attention rumours new nintendo fusion console

randomperson12

look it up on web sopposed to be combined ds and something else
look it up its soposed to be made to save wiiu

wes

Link here:

Nintendo’s next-gen consoles are the Fusion DS and Fusion Terminal, report claims

I find this hard to believe, and it would piss off the Nintendo faithful who bought the Wii U. Also, I find it hard to believe that they would be able to come up with a new machine so quickly. So this is probably nothing, until we get more concrete info.

**EDIT**
Just had a look at the spec, and this basically looks like something someone made up, and it spread around the Internet. Nothing at all to see here, just someone making stuff up, after the Wii U's recent troubles.

Nollog

It's super duper fake.

Star Lord

It was made up by Fakey McFackerson. And that's not even his real name. And his ID is fake too.

AMD Adreno processor? No. Different processor companies wouldn't be teaming up to make a special chip for this.

Banjo

I was going to criticise this thread, but since I've seen at least one reference to F-Zelda : Termina Velocity, the awesome Legend of Zelda / Rocket Powered Horse racing game appear in the last week I don't want to be a hypocrite

I'd be delighted if they had the cop-on to make a WiiU that used an XL-sized portable as it's gamepad, but now your console has 3 screens! And look at the fuss people make over the existing 2.... They never had a coherent vision for the GC + GBA, Wii + DS, Wii + 3DS or Wii U + 3DS beyond the odd unlock, which was always disappointing. The best way to sell a WiiU at this stage, given the Wii market has mostly taken a pass is surely to tap into that massive 3DS market and make them interested? A 3DSi that can Nintencast it's top screen to the Wii U and hence your Telly would be fugly but cool.

You'd have to think that handheld gaming is destined to fall back into it's niche with most casual gamers moving to mobiles and phablets. I guess if you're Nintendo, you should be looking at a struggling Mobile Phone manufacturer (would HP sell Palm on for a bargain basement price? Unfortunately it's a few years too late to grab Nokia for a pittance), snap them up and create a fusion device that gives you a phone with 2 screens on the inside. And of course the pokemon you can catch are based on your GPS location. It sells itself!

randomperson12

it saidn that it was in development so it could be around 2018 when this comes out if itrs real it could be some joke to make the wiiu sell

readyletsgo

Totes joke. Of course Ninty are working on their next system now, prob working on it since last Summer, but for a launch in 2016/17/18. And, 'Fusion'? How late 90's Gamecube era sounding is that! I liked the name 'Project Café' for the Wii U, but there ya go.

And why the hell would they move on from the 3DS now when its selling so well also? 40million units sold world wide in 3 years say's 'Fusion DS' is just such pants. They will think about releasing a follow up of the 3DS when the sales for the 3DS are going in the toilet, like any company.

Hmm, I wonder what their next home console and handheld will be. I hope they get rid of the Wii name/franchises tbh. Or maybe Ninty will skip the 9th gen completely and just focus on handheld for one gen.

The DS name, I think that has proven itself and will continue on just like the Gameboy name did for nearly 15 years.

randomperson12

scrap the wiiu its dead and make a nintendo gaming system ngs for short

Star Lord

Banned for trolling. A couple of days ago you were saying how the Wii U was great, now it's dead and should be scrapped.

andre2010

I seriously think this is fake! but i have to say, as a lifelong Nintendo Fan, it really is time they call it quits in the home console market. They dominate the Handheld market. Why not make handhelds and leave home consoles alone. They havent had a successful console that didnt involve a gimmick since the Super Nintendo. The N64 drastically lagged behind the PSONE. The Gamecube needs no comment and the Wii had motion controls as a gimmick but still wasnt respected amount hard core gamers. ( i have owned all of these consoles including the WII U). I love nintendo games, and i know Nintendo have plenty of money in the bank, but for how long.

The Wii U is the first home console in nintendos history thats sold at a loss. How much longer can they keep this up. It may be necessary to move away from home consoles if they want to remain in business. Just my two cents, im not a troll or fanboy. I have the Ps4, ps3, xbox 360 etc etc, but time to call a spade a spade now. The Wii U is a disaster, Mario couldnt save it, do they honestly think niche titles like DKCR or Zelda will save it? surely everyone who wants these games have the Wii U already, or the vast majority of them anyway.

readyletsgo

andre2010 wrote: »

I seriously think this is fake! but i have to say, as a lifelong Nintendo Fan, it really is time they call it quits in the home console market. They dominate the Handheld market. Why not make handhelds and leave home consoles alone. They havent had a successful console that didnt involve a gimmick since the Super Nintendo. The N64 drastically lagged behind the PSONE. The Gamecube needs no comment and the Wii had motion controls as a gimmick but still wasnt respected amount hard core gamers. ( i have owned all of these consoles including the WII U). I love nintendo games, and i know Nintendo have plenty of money in the bank, but for how long.

The Wii U is the first home console in nintendos history thats sold at a loss. How much longer can they keep this up. It may be necessary to move away from home consoles if they want to remain in business. Just my two cents, im not a troll or fanboy. I have the Ps4, ps3, xbox 360 etc etc, but time to call a spade a spade now. The Wii U is a disaster, Mario couldnt save it, do they honestly think niche titles like DKCR or Zelda will save it? surely everyone who wants these games have the Wii U already, or the vast majority of them anyway.

I kinda do agree that they should go handheld only for the 'Next Gen' at the moment. But.. things can still turn around for the Wii U, I am sure they have a lot of Dev's making games we have no idea about for the past 2 years and are planned for a release through out this year. It takes time to make HD games as we all know.

Remember when the 3DS was dead in the water in 2011, then in 2012 the games started to come out thick and fast, amazing games, they just took time to be made too, and sure look at it now. I feel the 3DS will have a slow down this year, we have Kirby, DK and SSB (that will take sales from the Wii U no doubt) but thats kinda it for the big ones.

I have faith the Wii U will do a turn around, but I highly doubt Super Smash Bros. is going to be the start of it. Maybe MK8 will kick it all off. I am playing MK7 again on the 3DS, what a brilliant game.

Radiosonde

andre2010 wrote: »

I seriously think this is fake! but i have to say, as a lifelong Nintendo Fan, it really is time they call it quits in the home console market. They dominate the Handheld market. Why not make handhelds and leave home consoles alone. They havent had a successful console that didnt involve a gimmick since the Super Nintendo. The N64 drastically lagged behind the PSONE. The Gamecube needs no comment and the Wii had motion controls as a gimmick but still wasnt respected amount hard core gamers. ( i have owned all of these consoles including the WII U). I love nintendo games, and i know Nintendo have plenty of money in the bank, but for how long.

They're getting squeezed by phones and tablets in the handheld market though. Not as badly as in home consoles yet, but I wouldn't stake the farm on it either if I was them.

There's just no easy answer to Nintendo's problems at the moment, some of them stretch back a long way (eg they started massively leaking third party support with the N64). Best hope is probably cheap-and-cheerful hardware with simple, innovative gimmicks like motion controls.

andre2010

Radiosonde wrote: »

They're getting squeezed by phones and tablets in the handheld market though. Not as badly as in home consoles yet, but I wouldn't stake the farm on it either if I was them.

There's just no easy answer to Nintendo's problems at the moment, some of them stretch back a long way (eg they started massively leaking third party support with the N64). Best hope is probably cheap-and-cheerful hardware with simple, innovative gimmicks like motion controls.

The price drop certainly helped the 3DS, and the release of the 2DS helped also, but the Wii U is a much more difficult system to develop for apparently. ( Not a Dev so not sure if this is true).

But by this time in the 3DS life, things had already changed. Remember the price drop came just 6 months after its initial release. We are now 15 months from Wii Us release and in no better position. If Nintendo had the Third Party support we all hope they have, then surely at this stage we would have received info on the titles in development. But nothing, not even a rumour, and thats not a great sign at all.

I agree that MK8 may change the Wii Us fate, especially in Japan. But Mario 3D world is a flop ( solely compared to other 3D mario console games, even Sunshine managed to sell a lot more on a machine thats considered a massive flop across the industry).

They need to stop focusing on First Party Titles as these are no longer the system sellers Nintendo hoped for. Zelda doesnt shift consoles, apparently Mario doesnt anymore either. We have had 2 fully fledged Mario titles on the Wii U now in the first year of its release and still the console is stuck at 5 million units sold. They need to purchase an exclusive title from a third party. I know they tried this trick with the Gamecube and Resident Evil and it didnt work, but i think Nintendo seriously overestimated the popularity of RE at the time. They need a GTA, HALO, GEARS, not PIKMIN and DCKR, both fine games but not for the masses.

Im very worried about Nintendo, every game shop i go into has the Wii U tucked away in the corner like its a porno section or something. Its not advertised anywhere and a lot of people who own a Wii havent a clue what it is. The Gimmick of Motion Controls on the Wii worked because the Gimmick worked well for most games. Not one game that was released that uses the Gamepad would be any worse off without the Gamepad functionality, if anything, it would be improved without it. Look at Zombi U, not a bad game, but the atmosphere is ruined by constantly having to look away from the screen to see important stuff on the gamepad screen.

Banjo

There are few 3rd party properties that the WiiU could go after, secure and then not be accused of ruining though, given the HW shortcomings versus the big 2. In pretty much any genre you go for, the big titles have big rivals that will look prettier and have more complicated physics (potentially) on a rival console. Not to mention that the Nintendo online experience is pitiful compared to MS and Sony. The last thing they need to do is become the bastards that killed Medal Of Honour (although, isn't that already dead? )

They should get something that's not going to be practical on the Big 2 - where neither traditional controller buttons nor gestures really get the job done - but would work well on the WiiU Gamepad.

Management games.

RTS

God Games

Stuff where the ability to view tonnes of data on the screen, tap, scroll, type etc. is critical and difficult to do comfortably on your telly with limited buttons and a reasonable distance between you and it.
If they bought a Star Craft, C&C, Civilisation, Football Manager 2015 etc. and could cram it into the WiiU's limited resources, it might just open a new stream of custom

Let's give the PC crowd a cheap box that plays their kind of games. And has Mario 3D world on it.

andre2010

Banjo wrote: »

There are few 3rd party properties that the WiiU could go after, secure and then not be accused of ruining though, given the HW shortcomings versus the big 2. In pretty much any genre you go for, the big titles have big rivals that will look prettier and have more complicated physics (potentially) on a rival console. Not to mention that the Nintendo online experience is pitiful compared to MS and Sony. The last thing they need to do is become the bastards that killed Medal Of Honour (although, isn't that already dead? )

They should get something that's not going to be practical on the Big 2 - where neither traditional controller buttons nor gestures really get the job done - but would work well on the WiiU Gamepad.

Management games.

RTS

God Games

Stuff where the ability to view tonnes of data on the screen, tap, scroll, type etc. is critical and difficult to do comfortably on your telly with limited buttons and a reasonable distance between you and it.
If they bought a Star Craft, C&C, Civilisation, Football Manager 2015 etc. and could cram it into the WiiU's limited resources, it might just open a new stream of custom

Let's give the PC crowd a cheap box that plays their kind of games. And has Mario 3D world on it.

I fully agree with this, even the Medal of Honor comment

The last thing i want is nintendo to ruin a franchise either, but there are indeed plenty of games out there that do not require the full processing power and graphical capabilities of the 2 new rivals.

Nintendo also need to improve their online. It was only a few years ago Nintendo stated that they didnt believe online gaming to be a driver. The statement was made as suck a matter of fact, that it was Nintendos opinion and we must all agree. It just went to show how far behind the times they where. Put it this way, i wouldnt chose to purchase COD ( although i wouldnt buy that tripe anymore anyway) on the WII U. BF4 online on the PS4 is a nightmare at times with the bugs, god only knows what it would be like to play on the Wii U if it had gotten a release.

Nintendo need a flagship racer and shooter which seems to sell systems, Ie Forza, Gran Turismo, Halo, Resistance, Uncharted etc. They dont seem to bother with them at all. Even Metroid is very niche and wont appeal to everyone like COD and Battlefield does, and i can tell you i could do without another excitetrucks or excitebots. They dont count.

Star Lord

andre2010 wrote: »

They need to purchase an exclusive title from a third party.

The main problem with this is that people still won't get on board. Simply look at the comments on any article that was written about Bayonetta 2 for example. People simply moan that it's not on the console they want it on, and that it should be made on the console they choose. (Conveniently overlooking the fact that Nintendo are financing the creation of Bayonetta 2, it wouldn't exist at all if not for them!)

andre2010

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

The main problem with this is that people still won't get on board. Simply look at the comments on any article that was written about Bayonetta 2 for example. People simply moan that it's not on the console they want it on, and that it should be made on the console they choose. (Conveniently overlooking the fact that Nintendo are financing the creation of Bayonetta 2, it wouldn't exist at all if not for them!)

Very good point. But there will always be a level or hardcore fanboyism out their regardless, and these people tend to ignore important facts and pick and choose what suits their arguments.

But this is my point. Nintendo went and financed a game that the mainstream population never heard of. The first game barely sold 2 million across the two platforms it was released on and a sequel wasnt in the works at all. NOT the popular game Nintendo should have gone for, again, niche market. Ive never played it, ive heard of it.

Star Lord

Same here, but as lots of people have heard of it, and it'd developed somewhat of a cult following, it should have pretty much been a guaranteed system seller, even if not in massive quantities.

I do get the feeling that there may be a lot of people that are holding off trying the Wii U out until it gets it's new Mario Kart game and possibly Smash Bros too.

andre2010

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Same here, but as lots of people have heard of it, and it'd developed somewhat of a cult following, it should have pretty much been a guaranteed system seller, even if not in massive quantities.

I do get the feeling that there may be a lot of people that are holding off trying the Wii U out until it gets it's new Mario Kart game and possibly Smash Bros too.

Well i really hope so, I thought that Mario 3D world might have done this though considering the universal praise it got. ( although the initial negative reaction and terrible trailers probably did so much harm it could never recover)

Even if Bayonetta has a cult following, i cant imagine it shifting more than the 2 million the original sold on the ps3 and xbox360. i hardly doubt it will sell 2 million consoles thats for sure, and its a title that shifts millions of consoles that Nintendo need. Look im hoping for success, it would be weird to play a Mario Game on the Xbone i want the Wii U to succeed, but at this point in its lifecycle its doing far worse than the Gamecube was doing, and the preceeding console the N64 wasnt a success either. The wiiu is coming off the massive 100 million success of the Wii and still hasnt passed 5% of those sales yet. thats scary.

readyletsgo

I'm totally not picking on you Andre2010, just one of two things...

andre2010 wrote: »

The price drop certainly helped the 3DS, and the release of the 2DS helped also, but the Wii U is a much more difficult system to develop for apparently. ( Not a Dev so not sure if this is true).

Yeah I have been hearing that for months too, but isnt the Wii U the same architecture as the Gamecube, so Dev's dont have to learn to much to develop for the system? That just makes me think 3rd parties know that their games just wont sell on a Ninty system because maybe they cant compete with the 1st party offerings, idk.

But by this time in the 3DS life, things had already changed. Remember the price drop came just 6 months after its initial release. We are now 15 months from Wii Us release and in no better position. If Nintendo had the Third Party support we all hope they have, then surely at this stage we would have received info on the titles in development. But nothing, not even a rumour, and thats not a great sign at all.

Couldnt there be a lot of 3rd party games that havent been announced for any of the systems (PS3 X360 Xbone PS4 Vita and Wii U) just yet that are being developed for the Wii U too?

I agree that MK8 may change the Wii Us fate, especially in Japan. But Mario 3D world is a flop ( solely compared to other 3D mario console games, even Sunshine managed to sell a lot more on a machine thats considered a massive flop across the industry).

Sadly, I got SM3DW on release, and I just dont get all the fuss in the reviews and people online, its not a great game, looks nice, but its no 3D Land. Mario need a few years break in my eyes.

I loved Sunshine! They need to get that game on the VC! It still looks amazing!

They need to get the VC going with all systems, NES(had enough of those games tbh) SNES, N64 and Gamecube. Whatever about the VC on the 3DS.

I know they tried this trick with the Gamecube and Resident Evil and it didnt work, but i think Nintendo seriously overestimated the popularity of RE at the time. They need a GTA, HALO, GEARS, not PIKMIN and DCKR, both fine games but not for the masses.

The thing with RE4 was Capcom, not Nintendo at the time. It Sold well on the Gamecube but all the PS2 fanboys kicked and screamed and it was ported, and ported, and ported, and... capcom.

I want RE4 on the 3DS!!

Im very worried about Nintendo, every game shop i go into has the Wii U tucked away in the corner like its a porno section or something. Its not advertised anywhere and a lot of people who own a Wii havent a clue what it is. The Gimmick of Motion Controls on the Wii worked because the Gimmick worked well for most games. Not one game that was released that uses the Gamepad would be any worse off without the Gamepad functionality, if anything, it would be improved without it. Look at Zombi U, not a bad game, but the atmosphere is ruined by constantly having to look away from the screen to see important stuff on the gamepad screen.

It kinda is down to the retailers now, you're right they need to get more space, not the back of the stores. The Demo System in the Gamestop on Henry st is up stairs at the DVD section????? WHY!? People cant see it.

Banjo

andre2010 wrote: »

and i can tell you i could do without another excitetrucks or excitebots. They dont count.

You shut your whore mouth!

sorry, that was uncalled for. I really enjoyed Excite Trucks, was gutted I couldn't get Excite Bots over here and frankly would take either ahead of a new Mariokart.

There. I said it.

I don't know if they can carry off a flagship driving game or shooter without it getting put up against the Gran Tourismos and Halos of the world and ridiculed. To pull it off they'd have to break several cardinal rules of Nintending :
1. No cute characters
2. Seamless online integration
3. Child Unfriendly
4. No "Fun"

A deep, involving sim that you can sink your life into. Drive on the screen with telemetry data or rear-view (or a number of configurable options) on your gamepad. Not sure what you'd do with a shooter that would be in any way different. But try not to tack on an exploration / upgrade dynamic. It needs to be anything BUT another Metroid Prime.
I don't mean "blood and guts" child unfriendly, per se, just that you want a game that a child would see a screenshot of and not immediately want to play. No candy colours. No kirbies with machine guns.
When I say "no fun" I mean it needs to be entertainment, but not the jumping up and down, fulfilling your inner child entertainment that we love them for. Excitement based on jeopardy I guess.

Alternatively they could look at something like Walking Dead, and use clever writing rather than graphical flair to make the new IP stand out.

andre2010

readyletsgo wrote: »

I'm totally not picking on you Andre2010, just one of two things...



Yeah I have been hearing that for months too, but isnt the Wii U the same architecture as the Gamecube, so Dev's dont have to learn to much to develop for the system? That just makes me think 3rd parties know that their games just wont sell on a Ninty system because maybe they cant compete with the 1st party offerings, idk.



Couldnt there be a lot of 3rd party games that havent been announced for any of the systems (PS3 X360 Xbone PS4 Vita and Wii U) just yet that are being developed for the Wii U too?



Sadly, I got SM3DW on release, and I just dont get all the fuss in the reviews and people online, its not a great game, looks nice, but its no 3D Land. Mario need a few years break in my eyes.

I loved Sunshine! They need to get that game on the VC! It still looks amazing!

They need to get the VC going with all systems, NES(had enough of those games tbh) SNES, N64 and Gamecube. Whatever about the VC on the 3DS.



The thing with RE4 was Capcom, not Nintendo at the time. It Sold well on the Gamecube but all the PS2 fanboys kicked and screamed and it was ported, and ported, and ported, and... capcom.

I want RE4 on the 3DS!!



It kinda is down to the retailers now, you're right they need to get more space, not the back of the stores. The Demo System in the Gamestop on Henry st is up stairs at the DVD section????? WHY!? People cant see it.

I dont think you are picking on me, they are all very valid points.

The points i was making, RE exclusives where paid for by Nintendo to Capcom. They didnt pay for developement, but a fee was definately paid to Capcom for exclusivity for a period of time.

The WII U is NOT gamecube architecture. The Wii was. The Wii U is completely different. Even the Wii mode is emulated.

If you look at Gamefaqs at the list of announced titles for Wii U, Ps4 and Xbone, the Wii U list is about 1/3 of the length of theirs, that is not a good sign whichever way it is spun. Nintendo know the system is failing and would have announced any title at this stage to keep interest high.

But these are only my views, im by no means saying im right in everything i say, just voicing my opinion, i dont want to annoy nintendo fans as i am a gaming fan in general and that bugs me when people do that.

andre2010

Banjo wrote: »

You shut your whore mouth!

sorry, that was uncalled for. I really enjoyed Excite Trucks, was gutted I couldn't get Excite Bots over here and frankly would take either ahead of a new Mariokart.

There. I said it.

I don't know if they can carry off a flagship driving game or shooter without it getting put up against the Gran Tourismos and Halos of the world and ridiculed. To pull it off they'd have to break several cardinal rules of Nintending :
1. No cute characters
2. Seamless online integration
3. Child Unfriendly
4. No "Fun"

A deep, involving sim that you can sink your life into. Drive on the screen with telemetry data or rear-view (or a number of configurable options) on your gamepad. Not sure what you'd do with a shooter that would be in any way different. But try not to tack on an exploration / upgrade dynamic. It needs to be anything BUT another Metroid Prime.
I don't mean "blood and guts" child unfriendly, per se, just that you want a game that a child would see a screenshot of and not immediately want to play. No candy colours. No kirbies with machine guns.
When I say "no fun" I mean it needs to be entertainment, but not the jumping up and down, fulfilling your inner child entertainment that we love them for. Excitement based on jeopardy I guess.

Alternatively they could look at something like Walking Dead, and use clever writing rather than graphical flair to make the new IP stand out.

HAHAHA Apologies didnt mean to slag off the franchise. My crued point was that they dont stack up to Forzas or GTs etc, or maybe they do, all opinion i suppose

Banjo

Do Nintendo own Fighter's Destiny?
It popped into my head last night, I loved that game. It's a serious fighter so no cutesyness (ok, not no cutseyness - but minimal; you could creepy-up the jester, make the young chinese girl less wide-eyed,more boob-focussed, and older so the PDF file factor is mitigated).The point scoring system made it significantly different to it's peers - yes, there are combos and breakers and blocks and specials, but it was a game of patience for the skilled and frantic button mashing for the uninitiated - and both had a shot at winning.

BTW if you didn't play it on N64 you missed out. Countering a special or grabbing the foot of a friend who was trying to stop you clinging to the side of the ring and scoring a Ring Out against them was great

So there's their fighting game.
Advance Wars U-niverse, there's the RTS.
Now we just need a serious Shooter, Driver and FPS. (Or bring back Jet Force Gemini!)

Driver proposals :
Mariokart Nights - a look at the underground racing scene in the mushroom kingdom a la Need For Speed or Midnight Racing Club, the main character is a surly blonde teen with a slightly spikey head - they never say it but he's clearly a child of Bowser born of Peach in a world where you didn't finish SMB in time.

Alternatively, Lego City Pursuit - a take on the Chase HQ formula of fast cars, dangerous perps and the men who smash them up with the nose of their porsche. When a routine bust goes wrong, some Mr Big type beats your partner so bad he "turns Duplo". Choking back tears you grab your car keys and hit the streets for justice. Could also be the springboard for my proposed line of adult lego franchises, Lego Technics Robocop.

andre2010

Banjo wrote: »

Do Nintendo own Fighter's Destiny?
It popped into my head last night, I loved that game. It's a serious fighter so no cutesyness (ok, not no cutseyness - but minimal; you could creepy-up the jester, make the young chinese girl less wide-eyed,more boob-focussed, and older so the PDF file factor is mitigated).The point scoring system made it significantly different to it's peers - yes, there are combos and breakers and blocks and specials, but it was a game of patience for the skilled and frantic button mashing for the uninitiated - and both had a shot at winning.

BTW if you didn't play it on N64 you missed out. Countering a special or grabbing the foot of a friend who was trying to stop you clinging to the side of the ring and scoring a Ring Out against them was great

So there's their fighting game.
Advance Wars U-niverse, there's the RTS.
Now we just need a serious Shooter, Driver and FPS. (Or bring back Jet Force Gemini!)

Driver proposals :
Mariokart Nights - a look at the underground racing scene in the mushroom kingdom a la Need For Speed or Midnight Racing Club, the main character is a surly blonde teen with a slightly spikey head - they never say it but he's clearly a child of Bowser born of Peach in a world where you didn't finish SMB in time.

Alternatively, Lego City Pursuit - a take on the Chase HQ formula of fast cars, dangerous perps and the men who smash them up with the nose of their porsche. When a routine bust goes wrong, some Mr Big type beats your partner so bad he "turns Duplo". Choking back tears you grab your car keys and hit the streets for justice. Could also be the springboard for my proposed line of adult lego franchises, Lego Technics Robocop.

Yeah i completely forgot about Fighters Destiny. It was like the N64s Tekken. It was a very good skilled fighter from what I recall. That wouldnt be a bad start, if they infact own that title.

I think Mario Kart Nights, while a really interesting idea, not sure if you were joking, but i would probably buy it. I still play Mario Kart on the Wii, never tire of it. Jet Force Gemini would be great but it would be a different developer this time around. They should buy Half Life or something, Release a single player Half Life (no counterstrike, as Nintendos online is awful). that would shift a fair few consoles. They need their own FPS badly, thats not Metroid.

Maybe a Ridge Racer reboot or something, do a need for speed shift job on it and have a decent racer on Wii U. Not like Riger Racer has a massive fanbase that would be pissed off by this, and if its done right, could sell millions.

DARK-KNIGHT

Just on the point that nintendo need to work at online aspects have any of yiu played blops 2 online on the wii u? It plays better on wii u than xbox or ps3.

Star Lord

Banjo wrote: »

(Or bring back Jet Force Gemini!)

Being a RARE title, it now essentially belongs to Microsoft.
Not that RARE have done anything decent since they left Nintendo.

andre2010 wrote: »

They should buy Half Life or something, Release a single player Half Life (no counterstrike, as Nintendos online is awful). that would shift a fair few consoles. They need their own FPS badly, thats not Metroid.

There's not a snowball in hell's chance that this would even come anywhere near to being an idea that'd be entertained. Valve develop Half Life themselves. Their platform is PC, through Steam, which is probably the biggest online marketplace going. If/when they release Half Life 3 (Or Half Life Episode 3!) it'll be on PC, with any console versions being a secondary priority.

Banjo

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Just on the point that nintendo need to work at online aspects have any of yiu played blops 2 online on the wii u? It plays better on wii u than xbox or ps3.

Well I was going to try it but some son of a motherless goat mugged me in Tesco last week and took my copy

I have to say, if the WiiU version is as good as that game plays I really don't understand the appeal of that series. With the exception of the opening 2 minutes - which are fantastic until you realise you're invincible - it felt like I'd gone back in time to before TimeSplitters 2.

There's precedent for HalfLife coming to console (didn't the Playstation have it's own parallel plot line and characters?) but the downside is they'll hand it to Gearbox to develop, and that is the opening scene of a lot of recent gamer horror stories...

andre2010

Sorry, i was using Half Life as an example. A game that isnt normally associated to a specific console. It may draw people to the Wii U. It doesnt have to be Half Life, and id imagine it would never be half life, but they need something.

I play BO2 online on the Wii U. It was laggy as hell. i play BF4 on PS4, same strengh line, much less lag. And its the overall online experience Nintendo need to improve. Their store, inmenus etc, finding friends, its not just what it plays like online, but how cumbersome it is to set it up and get going.

DARK-KNIGHT

Banjo wrote: »

Well I was going to try it but some son of a motherless goat mugged me in Tesco last week and took my copy

I have to say, if the WiiU version is as good as that game plays I really don't understand the appeal of that series. With the exception of the opening 2 minutes - which are fantastic until you realise you're invincible - it felt like I'd gone back in time to before TimeSplitters 2.

There's precedent for HalfLife coming to console (didn't the Playstation have it's own parallel plot line and characters?) but the downside is they'll hand it to Gearbox to develop, and that is the opening scene of a lot of recent gamer horror stories...

Banjo i hate to tell you but i got a bargain with blops 2 thank you

It really plays well though much better than ghosts on the wii u

DARK-KNIGHT

andre2010 wrote: »

Sorry, i was using Half Life as an example. A game that isnt normally associated to a specific console. It may draw people to the Wii U. It doesnt have to be Half Life, and id imagine it would never be half life, but they need something.

I play BO2 online on the Wii U. It was laggy as hell. i play BF4 on PS4, same strengh line, much less lag. And its the overall online experience Nintendo need to improve. Their menus etc, finding friends, its not just what it plays like online, but how cumbersome it is to set it up and get going.

Hold on blops 2 on wii u is laggy compared to bf4 on any console??

you must have been pissed or high as hell playing blops 2 :pac:

cherryghost

What they need is a new Metroid FPS that appeals to the core Ninty fans and Hardcore FPS gamers. And imo it's not hard done.

Star Lord

I do think that would be quite hard to do. Metroid had always been about exploration, accumulating power ups, revisiting areas that you've already been and discovering new areas along with areas that you just could not figure out how to get to.

andre2010

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

Hold on blops 2 on wii u is laggy compared to bf4 on any console??

you must have been pissed or high as hell playing blops 2 :pac:

A little from Column A, a Little from Column B

But yeah it did lag a lot. Now i played it when i first got the wii u at launch, id say patches fixed that issue. BF4 doesnt lag at all on my pS4 now, it did a bit but the patch fixed the majority of it, except on the larger maps

corcaigh07

Banjo wrote: »

Do Nintendo own Fighter's Destiny?
It popped into my head last night, I loved that game. It's a serious fighter so no cutesyness (ok, not no cutseyness - but minimal; you could creepy-up the jester, make the young chinese girl less wide-eyed,more boob-focussed, and older so the PDF file factor is mitigated).The point scoring system made it significantly different to it's peers - yes, there are combos and breakers and blocks and specials, but it was a game of patience for the skilled and frantic button mashing for the uninitiated - and both had a shot at winning.

BTW if you didn't play it on N64 you missed out. Countering a special or grabbing the foot of a friend who was trying to stop you clinging to the side of the ring and scoring a Ring Out against them was great

So there's their fighting game.
Advance Wars U-niverse, there's the RTS.
Now we just need a serious Shooter, Driver and FPS. (Or bring back Jet Force Gemini!)

Driver proposals :
Mariokart Nights - a look at the underground racing scene in the mushroom kingdom a la Need For Speed or Midnight Racing Club, the main character is a surly blonde teen with a slightly spikey head - they never say it but he's clearly a child of Bowser born of Peach in a world where you didn't finish SMB in time.

Alternatively, Lego City Pursuit - a take on the Chase HQ formula of fast cars, dangerous perps and the men who smash them up with the nose of their porsche. When a routine bust goes wrong, some Mr Big type beats your partner so bad he "turns Duplo". Choking back tears you grab your car keys and hit the streets for justice. Could also be the springboard for my proposed line of adult lego franchises, Lego Technics Robocop.

Now that would be a console seller for me, doesn't even have to be much different to the previous versions, just a bit more flashy would do.

They really need to get on board with Online though, even if the Wii-U is dead, they need to step it up anyway to build credibility up for their next console, if there is one.