As a fan of anything Nintendo, it was wonderful to hear the news of Earthbound releasing for Wii U VC this year. If the sales numbers are positive (I assume so) do you think Nintendo is testing the waters for the Earthbound/ Mother franchise for the US and Europe? Imagine Super Smash Bros, Kid Icarus Uprising creator, Masahiro Sakurai's Team Sora taking the helm for a new Earthbound for Wii U or 3DS! O_o
Heh, I hope not. Sakurai takes years to make his games. If he made Earthbound games, people would complain. They'd also complain about Super Smash Bros. 5 taking too long to make, etc etc.
I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.
I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.
I hate bringing this up, but it'll come up anyway. Sakurai said Melee wouldn't get a sequel, but hey, Brawl exists, and he's making a fourth SSB as we speak.
Heh. Heh. Like I said. Anything can happen.
Let's not forget Kid Icarus. Who would've thought that that series would get such a major rejuvenation as it did?
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I think Itoi is warming up to the idea a bit more, due to the EB hype he's been generating, but I don't see it happening in the near future.
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Itoi did mention that he wanted to see a new Mother game made, so it's not impossible for us to get a new game. Not that it's likely at all, but as you said, anything could happen and the franchise can go on without Itoi.
@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).
Well Mother 4 may happen if there were still some loose ends after 3.
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@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).
Iwata did that with Brawl, too.
If he didn't abandon Nintendo because of that then I don't see why he would do it with this one
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I've recommended in a few threads that Nintendo should actively promote nostalgic RPGs in the eShop - perhaps this will show how much interest there is in those. I'd play ChronoTrigger again...
@3Dash However, the fourth game was kind of forced onto Sakurai by Iwata. He was completely taken off guard by that announcement himself. For all we know, he may be harbouring quite a bit of ill will after that (he might not renew his contract with Nintendo).
Iwata did that with Brawl, too.
If he didn't abandon Nintendo because of that then I don't see why he would do it with this one
Not to mention he didn't force Sakurai to be lead developer on the games. According to Sakurai, for Smash 4 at least, he asked him immediately after the announcement if he wanted the job. It would have happened rather he accepted the request or not, it just would have taken longer to find his replacement, and why would he hand his system-selling baby to someone else? Nintendo owns Smash Bros., not Sakurai. It will exist with or without him. It's safe to say that, like Mario Kart, every future Nintendo console will have a SSB entry.
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