Nintendo Direct - A Link to the Past 2?

[Icemage]

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I agree, but at the same time, between Mario, Zelda, DK, Pokémon, Kirby, Yoshi, Animal Crossing, and, as of recently, Pikmin and Fire Emblem . . .

. . . I don't think Nintendo's exactly wanting of "pillars" to express fresh new ideas with. Creating yet another new "pillar" IP, even ignoring the risk involved that cynical corporate-types just love to avoid, yet yields diminishing returns when you already have roughly a dozen or so you can simply cycle through. I mean, in addition to the franchises I listed, there's really nothing stopping them from turning around and making another Metroid, Star Fox, or (again) Kid Icarus, and I don't think we can exactly ignore the rise of Professor Layton as a property, either.

Nintendo does have a good stable of "pillar" IPs to draw from, but for a company that prides itself on surprising its customers and is obviously very creative, it's odd that they keep such tight reins on their developers.

Also, I don't think Layton is a Nintendo IP. Doesn't Level-5 control the IP, and they're just comfortable with the series being on Nintendo platforms as being a good fit for the series?


Icemage

[Malacite]

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EDIT: Wrong thread, not sure how that happened lol...

[Yellow Mage]

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Also, I don't think Layton is a Nintendo IP. Doesn't Level-5 control the IP, and they're just comfortable with the series being on Nintendo platforms as being a good fit for the series?

You would be correct. I had mistakenly assumed that Level-5 was a 2nd party similar to Game Freak. My bad.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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That said, on a personal level, I do wish for more than the usual endless parade of Mario/Zelda/etc. It's not like Nintendo doesn't produce new IP from time to time, but it has been a very, very long time since they've created a new "pillar" IP. Whether that's due to the fanbase or Nintendo themselves, however, I have no idea. At least they're revisiting Pikmin, so baby steps I guess?

Actually, if they'd just reduce the glut of Mario spin-offs like the Party, Kart and Sports games - perhaps giving other IPs some room to play with those ideas. Its not like Mario is starved for attention with 2D platformers, 3D platformers and two flavors RPGs. Bringing back Luigi's Mansion and Yoshi's Island, by contrast, is much a much more refreshing change of pace.

To their credit, though, Fire Emblem is getting more love with its crossover with SMT and Monolith Soft's take on the Xeno franchise under Nintendo is a newer IP. Pushmo, Sakura Samurai, Crashmo and Harmoknight are fantastic new IPs on the downloadable front - though I'm rather baffled why we just got a second Dillon game when the first was nothing to write home about, but maybe its better.

And just to add, the 3DS downloadable video of the new Zelda is gorgeous, especially when they show the conceptual boss fight (the old centipede boss for this video) and you can still see everything gaind on a few floors below it. Some fans have already mocked up parts of the overworld map from this game and LTTP to show similar areas in this new game.