Great news for the wii. Traditional gami ...

According to Iwata in the ''Wii Sports 2'' article it is indicated that the cooking, and brain training games are being sidelined. ''Iwata notes that it isn't only a Wii Sports sequel that is being put on the back burner. According to the Nintendo exec, the similarly popular Nintendo genres of brain-training and cooking games are being sidelined in favor of new types of titles.'' If this is true, it seems to indicatet that Nintendo, once they have gotten some good casuel games out there, are going to start focusing on more traditional gaming expierences. (often called ''hardcore'' games, but that is kinda a misnomer, so traditional gaming fits it better). Yay! More Metriods, and less Cooking Mamas!It makes sense if you think about it. They boost the first sales with a couple of good easy games. Then the casuals (who can play thousands of games of bejewled and not get bored) will stop getting quite as many games and they will turn up the heat on more traditional gameplay. Woohoo. All that needs is to make sure that the 3rd party support remains high, and that Nintendo keeps giving us classics. Oh yeah and the link is right here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6178806.html?tag=latestnews;title;0Great news for the wii. Traditional gami ...
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well thats AWSOME news if its true ........
Yeah its true, its on the front page. http://www.gamespot.com/news/6178806.html?tag=latestnews;title;0

Seeing as how Iwata states that he doesn't want people to think that Nintendo is being arrogant or dropping their hardcore players, it seems that Mr. Iwata is concerned.
[QUOTE=''Duckman5'']Link?[/QUOTE]In the main wii page on GS
Of course Nintendo could mean by ''new games'' that they are just going to start trying new genres. Then again, anything but a cooking mama is a good thing. But aside from ''casual'' games and traditional games I don't know what they would do. Its kinda a fickle thing, ya know espeically with how we have divvyed up the industry into ''hardcore'' and ''casual''. Ahh, perhaps something like hotel dusk? Its sorta casual, but sorta hardcore. Maybe something like Shenmue?
The most promising part of that article is that Nintendo is doing so well that they can afford to take risks. They don't need to get the guaranteed top-sellers out as soon as possible any more. Hopefully this allows their creative talent to really open up and deliver some fresh stuff. There's bound to be some crap in there, unfortunately, but I don't doubt that something great will come of it.
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It states that they don't want to make sequel upon sequel, but it doesn't say they are getting into hard core gaming again. That's more of a statement made by the origianl poster of this thread. Technically, Nintendo has always wanted to try to further the gaming industry, so chances are they are working on new genres of games. Or new ideas of game control with the new hardware that will spark new genres of games throughout other developers. Being casual or hardcore really isnt the point of this article, it's the sequels and newness of new ideas.
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I was never really worried about that in the first place.
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[QUOTE=''prasto''][QUOTE=''SuperMario_46''] [QUOTE=''Duckman5'']Link?[/QUOTE]Zelda?[/QUOTE]Tingle?[/QUOTE] Speaking of Tingle that Japanese Tingle game actually looks.......fun? It CAN'T BE! A GAME ABOUT Tingle actually looks fun?! But after reading about it it looks pretty cool. We'll never get it but I'd rent it.
I really wonder what Nintendo will come up with. Mario is being made, Link is already done, and Metroid is out. We know that Animal Crossing and Pikmin will follow soon, but what else is there? I hope the new franchises they make stick just like Mario did.



also...saying that the ''genres of brain-training and cooking games are being sidelined in favor of new types of titles'' doesn't mean they won't come out with other zany things to take their place.



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It's interesting how they seem to respond pretty fast at things beind said here.
New games could easily mean things like Wii Fit...........
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Nintendo basically just said ''we're gonna do what we want and try some new stuff''. I don't see how that implies ''we're gonna take care of the hardcores'' or ''we're gonna lay off the casuals''. This whole business of being so black and white about gamers and gaming is really starting to get old though. Play your games, have fun with them and don't worry about how ''hardcore'' you are...

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