Austrian mook posted:

I don't know about you guys, but I'm excited to see new things be done with Nintendo IP's. Really great stuff has been made when they get looser about this sort of stuff, like Prime or Mario RPG. Yeah the design is stupid and dumb but I think this could be a fun little game, although I'm trying to temper my expectations as much as is possible.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

I have no problem with them branching out their IP, I just wish they'd make better choices. I mean, why does Tecmo-Koei get the pick of all these IPs?

Elliotw2 posted:

Nintendo throws their ips around every so often and sees what sticks. They had the Phillips games, then Namco and Sega on the Gamecube, Capcom doing handheld stuff through the GBA. It's just one of their quirks.

Quest For Glory II posted:

It's possible they're the biggest company that is willing to work with Nintendo, given the dismal sales of Wii U. If it was 3DS, maybe they find someone bigger to collaborate with. Don't forget Namco is handling Smash Bros though.

deadwing posted:

For some reason I think any company would be willing to partner with Nintendo if Nintendo gives them the cash for development, it's not like working with Nintendo is something done out of sheer charity.

Policenaut posted:

I don't really see why it's so ridiculous to make Hyrule Warriors.

Nintendo needs a lot more of their franchises represented on Wii U to get people buying into it, but the real Zelda is probably a year or two away, so here's Tecmo Koei and Omega Force (who make games that sell a lot and have a wide appeal for cheap) to make a weird spinoff that gets people's attention and might help convince some people to buy a Wii U and bring in a larger audience that might not have considered the Warriors brand before. Tecmo Koei gets to kick dirt in Capcom's face and work with a AAA franchise, which (if they do a good job and sell a lot) can use to convince other companies to work with them. Nintendo gets to have a Zelda game out on the Wii U to keep the fans at bay. No one's spending a lot of money on it!

It seems pretty win-win to me. Tecmo Koei's already saying that they're "in talks" with other "big name" companies who want the Warriors treatment, so they're obviously doing something right.

Quest For Glory II posted:

They should work with a studio whose games make money, really. Maybe Ubisoft will still work with them, that bond isn't completely shattered. I have no idea what Ubisoft would bring to a Nintendo IP but they'd probably be able to make a good profit. Combine Nintendo IP with the UbiArts team from Rayman Legends.

Quest For Glory II posted:

They should work with a studio whose games make money, really. Maybe Ubisoft will still work with them, that bond isn't completely shattered. I have no idea what Ubisoft would bring to a Nintendo IP but they'd probably be able to make a good profit. Combine Nintendo IP with the UbiArts team from Rayman Legends.

Supercar Gautier posted:

The Ubi Art framework would be so neat to pair with certain Nintendo franchises. Imagine a 2D Metroid with HD painted graphics-- something like Transistor's look, but not isometric.

Elliotw2 posted:

Got it, people should only make and play games you like, and it's a bad thing to let your ip be made in the style of a very popular series.

Elliotw2 posted:

Got it, people should only make and play games you like, and it's a bad thing to let your ip be made in the style of a very popular series.

"Gematsu Dot Com posted:

Building upon leaked details from this week’s issue of Famitsu, the magazine has published an online preview of Hyrule Warriors, the Tecmo Koei and Nintendo collaboration that sees the former’s Dynasty Warriors gameplay motifs transplanted into the latter’s world of The Legend of Zelda.

The game’s storyline revolves around Hyrule once again being besieged by evil forces, with Princess Zelda invariably ending up imprisoned and in need of rescuing. At the center of this trouble is Shia, a witch who was once tasked with maintaining the balance of the Triforce. Although once a good person, Shia came to harbor affections for a hero, which in turn transformed into jealousy towards Zelda for being able to be with him.

Eventually, Shia finds her mind hijacked by the thoughts of an evil being that was once sealed away, leading her to bring disaster to the kingdom. The hero she fell for, as it turns out, is Link, and she now stands in opposition to him with comrades Valga and Wiz at her side, setting into motion another conflict with Hyrule at its epicenter.

Link, meanwhile, is described to be a soldier in training in this game. As is to be expected, he’s tasked with wading his way through Shia and her minions in order to get to Zelda and rescue her. While gray armor is normally what soldiers within Hyrule don, he gets his iconic green garb after Impa gives it to him, sensing a special power emanating from it in response to him.

Gameplay-wise, it’s said to play largely similarly to Tecmo Koei’s previous Dynasty Warriors games in that players will be taking on hordes of enemies all at once, with elements from The Legend of Zelda also included. Z-Targeting is the only specific example mentioned for the time being, which will enable Link to fight enemies one-on-one as is the case in other Legend of Zelda games.

Hyrule Warriors is due out for Wii U on August 14 in Japan, with a 2014 release planned for North America and Europe.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Just to reiterate: I don't like musou games, people shouldn't make them, top-tier developers with the world at their disposal shouldn't commission them, everything is hosed, everybody sucks. -Fred Durst, 1997-2000

The Taint Reaper posted:

Should have given the Zelda License to Bethesda IMO.

Spectacle Rock posted:

This is the best translation I've heard so far from the Famitsu magazine. Has some details I haven't seen posted here yet.


From here: http://gematsu.com/2014/05/hyrule-warriors-story-detailed-new-screenshots

Kewpuh posted:

What the gently caress does it really take 6+ months to do translation or whatever surely the story can't be that goddamned huge

romanowski posted:

please don't troll

ArmyOfMidgets posted:

It says it's coming on the same year in NA, so that's less than five months.

The Taint Reaper posted:

Should have given the Zelda License to Bethesda IMO.

Austrian mook posted:

The last thing Zelda games need is a more boring setting and shittier combat

Mercury Crusader posted:

Except Dynasty Warriors games are occasionally fun and actually function on consoles.

The Taint Reaper posted:

This is what the dynasty warriors games are though.

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

You've got to be loving joking.
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/05/exclusive_lost_wii_game_sadness_to_be_revived_as_wii_u_exclusive

quote:

Partial Sadness IP rights owner and Blooper Team CEO Piotr Babieno - who inherited a portion of the IP from his former days at Nibris - told Eurogamer, "I can confirm [to] you that [the] Sadness IP wasn't for sale."

"They contacted me after publication about 'Sadness' resurrection,'" Babieno said of HullBreach Studios and Cthulhi Games' wishful announcement yesterday. The partial IP-owner noted that he's not been involved in any negotiations regarding selling the property.

Hullbreach's Randy Freer told NintendoLife that the IP is for sale, but there's a bidding war for it that the two small indie teams can't compete with. "The Sadness IP is in the hands of a consortium with four studios currently fighting for the bid, and that while we at HullBreach and Cthulhi would like to make a competing bid and secure rights to Sadness, unfortunately we cannot at this time," Freer explained. "Sorry to fans for any inconvenience."

PaletteSwappedNinja posted: