So many of you will hate me for suggesting this but rebooting Battalion Wars with a less cartoony (but still cartoony and colorful) art direction and aiming it at the bro-gamers isn't a bad idea for Nintendo. Battalion Wars is probably the easiest IP to change into "Nintendo's shooter" other than Metroid.
Third perso shooter with an emphasis on troop strategy in single player, emphasis on defense tower placement in multiplayer, that sounds good to me.
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The good news is that I don't think your suggestion would warrant much hate at all. :)
That bad news is that I don't think it would warrant much emotion of any other kind to most people, either. :P
The so-called "bro-gamers" would react to a less stylized Battalion Wars much like they have most Nintendo games aimed at them that past decade and a half. They would totally ignore it and dismiss it because it's on a Nintendo platform, especially one that wasn't made exclusively for their kind. Only those that are die-hard fans of the series would even have a hint of an impression, and by making it less cartoony, Nintendo would be risking putting them off.
By the way, I looked around, and it doesn't seem like the press release confirms that Kuju is working on a Wii U game. It's an easy assumption to make, given the developer's history on Nintendo platforms, but for all we know, its project(s) could very well be on the other platforms. Nevertheless, it's something to keep an eye on.
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