So let's start tossing around ideas on this one. What do you think Nintendo's big game reveal will be at the show? Will they be pushing Disaster: Day of Crisis, or will we see something else? What do you hope to see? What do you expect to see?
Wii Warm Up: Nintendo's next big Wii game
So let's start tossing around ideas on this one. What do you think Nintendo's big game reveal will be at the show? Will they be pushing Disaster: Day of Crisis, or will we see something else? What do you hope to see? What do you expect to see?
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5-06-2008 @ 9:14AM
Co said...
Well whatever it is, look for it to cater to the core audience backing the Wii. With WiiFit releasing in 2 weeks there's no way at E3 they would announce another AAA "casual" title so soon.
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5-06-2008 @ 1:37PM
Psy said...
As logical (and preferable) as that sounds, this is Nintendo we're talking about.
5-06-2008 @ 9:16AM
Gunhaver said...
If they were smart they would release Animal Crossing next for the Wii. Possibly as a Nintendo version of an MMO? That would be the most awesome thing imaginable!
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5-06-2008 @ 11:57AM
SoshiKitai said...
MMOs are overrated.
An MMO Animal Crossing would be the death of the series.
I understand having your own little town, then going into a separate zone for the MMO. But if your town IS the MMO-zone... may people's hearts be forgiven as the town will fall into ruination from getting mail that says "mudkips" and everyone trampling on each other's flowers.
5-06-2008 @ 10:01PM
Bnugget said...
SoshiKitai: That would be the XBL version of an Animal Crossing MMO, the Wii version would clearly only let you send pre-scripted notes saying things like "What's up Icebukket", and all flower stomping would be reinterpreted via Nintendo"s rainbow happy funtimes servers to be offers into your home to enjoy your dancing cactus. Of course the night clerk at the Post Office would still be a b**ch.
5-06-2008 @ 9:16AM
Ray Ray said...
After Wii Fit, I'm gonna be counting down to GH: Aerosmith. I know it's not gonna be The Greatest of Games, but it's still GH. After I play That, I'm gonna have some time to catch up on some of the older games that I have. Maybe beat a few of 'em.
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5-06-2008 @ 9:19AM
Co said...
I've only played GH:3 and I'm already over this series. It just doesn't hook me. Rock Band isn't even on my radar.
Honestly, I do hope the big title they show is Disaster. It'll be like Nintendo saying "Look, we got the industry on lock, here's a title to get the 360/PS3 owners thinking".
5-06-2008 @ 9:17AM
Mike D said...
There's a few out there for the fall that ARE announced:
Star Wars: Force Unleashed
Disaster
Tiger Woods, NCAA, Madden 09
but yea my guess is Star Fox, and hopefully project H.A.M.M.E.R.
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5-06-2008 @ 4:54PM
Joe Cart said...
Well Madden is a given, thats a game that comes out every year (and they better improve the wii version this year). Same for Tiger Woods
I would've loved to see Metal Gear Solid 4 on wii, but looks like thats not happening, and I dont see myself getting a PS3 soon at all.
But my guess as to this new game would have to be Starfox or Kid Icarus. Personally, i'd like to see a new starfox release with some killer online play. And make the game half action advenure, half flying. That would be sweeeeeeeet.
5-06-2008 @ 9:19AM
samfish said...
If IGN is to be believed, it's Kid Icarus for Christmas developed by Factor 5.
...unfortunately, I don't believe them. So I'm going to guess on the hardcore side of things that it'll beeeeeeee....Pikmin. Not exactly the most exciting game but still good. Animal Crossing, too...and I'm personally hoping for, but not expecting by any means, Star Fox.
And the fall game on the causal side of things will be Wii Music. Someone pointed out that Wii Music would be the first Wii_____ game to not sell with a piece of hardware.
...Unless...Nintendo is planning to release an HDD or something with it?
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5-06-2008 @ 9:22AM
Co said...
Oh yea that's another thing. Look for Nintendo to annouce their storgae solution at E3 as well. It's an event where the core gamer takes notice, and the core gamer is the one with storage issues.
5-06-2008 @ 9:20AM
Gunhaver said...
Mike D: Starfox is a great guess as well. That would be a great AAA Nintendo release to announce at E3. But I'm still crossing my fingers for a new animal crossing...
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5-06-2008 @ 9:21AM
chad said...
weren't there rumors of a new zelda game?
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5-06-2008 @ 9:23AM
samfish said...
Supposedly Retro is developing a Zelda spin-off...whatever that means.
5-06-2008 @ 12:01PM
SoshiKitai said...
spin-off? ....sooo... what, you play as Ganondorf or something? Haha! ...no wait, that'd be kinda' cool.
...or will it beee.... The Legend of Zelda: Harvest Moon Edition. :D HAHAHAHA! ....wait, also kinda' cool.
5-06-2008 @ 4:16PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) said...
It's MGS like.
You're Toon Link and you're in the Forsaken Fortress. You have to hide in barrels and stealth kill Moblins to get up levels gaining a new weapon after a super hard level or boss fight every 15 level!
Just kidding---But I would get it!
Also, DLC: extra levels! xP
5-06-2008 @ 9:25AM
andrew said...
i honestly think its time for a new f zero but with mario kart just out who knows any one else dig some f zero?
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5-06-2008 @ 4:19PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) said...
The Blue Falcon is an unlockable small kart in MKWii.
5-06-2008 @ 6:04PM
Mr Khan said...
After the technical tour de force that was F-Zero GX, I eagerly await whatever they come up with for the Wii Version
hopefully they get Amusement Vision to do it again (although i think they were nixed in some Sega restructuring or other)
5-06-2008 @ 9:28AM
Gunhaver said...
Zelda spinoff?? I haven't heard anything about this. Could you post a link to some information about this?
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5-07-2008 @ 12:16PM
Chris said...
http://softrockhallelujah.blogspot.com/2008/01/zomoskepsis.html
http://www.n4g.com/wii/News-105616.aspx
Don't know how reliable "surfergirl" is, but there ya go. I know OF surfergirl, so I guess that's something... Personally I don't think this is a good idea. Especially with all the recent firings or quittings or whatever at Retro.
5-06-2008 @ 9:30AM
jrr said...
After all the relevant content that's in smash, I'm sort of expecting a new Kirby game.
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5-06-2008 @ 9:30AM
iag25 said...
Crossing fingers for F-ZERO !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5-06-2008 @ 9:31AM
Hughesmar said...
Here's hoping there's some sort of new IP coming out. I love Nintendo games and all, but I really wish they'd try something new.
Sadly though, it seems that most of the gaming industry is suffering from sequelitis.
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5-06-2008 @ 10:01AM
Roto13 said...
"I really wish they'd try something new."
*dies*
5-06-2008 @ 4:23PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) said...
They just opened up a snow shovelling business in hell!
5-06-2008 @ 4:51PM
Prof_Chaos said...
Get used to it. There will be less and less new IP's coming from anyone with development costs getting so high. Who wants to take a risk. A good bet is that we'll see more riskier new IP's on the Wii because it costs so much less to develop for. That or a lot more WiiWare, XBLA type games instead.
5-07-2008 @ 12:19PM
Chris said...
It's not just the gaming industry- the movie industry is nothing but adaptations and sequels. And something just came to mind "ZOMG NBC IS REMAKING KNIGHT RIDER!!!!! AND HE'S IN A NEW MUSTANG!!!!!!!!!"
Ugh. That frustrating just typing that out.
5-06-2008 @ 9:31AM
iag25 said...
I'm diggin it !
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5-06-2008 @ 9:50AM
Justin said...
A new game, a new character set, what about an adventure game that uses your Mii character, or old nintendo games that your Mii character can get plugged into. Wouldn't you like to see yourself play in Mario Bros 3 or Ocarina of Time instead of Mario and Link? Nintendo wants to be innovative there is your answer to innovation.
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5-06-2008 @ 9:55AM
Nigeria said...
Will there be another Kirby game in the vein of Kirby 64? I know there was supposed to be a game being made for the Gamecube, but it got switched to the Wii, or it got cancelled, or maybe a combination of the two. I'm not sure. But a new Kirby game would be cool. A new New Super Mario Bros would be amazing, as well. I haven't played a console Mario sidescroller since Mario 3 on the Nes. It's been a while.
If it isn't the two I just mentioned, or a completely new game with new characters, play mechanics, yadda-yadda-yadda, I don't think I'll be buying it. Looking at my catalogue of Wii games, aside from Mario Kart, none are made by Nintendo. I really don't see a new F-Zero or Zelda game changing that fact. I'm just not enthused by those games.
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5-06-2008 @ 9:58AM
Nicholas Tam said...
The more I think about it, the more convinced I am that there will be an announcement of the Wii Zelda this E3, though I wouldn't expect the game itself to arrive any sooner than late 2010.
1. The timing seems right. Wind Waker was released in early '03. Twilight Princess was announced at E3 '04. As with TP, I think we can expect a two-year gap between announcement and release (even though they don't need to worry about adapting it to a second platform this time); strategically, Nintendo tends to announce games relatively early and quietly delay them. I think they'd see 2010 as a soft deadline for a Wii Zelda; 2011 will be the fifth year of the console's lifespan, and probably too late.
2. While Miyamoto only recently acknowledged that the Zelda team is back together, we may confidently say from past experience that every time a Zelda game comes out, they tend to go back to the drawing board for a new game almost immediately. I think Wii Zelda is much further in development than we suspect, though that doesn't mean they'll have a lot to show.
3. That said, I don't think Zelda would be the big news coming out of Nintendo even if it were announced. I expect the press conference to have lot of talk about how Wii Fit and WiiWare are doing. The next big game from an existing IP will almost certainly be Animal Crossing, although I would also expect them to push an original property soon.
4. I'm surprised that Star Fox doesn't come up more often in these discussions. Perhaps that is because Nintendo has been farming it out to other development studios lately. It's a series that needs to be fixed, but it sells just well enough that I'm not sure Nintendo knows it needs to be fixed. Regardless, I don't see the Wii coming and going without a Star Fox game to its name.
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5-06-2008 @ 10:20AM
Haohmaru said...
Like some of you, I have a feeling it'll be a Zelda game. Remember just before Wii's launch when Eiji (or maybe it was Shiggy or someone else) said TP might be the last "traditional" Zelda we'll play on the Wii? Dun dun dun!
I'm hoping the big announcement is Animal Crossing, though.
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5-06-2008 @ 10:35AM
Arthur Lucena said...
I hope that it´ll be Star Fox, or maybe Metroid.
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Pikmin?
Well... It´ll be great, anyway. =D
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5-06-2008 @ 10:37AM
Orion said...
I know it will never happen.. but could we get a current gen verison of Vectorman??? :)
Can't wait to play Disaster. Project Hammer i REALLY want to see, but i doubt it. Starfox is a long shot, but zelda and animal crossing are definately possibilities, especially since animal crossing on the DS STILL is doing well in sales till this day.
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5-06-2008 @ 12:03PM
SoshiKitai said...
They'll need to come out with Vectorman on the VC at the same time, for that idea to be perfect.
5-06-2008 @ 10:43AM
phantomexe said...
i so hope it not a zelda mario f-zero animal crossing or star fox, we need new IPs guys not more of the same stuff and the big N told us we see it.Those games you guys were talking about are all cool but its just more of the old stuff.
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5-06-2008 @ 3:31PM
ChrisCanberg said...
I'm sorry if I sound really noobish, but what does IP stand for?
I can tell that it means a new franchise, but I just wanna know the actual thing.
5-06-2008 @ 4:30PM
TheOverlord#2 can has Mario Karts?(MK:2578-3517-9859) said...
IP: Intuectual Property
Means a new idea/series.
ex: D:DoC is a new IP from Nintendo.
5-06-2008 @ 10:48AM
Tesche said...
I think we will see several big announcements...including a possible storage solution....on that note, since Nintendo keeps refering to a percentage of people who feel the need for more storage, it makes me wonder if the Japanese consumer is fine with the situation...is it just American culture that wants the "big" hard drive....anyone know?
We'll see 3 of these 5...
1)Kirby Game
2) Kid Icarus Game
3) Animal Crossing
4) Star Fox
5) Pikmin
And we will definitely see the introduction of a new IP.
fingers crossed......
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5-06-2008 @ 10:52AM
josh said...
Heres what the should annouce:
Wii Zelda
Wii F-Zero
Wii Star Fox
(no Wii Metroid, that was corruption)
Heres what they'll annouce
Wii Fit(even though its almost out they'll talk about it)
Wii Ware (same as above)
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5-06-2008 @ 10:52AM
Doc said...
I want to see some Zelda. Im a big Zelda fan.
And who cares if its the same old stuff. Its works doesnt it? I see what you mean by needing more new stuff and new ideas but dont bash the old, classic stuff.
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5-06-2008 @ 11:17AM
Rowdehaj said...
Star Fox. Puh-leeeeeeeeeeeease?! I require it.
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5-06-2008 @ 11:45AM
ThomasShaped said...
A quality StarFox would be wonderful pretty plz Nintendo? With awesome Wii controls?
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5-06-2008 @ 1:19PM
CJLopez said...
And online multiplayer!!!!!!!
5-06-2008 @ 11:45AM
ththxtreme2 said...
Since nintendo said that it was a game that nobody knows about my guess is it would be either Pikmin or Animal Crossing. However, with a sudden revival in the Pit character Kid Icarus doesn't sound to bad either. Either way it is still good news for us wii owners. Hopefully they will show more videos of Disaster because that game looks like it will be awesome.
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5-06-2008 @ 12:12PM
Todd said...
I want a new Waverace!
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5-06-2008 @ 12:25PM
mazza_man said...
If they wanna win of the hardcore (assuming that's even possible at this stage of the game) they're gonna NEED something awesome like Disaster. As good as Pikmin, Animal Crossing and Kirby may be, they don't exactly get the GTA lovers saying 'ZOMFG' do they?
So Disaster should be shown, as should F-Zero, and a really awesome Kid Icarus. They need a couple of big hitters if they want to win over the hardcore and win e3.
Or the best suprise would be...Resident Evil 5 Wii Edition! Shame it's never gonna happen...
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5-06-2008 @ 12:37PM
Orion said...
Who cares about the GTA crowd. Ninty hasn't really ever catered to that crowd.. so why now? I think games like that are up to third parties. Considering Godfather, Bully, ManHunt, Scarface, No more Heroes, etc are already on the system, i dont see a big need for more games like it atm.
From what I saw of it, while Disaster is mature, I'd hardly call it pleasing the GTA crowd. I'm happy Ninty is focusing on the two crowds it knows it can sell games to.. the nintendo vets and the casual. I'm not a fan of games like GTA, and im almost glad they are the other systems not giving the Wii a bad rep. There are mulitple systems for reasons.. each offers something different. If ninty was more like the other two systems, it woudlnt be as special. ya know? ninty has the charm/quality of it's games and now the casual market, sony has the rpgs, and xbox has the fps. I'd be more than happy if it stayed like that.
5-06-2008 @ 12:27PM
beaus27 said...
I am I the only Nintendo fan that wants to see the Big N revist:
FAXANADU!!!!
Faxanadu 2:the Return to Eolis!!!
Is nobody else on board with me here? I know it's a loooonnnngggg shot, but who knows?
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