Top 5: Where Do They Go Now?

I don't care what they do as long as they leave Zelda alone. This business about making it first person, set in a contemporary World War II setting makes me nervous. Just leave it alone. And bring back the Triforce.

Nintendo would make bunch of people happy, if they would retire the franchises.

To me (to whom Wii is first console) the franchises all look and play like sentimental junk. Looking at who is playing: only SNES old-timers - and there are lots of them.

The point is: there more to the gaming than dumb jumping which bogs most of Nintendo games. (Zelda being an exception, though not without its retardism)

Here's what I would do:

DKC:
There was a rumor, though I don't know how substantial it was, that DKC would be returning to Wii Ware. That sounds about perfect to me. Just so long as I can play as Donkey, I'll be happy. They should make DKC THE premier platformer series on Wii Ware, since I doubt we'll ever see NSMB 2 on Wii Ware.

Smash Bros:
I would make the next one a primarily single player affair with the fighting mode secondary. Maybe an RPG or a more focused beat em up or even 3D action/adventure game. It's not that I'd want to see the fighting mode go away, just that I want to see the basic concept expanded to other genres.

Metroid:
Make it behind the shoulder survival horror. Play RE4 on the Wii and tell me that wouldn't be perfect for Metroid. The feeling of loneliness, the atmosphere...it's perfect in my mind.

Zelda:
I'd keep the gameplay basically exactly how it is. No big or fundamental changes. Just change the damn plot.
Ever since LTTP, it's been 3 Dungeons> mid Boss fight> 7 Dungeons> Final Boss
They need to change the formula up. Make a totally new story that still involves Link, Zelda, Ganon and the Tri-Force that manages to feel epic and avoids the old formula.
Also, new 2D Zelda for Wii Ware, please!

Mario:
No clue. Hell, I'd be perfectly happy with a straight Galaxy sequel that more often got away from the planetoid aspects and gave us more of a SM64-esque game where you could do whichever missions you wanted.
...and remake 1-1 in 3D. That would potentially be awesome.

DKC: Incorporate motion controls for the WiiMotionPlus into the 3-D platforming. Swinging different ways makes DK perform acrobatic moves such as wall jumps, grabbing vines, etc.

Zelda: Agree with most of what Samfish wrote. I'd like to see Link take a more active role in moving along the story. He (and many other game heroes) is basically told what to do every game. Let the player make choices for Link that changes the direction of the story. Also 1:1 MotionControl for the sword and other items.

Mario: Also agree with Samfish. Super Mario Galaxy is an absolute masterpiece. More of the same is fine by me.

I feel like the majority of gamers are waiting for Nintendo to release their classic IPs in a Wiiware style, 2.5D or handdrawn 2D.

Look at all the attention WarioLand and Mega Man 9 have both received. The old school throw back games are so appreciated because there are just so damn few.

Imagine if Nintendo threw together a dev team specifically to create a new Donkey Kong Country, or a new side scrolling Metroid(was anyone not terribly upset that Nintendo canceled Metroid Dread?), maybe a classic Zelda in the Link to the Past/Minish Cap, over head style, or how about an actual sequel to Super Mario World for Wiiware?

These games would help Nintendo in every aspect. They're cheaper than regular games to develop. They help push the Wiiware service. They feed the hardcore and 'classic' gamers. And at the same time, it'd be a huge draw for the casual players as well.


Also, a Smash Bros on DS would sell an outrageous amount of copies. We've seen it done already, years ago with J.U.S...Now Nintendo needs to take a hint.

Where do you get all this Mario art?

I would love to have a new 2D iteration of any of those games but then again thats probably just the nostalgia talking (regardless NSMB for the DS Rocked so hard)

For Zelda i think they need to have the balls to have a story that doesnt involve Ganon (and do it better than MM, good game but couldve been better) but still be as epic. When i first started TP i thought that they might actually leave Ganon out of it and have Zant be the Villain, which i think wouldve made a better story if they took it in a little different direction at the end, but no Zant is just a puppet to Ganon at least they couldve made Zant be Ganon which IMO wouldve still been better.

For Mario where do you go after Space? Bowser was quite successful in conquering the Galaxy what if he applied his strategy to taking over Sub-Con (Bowser Vs Wart! :D)or i dont know the Whole Mario World? (SMW2!)

Just like everyone else though i have to admit i was really excited to Wii ware to come out cause i envisioned Nintendo using it to give us some sweet games like SMB4 (i know technically SMW is SMB4) to build on older retro games like Capcom is doing with MegaMan 9.

I couldn't agree with everyone else more, but, lets face a fact on Zelda

Zelda, Link and Ganon are the main central point of the game. But truly, a game where link decides what to do a la Fable would be awesome, either he sets to the evil (make it he want to posses the whole power or be under Ganon command) or keeps on being good.

Also, a good spinoff for the history would be that the history repeats itself, but this time there is no hero of time to rescue the day (mostly like what happened on TP but this time there is no one to stop Ganon) and Ganon controls it all. He finds a way to stop the loop and not let the gods bring the hero. So there is a resistance formed to confront Ganon and need to go to the temples to raise the seal and let a Hero be born. You can choose between a Goron, a Zora and a Hylian, each with unique abilities, weapons and styles...... mmmmmmm, now I know what 'll do once I recieve my degree on videogame developer!!!!!!

Don't know, something like this would be pretty awesome

I'm actually most concerned about the Pokemon franchise. There was a big jump from RBY to GSC, and a similar change of formula hasn't happened yet. I'd love to see a real-time main series game or even just a game that takes place between RBY and GSC's generations, as they're the only ones that have a definite prequel-sequel relationship.

I hate to contradict the writer, because I'd love to see where Nintendo would go with most of these franchises, but to myself (and the competitive community) the three Smash Bros games are not actually all that similar. The competitive scene was salivating over the thought of Brawl for about a year, but after it was released, the reality sank in: it's not nearly as competitive. Everything they changed seems to be geared towards casual play - Sakurai admitted it himself in an interview. The "slow" feel of the game, the lack of combo-able moves... everything makes for a more boring match than Melee. I'd love to see the Smash team try something with more tournament potential.

Very well presented. With the fumbling steps DK has taken since the departure of Rare, i would really like to see them do more in the vein of Jungle Beat. Non-traditional platforming in 2D, 3D, or 2.5D would work out well

They should do a proper Metroid V for DS, and then work on re-booting the series again for a post-Prime world. samfish's idea seemed neat

Smash Bros should stay Smash Bros, but they have a long way to go in terms of little jumps forward that need done. A functional online mode and a deeper story mode would make an adequate sequel easily.

Zelda should go first person, or at least over-the-shoulder, for its next big leap, if only to enable 1:1 play for the Wii version. The dungeon formula works, so stick with it, but ramp up the difficulty somewhat, and don't go for the "Dark and edgy" thing they tried with Twilight Princess. Zelda needs heart.

And i think Mario should go back to the mushroom kingdom. A semi-linear game like Mario 3, but fully 3D like Galaxy with the same set of moves he had in Super Mario World (spin, run, grab, jump). A game with more focus on being-score based, but still on the large, beautiful scale that they nailed with Galaxy. And i say regress because you're right. Unless they do Super Mario Universe, he can't really go anywhere. So they should do the unexpected: Go back

Where's Kirby?? I miss that little fluff ball... Would be nice to hack away at Kirby in a 3D Miniature Golf game with awesome multiplayer ala Kirby's Dream Course...

where the hell is Star Fox!!?? im still waitin on a freakin regular flying shooting start fox game, not that dinosaur crap on the gamecube.

What IS beyond Mario? He's gone to space, through time, to the Underworld and back (I'm counting Paper Mario here)...

Dang. There's nothing left but disappointment.

As far as Zelda goes, I think that they need to put out a console game that breaks the story. A Majora's Mask or Link's Awakening of sorts. They've done the major Zelda game for this console--the one that follows the typical Zelda/Mario storyline (yeah, both of them are pretty much the same overall). Now they should do the deviant.

Of course, they just sort-of did that with Phantom Hourglass, but it was still a "Save Zelda from baddies!" at heart. I want something totally different. Let's have a non-oceanic game, though, please.

Analogies are no longer on the SAT, unfortunately. I'm actually good at them.

Iam new to the whole forum thing, but I just wont to say that in almost every form of gaming development it's mostly the fans who have most of the greatest ideas. Just look at some of the fan made games most recentlly the two Metroids.

I know I have no place, what so ever for making this suggestion. But I feel that if by any chance Nitendo do release a remake of metroid II. They should have a very clever story, that would convince the player as to why the main character would revisit this chapter in her life.

One of my Ideas was to create such a sinerio were Samus has finally been captrued by The Space Pirates, along with several other bounty hunters including at lease one from Metroid Prime Hunters. During Samus captivity she and the others are brought to a planet that is simiar in apperance to SR388. Seenig this cause Samus to remeber her first time to that fatfual planet, thus leading to the opening of the game. To Make things simple your playing a memory of samus. At the end of the game she wakes from her day-dream and thus setting the beginnig of Metroid Dread or some other futrue Metroid game, that is chronologiclly after Metroid II.

What do you think about that Idea? Perhaps it’s a little wierd right, but it’s worth a shot.

I think Pokemon is a lot more of a classic than Smash Bros ._.