Looking for my next indie game. Just bought The Cave and loved it but it was too short IMO.

Downloaded Trine 2 Demo and liked it but I don't want to get burned with another game that I can beat rather quickly.

Unepic looks awesome

Child of Light coming soon also looks good

And Bit Runner has some good reviews.

So lets say Nintendo is sitting on some general game ideas and rather than toss Mario into some new rehash of the game how about they let the fans choose in a somewhat market researchy way.

In the next Smash Bros have some new interesting characters that we have not seen before and keep a tab on how often they are played online with? Then take those and base a game around them.

Example:

They are tinkering around a RPG set in post apocalyptic world.

and using that setting they have a set of Heroes for that game but having an issue choosing the main character.

Put two or three in the game and see how the players react to them.

I would feel like Nintendo is taking notice of what the players are looking for in games.

Would help a bit with R&D of future IPs

And also avoid some of the odd ball entries into beloved series (Star Fox adventures for example).

Sonic is fine and all but

Phantasy Star and Skies of Arcadia 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please?

I think 3rd party support is the lynch pin in Nintendo's gallows pole. Not too sure but I think those 3rd party companies that do port games over to the Wii U feel obligated in some extent to incorporate the game pad into the experience of the game, which most likely makes the game harder to code and requires more dev time vs just porting one from one console to another like PC vs Mac games. If the game works well on the other consoles without a gamepad why force the gamepad experience? Just treat the Wii U as another console with a standard controller. The gamepad should be a feature they want to use not feel they have to. I think there was a quote on another post about some company saying that unless the game is written for the Wii U it does not hold up to the other systems and this is most likely the truth and therefore makes them weary of spending development time to the Wii U when they can just port to another already existing group (PS3 and 360s) so it isn't a performance issue but an issue of hardware\software differences being so big that devoting a team to just the Wii U does not make sense financially when compared to the install base and how many units they will sell.

I think the last Wii U ad I saw was around Xmas time where it was some kids trying to convince their parents to buy the console. Is this the right approach Nintendo should take when running any ads?

Back in the Game Cube days Nintendo stuck a deal with Capcom for 6 exclusive titles that got named the Capcom 6 of these 3 went on to be considered some of the best/innovative games on that system. Resident Evil 4 (later ported to Playstation take that Sony you got a port from a Nintendo system ), Viewtiful Joe and Killer 7.

Is it because of the Game Pad? Hey write the game not using the game pad then, just look at it as another console with standard controllers. Don't use that has to be on next gen excuse and the Wii U cant compete with PS4 or XBox1 because they dont seem to be having a problem releasing them on PS3 or 360 and I know the U is better than those.

So is it just me or are others concerned by the complete lack of advertising Nintendo does for the Wii U? Granted I am an adult and do not watch "young peoples" TV Nick, Cartoon Network (minus Adult Swim) but shouldn't they be pumping some cash into ads? I can't count how many Titanfall, Second Son, Watchdogs, PS4, Xbox One commercials I saw during the Walking Dead finale on Sunday. You would think that with Mario Kart around the corner they would be hyping it big time. I don't think I saw a single DK commercial ever and maybe one or two for SM 3D world and that 3DS Zelda game. Granted Nintendo has that Family Friendly reputation going for them but I would say for the most part those who are on the fence for a new console see the other two choices non stop and if I wasn't going to buy a Wii U (which I did a few weeks back, not because of any ads, but for the Nintendo IPs and the hope of a Zelda U and Metroid U) I would have gone with one of the other ones. Maybe once we get a few weeks away from Mario Karts launch they may start an aggressive Ad campaign but right now the lack of buzz is scary.

 

New to the forums so forgive me if these have been mentioned already.

 

New Zelda game (Hyrule Warriors looks nice, but its another game with a Zelda skin)

If a Zelda remake: OoT with a nice graphics makeover, I think WW already looked good.

Metroid a: if a Prime type stick with GC controls or b: Other M type, but with open world with items found not told when you can use them with no Motion Contol/FPS hybrid.

Kid Icarus perhaps as some type of Open World with Ancient Greece setting

F-Zero

Punch Out

Since Nintendo appears tight with Sega: Skies of Arcadia

Maybe Rygar? I know it Tecmo but have a soft spot since it was my first NES game I bought.

One of my first posts. This does look promising but not too excited if the gameplay is going to be like Eve Online. Would be better if the mmo aspect was like SWG's Jump to Lightspeed.