Nintendo's Franchise Usage

WTH happened to Nintendo. Back in the day, Nintendo put all of their characters in real games. For example, Donkey Kong got the Donkey Kong Country series, the same happend for Kirby, Starfox, etc. Nintendo also made new IPs each gen. Now it seems all Nintendo depends on to satisfy the hardcore audience is Mario and Zelda, Zelda, Zelda. At E3, all people want from Nintendo is Zelda, ugh. How about putting all the other Nintendo characters in a new installment as well.I miss the old Nintendo:( And where the hell is a new Donkey Kong Country. 2d sidscroller please!!! Because we all know DK64 sucked.

People want Zelda because it is the best game series on the planet. We demand more!

Maybe because when you were younger the "hardcore" games that you played as a kid were actually casual. That's what happens when people are blinded by nostalgia.

Man, that is so true, I want to see another F-Zero or Star Fox, not Zelda, though I don't hate Zelda.

Nintendo has really lost their image in the hardcore crowd. They chose to favor a wider audience and alienate true gamers for bigger profits.

I miss the old Nintendo. The gamer's game company that was Nintendo :(

I've been saying this for a bit, Nintendo and its fans need to stop relying on Zelda and Mario and need to go to their other IPs.

And I liked Dk64. :(

Maybe because when you were younger the "hardcore" games that you played as a kid were actually casual. That's what happens when people are blinded by nostalgia.

boredy-Mcbored

Nintendo needs to give Metroid to Vanillaware already and stop sitting on it and doing nothing.

kinda agree. i wanna see a dk or kirby game for the wii, that's not some casual crap. hopefully they will deliver at e3, but i'm guessing they won't.

It's a lose-lose situation for Nintendo. The fans demand Mario and Zelda over and over, but then there's the people who hate that they make Mario and Zelda over and over. What are they to do? Obviously, please the fans.

WTH happened to Nintendo. Back in the day, Nintendo put all of their characters in real games. For example, Donkey Kong got the Donkey Kong Country series, the same happend for Kirby, Starfox, etc. Nintendo also made new IPs each gen. Now it seems all Nintendo depends on to satisfy the hardcore audience is Mario and Zelda, Zelda, Zelda. At E3, all people want from Nintendo is Zelda, ugh. How about putting all the other Nintendo characters in a new installment as well.I miss the old Nintendo:( And where the hell is a new Donkey Kong Country. 2d sidscroller please!!! Because we all know DK64 sucked.

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WTH happened to Nintendo. Back in the day, Nintendo put all of their characters in real games. For example, Donkey Kong got the Donkey Kong Country series, the same happend for Kirby, Starfox, etc. Nintendo also made new IPs each gen. Now it seems all Nintendo depends on to satisfy the hardcore audience is Mario and Zelda, Zelda, Zelda. At E3, all people want from Nintendo is Zelda, ugh. How about putting all the other Nintendo characters in a new installment as well.I miss the old Nintendo:( And where the hell is a new Donkey Kong Country. 2d sidscroller please!!! Because we all know DK64 sucked.

SAGE_OF_FIRE

I agreed with you until you said DK64 sucked. That was by far one of the best games on the N64.

but back on topic. You're not alone in feeling that way. It frustrates me to no end that all people are asking for are more GC ports and new zeldas. We need a new Donkey Kong platformer, and even more importantly, new franchises.

It's a lose-lose situation for Nintendo. The fans demand Mario and Zelda over and over, but then there's the people who hate that they make Mario and Zelda over and over. What are they to do? Obviously, please the fans.

Tsug_Ze_Wind

I miss the old Nintendo. The gamer's game company that was Nintendo :(

raynimrod

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It's a lose-lose situation for Nintendo. The fans demand Mario and Zelda over and over, but then there's the people who hate that they make Mario and Zelda over and over. What are they to do? Obviously, please the fans.

finesse-gamer

You say that as if it's easy to make a Mario/Zelda quality IP. :?

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It's a lose-lose situation for Nintendo. The fans demand Mario and Zelda over and over, but then there's the people who hate that they make Mario and Zelda over and over. What are they to do? Obviously, please the fans.

Tsug_Ze_Wind

You say that as if it's easy to make a Mario/Zelda quality IP. :?

it's not. it takes multiple attempts and lots of time and money. nintendo just made 3 billion what? oh, right dollars. they have the money. they can hire talent. get miyamoto and other nintendo veterens to direct the Mario/Zelda quality stuff and have the rookies at ninty make the casual stuff with miyamoto as a consultant on the casual stuff.finesse-gamer

That sounds like what they're doing now. Making games like the Wii series while taking their time with the epics like Galaxy. For all we know, thenext big gamecould be a new IP.

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Maybe because when you were younger the "hardcore" games that you played as a kid were actually casual. That's what happens when people are blinded by nostalgia.

Johnny-n-Roger

[QUOTE="finesse-gamer"] it's not. it takes multiple attempts and lots of time and money. nintendo just made 3 billion what? oh, right dollars. they have the money. they can hire talent. get miyamoto and other nintendo veterens to direct the Mario/Zelda quality stuff and have the rookies at ninty make the casual stuff with miyamoto as a consultant on the casual stuff.Tsug_Ze_Wind

That sounds like what they're doing now. Making games like the Wii series while taking their time with the epics like Galaxy. For all we know, thenext big gamecould be a new IP.