who thinks nintendo should stagger their first party releases better?

It looks as if this year we will see zelda, mario galaxy 2 and metroid: other m all released within a ~6 month period as long as none of them get delayed.

This reminds me of 2007-8 when we had mario galaxy, super smash bros brawl and mario kart all released within roughly 6 months. After mario kart was released, there as a very long drought of a major first party release from nintendo. This started what I call 'the lost year' as nintendo fans became very angry about the lack of quality games being released (you all remember the threads on here about people complaining). Now sure there were alot of games released after mario kart, but most were 3rd party and they did not satisfy the majority of wii owners.

If nintendo would stagger better, say one major release every 4-5 months I think this would keep fans alot more happy, and less likely to complain. Think about it, after we see those 3 titles released this year, how long do we have to wait for another big first party game?

As usual, Sepewrath hits the nail on the head. The reality is that Nintendo is one publisher here, and regardless of which path it takes with releasing its games, there are going to be down-periods. Do you honestly think that people around here would be happy with one Nintendo-published game every 4-5 months, especially when considering the fact that these games are usually by far the most anticipated games on a Nintendo console? That's pretty much EXACTLY what happened with the GameCube, and guess what? People were still talking about software droughts on the system then like they were last year, only they did it more times during the GCN's life.

Being real here, games have to be developed, and it's unrealistic to expect that one company can keep millions of gamers happy on their own, regardless of how they going about releasing software.

If the new console (as the timeline predicts and aging hardware predicts )they have to get released this year because they needs to start making launchish titles.Its probably going to be Metroid Summer Mario November (if zelda isn't)zelda after october to spring. Thats my guess Nintendo leaves gaps for thrid parties to try and fail

'Droughts' provide a chance for third party devs to take the spotlight. Last year thats pretty much all we talked about - third party titles.alphamale1989

[QUOTE="alphamale1989"]'Droughts' provide a chance for third party devs to take the spotlight. Last year thats pretty much all we talked about - third party titles.Wild_Card

I think the Wii's lineup of games has been really underwhelming from day one. We expected SMG, Zelda, Metroid and Mario Kart Wii, but I don't think they blew people away in anything like the scale Nintendo hoped for, and because the Wii is being pushed as "fun for all the family" with the likes of Wii Fit, Mario Party etc, 3rd party developers aren't getting a look in in terms of sales. You only need to look at the sales figures for something like Dead Space Extraction to see that.Aneurysm_uk

What I want to know is what is 2011 going to be like. Is it going to be like 2008 and 2009? Can we only expect killer Nintendo years exclusively when Mario, Zelda, and Metroid are there? Or can we trust that other IPs will be given the same treatment in years to come? Who knows.

SMG, MP3 and LoZ:TP were all really good games. SMG is one of the highest rated games of all time. How is that not blowing people away?

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SMG, MP3 and LoZ:TP were all really good games. SMG is one of the highest rated games of all time. How is that not blowing people away?