Top 5 Third Party Versions of Nintendo Franchises (That Would Kick Ass)

"So, Other M happened, we've all witnessed it. Some liked it, some didn't, even though the latter mostly liked Halo: Reach so I find myself dumbfounded when it comes to taking their opinion seriously (Less subtle: Other M is awesome). Back to the main point though... Did you ever wonder how some of the Nintendo franchises would look like if they were to be redone by a third party developer? Sure you did. Well, hop inside for a small list of games that, if released, would be classified as hazardous because they'd be able to blow your brains out."

[darkcharizard]

Pokemon by Blizzard Entertainment... now that's a game I'd look forward too!

[smoothdude]

Great article. It now has me thinking!!

[qface64]

i honestly wouldn't want any of those

[Tony P]

The middle three are interesting thoughts, but tbh farming out Japanese franchises to Western devs hasn't worked well at all.

Also, I don't really care to have Team Ninja make a LoZ. It'd have action-packed battles, sure. But gore? Dismemberment? There's no real benefit to adding *any* of that. No one plays LoZ for the depth of the combat. That's not what the game is about.

If I had to choose a better Zelda dev, it would probably be Level-5.

[the_Predator]

The idea wasn't to have blood and gore. Other M didn't have that in case you missed it. The idea is to have better combat and a more fleshed out, different approach to the story, again similar to Other M.

[Tony P]

He sure made it sound like that was a part of the idea:

"Link would finally expand his hobby of stabbing people in the forehead with the obligatory set of finishing moves involving various flavors of impalement and decapitation (violence is bad)."

And I also take issue with characterizing Team Ninja's approach to storytelling as some kind of dynamic event. It's just mission->cutscene->repea t, especially in the case of his example Ninja Gaiden.

I just don't see how LoZ benefits from basically donning Ninja Gaiden's clothes.

[the_Predator]

Him = Me

So... :P

[Tony P]

I thought that might be the case.

Maybe if Ninja Theory can make a decent DmC, I can say at least one Western dev got it right.

LoZ: Sigma? I still can't see it...

[kesvalk]

tony P, retro studios want to have a word with you...

[Tony P]

Oh, sure Retro. Bang up work.

They can be the exception to the rule. Everyone else has to prove themselves thanks to studios like GRIN and Double Helix. If they want to have a word with me, I hope that word is "sorry".

[THE MAX SPEED 21]

StarFox X BioWare. Make it happen. the star fox universe needs to expand.

[EYEamNUMBER1]

meh i wouldn't like a star fox that's nothing but ground missions that's the only vibe i get from a bioware starfox

[Loadedklip]

Bioware would make a good RPG around the Star Fox universe but I think we are all dying to see a TRUE Star Fox game already.

I vote for Treasure. But give them a big budget to make it happen.
Sin N Punishment was awesome.

[DrRobotnik]

..pure awesome.

[fatstarr]

one of the cart wheels will have 1 billion polygons.. lol

[kesvalk]

and you will have 10 types of the same kart

the kart GT, kart RX, kart nismo series and so on...

[the_Predator]

It's interesting looking at the people who agree / disagree... People are really torn on this subject, but I suppose that's how it is. Please note that while the article is written in a humorous / satirical manner, the couplings are all meant serious.

[SexyPrawns]

Naughty Dog does Mario
Team Ico does Zelda
Sony Santa Monica does Metroid

Do we really NEED anyone at Nintendo without the last name Miyamoto?

Disagree all you want. You KNOW Team Ico would make the Zelda team piss themselves.

[Loadedklip]

1st thing ... Eiji Aonuma would like a word with you as to who has been responsible for the Zelda games in the last decade.

and 2nd ... I love Ico ... think Shadow is great. Team Ico's best games ... still are not as good as the best Zelda games. Nothing to be ashamed of that, there aren't many games better than the best Zelda games.

So before you talk crap about how Team Ico is better than the Nintendo EAD Zelda team, realize that neither Shadow nor Ico have had the reviews nor the critical acclaim the Zelda series has had. ... oh and they don't age as well either. Go back and play them now to see what I mean.

[tunaks1]

"Do we really NEED anyone at Nintendo without the last name Miyamoto? "

Completly ignored the director of 3d zeldas,
All of retros staff,
all of Project Sora's staff,
Sakamoto,

and as a whole every nintendo employee involved in developing games.

[SexyPrawns]

Blizzard doing Pokemon = MASSIVE WIN!!!

Team Ninja on Zelda? No. Team Ico or Platinum. (The Platinum team made Okami when they were Clover.)

Team Ico would make Zelda fans out of everyone!

[Loadedklip]

Zelda - Team Ico/Platinuum Games co developed (have Team Ico handle the scale,story and graphics, Platinuum handle the core gameplay and combat)

Mario - Naughty Dog I guess (for PURE platforming ... I don't think there is a another studio that actually does this well anymore which is what makes Mario games even more special today)

Metroid - Rocksteady (Batman AA plays pretty much like Metroid so Rocksteady is the PERFECT pick)

Pokemon - Bioware

Smash Bros - Capcom (easy pick here)

Pikmin - Valhalla Games (former Team Ninja head Tomonobu Itagak aka crater face has stated many times before that he loves the Pikmin franchise and thinks he can make it even better if he were in charge of a sequel ... so picking his new team since he seems to truly believe he can improve on it)

[tunaks1]

I would like to see some devs behind dead space to collaborate on the metroid franchise.

[Relientk77]

Atlus is amazing

[kesvalk]

i would want to see how a team ninja zelda would work...

and they are wrong, blizzard would expand the number of diferent game version to 3, make the combat completely deep and dificult to master, but alas, irelevant, and make you pay 30 bucks, montly to pay the offline version...