Stevo writes: "I hate to be the pessimist in the room (and judging by our views, the only one in the room), but with the announcements last week that Ubisoft's Rayman Legends and Team Ninja/Tecmo Koei's Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge will both be making their ways to the PS3 and Xbox 360 later in the year, it's not a good sign for the Wii U."
Ubisoft barely have a leg to stand on lately, so do they need to crack open the vaults and return platforming royalty to glory for some goodwill?
We need Rayman 4, they could make a great platformer game if they wanted. With the open hub levels and the like.
Better than relying on Rabbids and Assassins Creed all the time
Yes..but I am sure it won't be the Rayman game fans want. Not from the company that is Ubisoft today.
Ancel is retired from games. His hoodlum/rabbid team are doing their own thing. It would not be the same if Ubisoft did.
Experience points, skill trees to fill up, level gating, endless menial tasks and side quests, constantly scrounging for resources. Always having to upgrade your gear. A.KA. "The Ubisoft effect".
No thanks, don't ruin Rayman's legacy.
A decade on from Rayman Legends' release, it remains a near perfect platformer, so what happened to Rayman? Will we ever see another sequel?
Rayman Legends made its debut 10 years ago today, and has been launched on nearly every gaming platform since.
Too bad Ubisoft only cares about live service games now. Maybe one day they'll make a new Rayman game.
Great games.. would be cool to get qn Origins remaster at least..I know that many of the levels are in Legends, but still
No. Losing two "next gen" games which could have been done on current consoles is not bad news for Nintendo.
Not being able to play titles on the Next Box and PS4 will be if such happens.
you're not being a pessimist. The truth of the matter is that this is a business. If you were running a company and you received the news that your competitors are making big moves and even plan an unexpected conference to show off what could possibly be the next big thing, you too would be sweating. Nintendo made that recent online direct conference out of desperation. You can't fool these game companies. After all why release a game on the Wii U when they can go multiplatform and bring in more cash. Plus at this point in the game, Sony and Microsoft are playing mind games with Nintendo and the rest of us with out even showing anything. That's how next-gen works and Nintendo appears to be last gen's/current gen Sony. Right now, Nintendo needs to focus on what has worked for them in the past... a price drop, a big apology to its fans, and first party games. True Nintendo fans will keep the Wii U alive, but allowing a greater part of 2013 to go by without something major for the Wii U is pathetic all around.
I'm sorry, but with 2 new consoles on their way that are boasting games like The Witcher 3 (larger than Skyrim, no load times), Watch Dogs, MGS: Ground Zeroes, Dark Souls 2, and each has their very own exclusives to boot, its really not looking great for the Wii U. In addition, I am beginning to notice a lot of gamers are growing up...
I never, ever imagined SEGA to be just a software publisher, but look at them now. I hope that Nintendo keeps going tough and perhaps their first party titles will assist them (Mario, Zelda). I think they will, but will it be enough...? I seriously doubt it...Because the Nintendo Wii U is now very similar to the Wii in the regard it is already outdated.
Nintendo will show a slew of NEXTGEN games at E3 end of mostly built on Retro/Nintendo's new GameEngine.
Beyonetta and X are obviously using it.
this is no big deal, though these are great titles, but not make or break titles for nintendo, if it were zelda and metroid, then i would be real worried. but nintendo owns the rights to bayonetta two, and the wonderful 101, and those two are staying with nintendo, just like platnuim games stated. with these two games, zelda wind waker, mario, mario kart, the monolith game, nintendo has nothing to worry about, just another sony and microsoft doom and gloom story. i am getting so tired of these.