Miyamoto admits Nintendo needs new characters

@False

Itoi said he's not making another Mother game, and I get the feeling Nintendo's glad he's not.

@PantsParty

Nope, still not mature enough yet. You need eight more years.

@PantsParty

"Maybe he should take into account I'm not 8 anymore.

Something more mature?"


I used to think like this. Then I turned 18.

That was 8 years ago.

@PantsParty

Helll no. Im nearly 27 and i love the Mario games :D

@Rupee

They came out with a Tingle game and it was actually pretty fun. But I'm sure it sold like crap.

@thedisagree Every day that goes by without a new console F-Zero is depressing. F-Zero GX was my favorite game of last generation, so I'm really hungry for more F-Zero; however, with my unrealistic hope, I'm always considering the thought of Nintendo saving this franchise to be released on the Wii HD (if that happens). JUST IMAGINE THE BLUE FALCON IN HD.

Wave Race and F Zero X were probably the two games with the longest hours clocked on my N64. F Zero GX looked amazing, and I think that a new F Zero would work brilliantly.

"JUST IMAGINE THE BLUE FALCON IN HD."


These days, it seems the more different games I play the less I care about whether a game is running at a particular vertical resolution. GX wouldn't have been any better than it is, had it been 1080p. HD is a boring visual tech spec, a number compared to something like the jump from 2D to 3D which was a real revolution, or great graphic design which has infinitely more impact than pixel count could ever hope to have, even at low resolutions.

I just don't give a crap, and seeing people rave like that over something as mundane as a video setting just seems weird to me lately.

@bm111 I agree video resolution is not a big deal. I play Wii on my 'full HD' (plus a bit) computer monitor. The resolution is fine. Sure it could be sharper, but it's basically the same as DVDs and they look fine.

BUT people use 'HD' as shorthand for better graphics, not just the resolution (which is not really that much higher when it comes to actual gameplay rather than text overlays etc - on the best-looking PS3/60 games, often around 600p).

I don't care that much about the resolution but it would definitely be nice if when I walked close to something it didn't get blocky, if things didn't fade out in the distance, if the lighting was more dramatic (including self-shadowing etc), if trees in the background were made out of more than 4 obvious polygons, if there were more fancy depth-of-field effects etc. Obviously this applies mostly to realistic games. Mario Galaxy and the like look awesome regardless because they've designed it perfectly, but for something like F-Zero, yes fancy graphics would be nice.

I like Wii and don't own the other systems, but I'm not going to pretend I wouldn't like it even better if it had graphics like the other two. I'll be excited - with most other people - if their next system has PS3/60 level graphics. And if they announce some nice first-party games to show it off, like a new F-Zero. (They better make it easier than GX, though; that game was ridiculous hard.)

@ckeeler

I once had a pet Malaysian Golden Gecko that I named Geno. Yes it was because of the game.

@Karate Tortoise
I would hesitate to say F-Zero is dead, but Earhbound... yeah, don't hold your breath.

@Karate Tortoise

Can a series be dead if a sequal was released within the last couple of years? Because mother 3 (earthbound was mother 2) came out in japan.

I would hesitate to say any recent franchise is dead. F Zero hasn't died yet, and Nintendo have a way of reviving franchises. Certainly looked like Kid Icarus had died, and same for Donkey Kong Country games.

@Karate Tortoise

There's a reason those games are in that pile, though. Nintendo never really tried to make them big. F-Zero got that anime, but the writing was on the wall after how GX sold. Mother 2 was the only mother game that they really tried to pitch (localized at all)

@(Unverified) If we're giving bigger roles to Mario villains, then Fawful gets dibs, because HE HAS FURY!

@False

No, Wart has dibs because we've SEEN Fawful recently. Where has Wart been since his Link's Awakening cameo?

@DjiegoMoz YES! I'm tempted to get Sega All-Star Racing just because Ristar has a cameo on the Metal Sonic DLC!
Ristar >>>>>>> Sonic.