ____ series to be real games. They're a mini-game compilation at best. If you fail to see that, then I can't help you.

[Aeron]

Originally Posted by boffo

Metroid's not something that falls in as a traditional FPS. I'm talking a new game built from the ground up as an FPS. If you consider Metroid as the answer to what I was asking for then they might as well stick Mario into an FPS and call it new.

I reckon they should let N-Space do a Wii FPS, They've proven themselves to be good developers with CoD4 DS.