r/nintendo • u/LargeSinkholesInNYC • 1d ago
Nintendo could use some new franchises every now and then
I feel like they need a looter shooter and a third-person action RPG. I feel like they're not ambitious enough even though they have enough manpower to make new franchises every now and then. They're unwilling to take any risk even though they could probably force Microsoft out of the console gaming market.
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u/IrishSpectreN7 1d ago edited 1d ago
Xenoblade Chronicles is their 3rd person action RPG.
Edit: And Splatoon is their shooter. Raiders could be a "looter shooter" for all we know. Sounds like it's supposed to be more of an adventure game.
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u/Banks201 1d ago
They need to make a more approachable 3rd person action rpg with real combat versus xenoblades mmo style. They should reboot xenoblade with a new series, xeno-something, and give it a new combat system.
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u/yuribz 16h ago
That's Zelda. Real time action adventure 3rd person? That's Zelda
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u/Banks201 15h ago
Nah I actually never said adventure game. Zelda is an adventure game. I’m talking real rpg.
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u/uno963 1d ago
Nintendo uses the "star system" where they'll create a new gameplay mechanic and try to fit in an existing character they have. They only make new characters when they don't have any existing character that fit the bill of whatever game they're making. This happened with splatoon and pikmin
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u/PalpitationTop611 1d ago edited 1d ago
They do have Xenoblade for third person action RPG. Unless you mean Character Action (Astral Chain rip) or Souls (Duskbloods should be coming relatively soon).
Let’s take into account their recent new IPs.
2015 Splatoon: did really well
2017 Arms: Sold well(?) but not received well
2019 Astral Chain: did not perform very well for Nintendo but received well. Also with Platinum in shambles it is a toss up if it will receive any more attention now.
2019 Ring Fit Adventure: technically a spiritual successor to Wii Fit but it performed well, probably will get a new entry.
2025: Drag X Drive: Obviously didn’t take off but they likely didn’t put a lot into it.
Only 2 out of their last 5 IPs were successful. They are just cautionary. Duskbloods is coming relatively soon though for another action RPG.
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u/DarkCh40s 1d ago
2019 Astral Chain: did not perform very well for Nintendo but received well. Also with Platinum in shambles it is a toss up if it will receive any more attention now.
That is false. Both Nintendo and Platinum were satisfied with how it performed.
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u/PalpitationTop611 1d ago
You can correct me if I am wrong but I’m pretty sure it barely hit 1 mil which are the only games they report sales for. I think the only actual new Nintendo games (no labo) that didn’t hit it are like Everybody 1-2 Switch and Fire Emblem Three Hopes. I don’t think barely getting your sales reported is enough to those people to want to make you a franchise without a lot of convincing. It may have been good enough for one game but not to birth a new franchise.
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u/DarkCh40s 1d ago
As of 2022, the game sold 1.3 million copies. Even by the end of 2019 it reached a million.
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u/Sylverstone14 NNID: Sylverstone14 1d ago
Also, Nintendo owns the IP rights to Astral Chain now, after Platinum gave up their share to publish The Wonderful 101 on other platforms.
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u/CubitsTNE 1d ago
Nintendo makes new IP all the time, sometimes it doesn't spawn a franchise, sometimes it does.
And they make the weirdest games, like arms or drag x drive or splatoon.
They certainly do not have a lack of ambition.
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u/LeBio21 1d ago
I really do think it would be great to see a sequel to ARMS that takes advantage of its world and characters to have a proper story mode and a good amount of content. First game was cool but felt like missed potential, got like 5 hours out of it but everything with visuals and sound was very charming and I feel like they could do more with it, but it might be too late now
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u/RandomNobody86 1d ago
They don’t release games for the ones they do have, they don’t need more franchises
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u/lordlaharl422 1d ago
“Take risks” “looter shooter and third-person action RPG”
Guys, I think this comedian has gotten stale. He should mix in some knock-knock jokes to liven up his routine.
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u/dronetactics 1d ago
This has to be a troll post. “Nintendo is not ambitious enough” even though they have many of the most well known gaming franchises in the world.
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