This week on Sessler's ...Something, Adam ponders Nintendo's recent announcements of the 2DS, and the surprising news that Wind Waker HD will release on the eShop two weeks ahead of its retail release. Will Microsoft and Sony adopt a similar practice?
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "10 years. It’s been almost 10 years since the last mainline release in the Mario Kart series. Mario Kart 8 came out for the Wii U in 2014 and became the best-selling game for the system by a sizeable margin, and later pulled the same magic trick on the Nintendo Switch under the stage name Deluxe. All in all, it's sold nearly 70 million copies over the last decade and is still selling like hot cakes to this day, so it’s no wonder Nintendo has been in no rush to replace it. However, with rumors of a new system being just around the corner, and reports a few years back that a new Mario Kart is indeed under way, it seems the era of 8 might very well be drawing to a close. It’s an exciting prospect to be sure, but after two Nintendo systems with Mario Kart 8 at their heart, a lot of questions remain about how Nintendo will choose to follow it up."
I hope they just keep building on Mario Kart 8; Add a track-creation tool, and probably open it up to more Nintendo IPs with new tracks and characters, so Metroid, Punch Out, Starfox, Animal Crossing, etc etc.
there wont be a new one until the switch 2 comes out.
nintendo needs their bangers early on
With the server shutdown for Nintendo Wii U and 3DS, TSA say goodbye to the small communities and remember the times spent online with these consoles.
Thanks to the modding scene... people can still take their 3ds/WiiU online.
https://youtu.be/HhXIp7n3ki...
Nintendo needs a new 1st party ip.
its sad we still haven't had hd zelda but is that what we look forward to? a hd version of a 20 year old game? I hear they have a new ip in the works...and I know imma get alot of disagrees.
its not that I hate Nintendo, its just I feel they've had a pass for no new 1st party AAA ip since pikman..a N64 title..smh. really they are lacking and its an issue. we as gamers go hard in sony/MS about new ip's, but not on Nintendo....why is that?
I mean i see people saying let god of war go....(me included) or gears of war has run its corse. but these games are babies compared to mario,zelda,metriod,pokemon,ki rby. no matter how great they are they are stale and some are over 20years old.
im not saying to stop making them.....im saying stop piggybacking them and make some new sh*t.
For those who want to know what Sessler's Caligula reference was about, well it was a shot. Caligulas descent into madness was accompanied by one sided conversations with the moon. As things became worse the conversations became more frequent (and frightening), along with the execution of any who didn't share his delirium (or his personal views). Things finally culminated with him (Caligula) getting freaky with his horse.
So if you're a PS fan please, let Adam know exactly how you feel about being labeled as an insane, homicidal horse #@%#er.
Edit: I really can't believe he just said that. *smh*
I do find it a little odd how people always gripe about Nintendo not coming out with new IP's but will have no issues lining up for Halo 5, God of War 12, Uncharted 43 or Gran Turismo 607.
If the games sucked, then I could understand. But games like Mario and Zelda are constantly in the conversation for GOTY, so clearly they are doing something right.
Not to mention that games like F-Zero, Star Fox and Pikmin are hardly considered rehashed IPS. Considering we haven't seen a new game in the Star Fox or F-Zero universe in forever, and the last iterations of each of these games were on the Gamecube.
To be fair what nintendo is doing with Wind Waker HD is really smart. Wanna battle used games? Sell the digital version 2 weeks ahead of the disc version. I expect to see this adopted by Sony and MS soon.
Adam's right: the push for digital content sales should start by showing a clear advantage in getting it over a physical copy, whether it be early release or just being cheaper. Sony did the reduced price thing with Vita games, but the expensive memory cards kind of defeated the purpose of it.
Nintendo did say that they aren't implying this decision for early digital release with Wind Waker HD to be a trend for them in the future, but I do hope that this move gets the attention of other digital distribution services to give a little more of a boost to digital over physical releases. As Adam said, this could be a "game-changer."