TIME has outed the existence of three Nintendo games coming from Shigeru Miyamoto ahead of the company's Digital Event today.
It now seems that the entire project is in limbo. Speaking to Time, Shigeru Miyamoto said:
"Project Giant Robot was something we started as a second project, and unfortunately we haven't yet decided to turn that into a full game."
"...which features massive robots which can be customised for motion-controlled battles"
The reason is obvious; motion controls in gaming are awful gimmicks that ruin the actual gameplay. The Wii console and its games were a great illustration of that fact. Kinect is another example.
They probably finally realized that the game would have bombed hard, had they continued to throw away money on it. Although the project was clearly intended to show the value of the gamepad, in the end, it would have failed to make any difference in the Wii U's decline.
Nintendo has re-revealed its Wii U game Project Guard, first announced at E3 2014, as Star Fox Guard. It will be included free with Star Fox Zero when it launches in North America and Europe on April 22.
If anyone would know that, it’s Platinum Games. Whether it’s Bayonetta or even Anarchy Reigns, the studio has churned out a string of original titles over the past decade. That isn’t easy.
In the most recent Weekly Famitsu, the magazine celebrates the studio’s tenth year anniversary. Platinum Games talks about how things have changed over the past decade as it went from a staff of 60 to its current 180 or so, tripling in size.
“We used to have the idea that we wanted to be a studio that only made 100 percent original games,” Platinum Games CEO Tatsuya Minami told Famitsu. “However, it turns out that only doing that is considerably difficult, and so now we take on various work.”
Stick to making new IP's and then pepper your offerings with the occasional sequel. You guys are pretty great. Keep it up. I cant wait for Scalebound.
Only one who arent given them a chance to make original titles is Activision. Legend of Korra, Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Hey Platinum, After you guys release TMNT you should look into getting the license and making a proper Godzilla game! The one that released on PS4 was an abomination! We NEED a proper Godzilla title and I think you guys would kill it!
Time To Buy A Wii U
Nintendo already win this E3 by default. Called it.
Star fox itself looks like a tech demo more than a full game. Falco looks like he does in the 3ds remake of 64. I'll wait and see if any of this is actually announced as being "new games" because they all look like something Nintendo whooped up in a few months to prove the gamepads relevance.
I'm going to cry. Star Fox this is going to be great!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually don't have words for this right now
Gonna go cry tears of joy