Topic: Buy Any NPC Games? Stop It!

This makes no sense.
I know Mario and Zelda aren't coming soon, I already said that.
Those aren't Nintendo's only franchises, you know...

People say "Hey how can you expect anything else, we already got Mario and Zelda" and I'm like "Yeah great, what about the 15 other franchises" lol

As for third parties, that's great.
I have more third-party games than first party games.
That still has nothing to do with Nintendo not properly supporting its console.

Please don't tell me you want more?
This is a "only if this happens" kind of thing, right?

Okay, after rereading what you said; I agree. In fact, I am looking forward to SnP2 and Wii Sports Resort (shocker)

Should mention that I will buy NPC games that I have not owned, with the exception of MP1 just for consistency, but as I said before I will buy them that I feel warrents the use of the Wii-Mote. Like Luigi's Mansion, it used a lot of pointer controls (assuming from watching some videos), and that will be nice for the Wii-Mote. Another game, that is already out, is Pikmin. That is one that benefits the use of the Wii-mote except I don't care much for strategy games that much. What I am saying is if these games are made to be for the Wii then I might grab them.

Besides, these games are NOT going to ruin the chances of new titles; games like Wii Music are the real reason.

@AlexSays- So I want to first state that I love me my new games. But I want you to chew on the following thought (yum): Let's start by assuming that these NPC games don't affect the likelihood of new games coming out. I know, don't assume, but this seems questionable to me. These games seem more like they are buying time while making Nintendo look like its releasing stuff. The alternative? Nintendo quite possibly releases nothing. Hopefully we can appreciate that they are releasing these for those who want them even if some choose to pass and can wait for the new games that we want. Ending note: I predict Pikmin 3 by the end of the year. You heard it here first.

Until it comes out, I can't say for sure, but IGN says Punch-Out Wii is more a remake than a new game. Of course, this is with really great graphics, plus new controls, plus it's been a very long time since the last Punch-Out, so if this is true, it's not so bad. Still, I'll stick to the VC.
Sin & Punishment is being developed by Treasure, not Nintendo, who is only publishing it and not very involved. I'm very excited about the game, but Treasure is the company to thank for it since it's their series. Of the Wii games announced for this year, S&P2 looks the best.

The reason I would/will buy the NPC games is because I never had them on the cube. WHen the game cube was around I was on a hiatus from games, unless they were on the PC, which I spent a lot of time on.

Looking back, I personally only owned 2 maybe 3 games, Wolverine's Revenge, Rogue Squadron 3, and I'm forgetting what the 3rd was, if there was one.

Now, because the Wii plays Cube games, I own:
MGS:TS
Ikaruga (stole my brothers copy, or as I say, traded Pikman 2 for it)
SNK vs EO (got it for free)
Eternal Darkness Sanity Requiem
LoZ:Wind Waker
and Orcanrina of time, gamecube edition

My brother was the Cube and PS2 player, so we still had the classics like SSBM, Ikaruga, Pikman, Viewtiful Joe, Soul Calibur II, Metroid Prime and so on, and getting him to get off that, when he was playing something, was like prying money out of Scrooge McDuck's hand.

Point being is, I never got around to playing those games that are going to be NPCs, and I would rather buy them, like the Metroid games, with Wiimote controls, then track them down at the local game stores.

So for me, the NPCs are a welcome addition the the Wii catalogue

I intend to buy 'em all. Show that all their older franchises and titles are suported still.

I'll probably buy them eventually, but that is because I like collecting video games.

Only the Metroid Primes and Pikmin
ever since I started using the Wii remote I cant go back to analog sticks

Well I'll buy 'em if I'm interested because given a choice I don't want to use a Gamecube pad and hunt down some 2nd hand Gamecube game. I got Pikmin; nice game. I'd buy Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance to avoid paying £25+ for a 2nd hand Gamecube game (if you find it cheaper let me know!).

Not buying these games isn't going to make Nintendo put out some sequel to an old franchise you like, so stop worrying about it...

Is that a general statement or there's really an old franchise I like you're telling me I won't get? lol

And it'll pay off when we get NPC Wind Waker instead of a new Zelda.

They've never done that though.

They've never just released nothing in like half a year.

They've either been (A) working on less games and giving the whole "remake" thing a chance or (B) giving consumers a chance to catch up on already-released Nintendo games.

Either way it sucks for us fans.

Hey some people said Wii Music was fun. lol

All lies.
If I were walking my dog and you were on your way to work that'd car swing over to the sidewalk faster than I could say "You've got the wrong Aaaalleeeeexxxxxx"

I haven't bothered reading the entire thread, but I do want to point out that of the nine games listed in the first post, only six were actually developed by Nintendo. Endless Ocean was developed by Arika, Mario & Sonic... was developed by Sega and Battalion Wars 2 was developed by Headstrong Games. As for Link's Crossbow Training, it can hardly be considered a legitimate retail release; it was designed specifically to sell the Wii Zapper, nothing more,

They're still Nintendo games. They're projects Nintendo has given to other developers so they can work on other things.

If Nintendo stopped giving the same number of projects up for development, they are still giving us less games.

This is about "Nintendo games", not "Specifically-Developed-By-Nintendo Games" because that's not all Nintendo gives us.

Battalion Wars is a Nintendo franchise. By making it themselves or giving to a developer, they're giving fans another game. Another Nintendo game.

What has been the revolving idea around the thread? Less Nintendo games.

And even if we take your number, there's been a huge drop...

I'm gonna buy Metroid Prime 1 and 2 sometime, because Wii controls are awesome. And also Pikmin because I missed out on the first one.

I'm also hoping for a Wind Waker NPC...

So we get a new Zelda even longer from now?

Awesome.
I'm glad Nintendo fans would rather ask for games we can already play on the Wii instead of asking for new games.

That's not true, though - Mario & Sonic, for instance, was both developed and published by Sega and was in development long before they approached Nintendo about adding Mario characters. Endless Ocean was published by Nintendo but the game itself is largely based on Arika's Everblue series on PS2; Nintendo only showed interested in publishing the game once it was done.

Anyway, it's irrelevant - Nintendo has already announced they'll be publishing a whole ton of games in 2009, an amount equal to the number they published last year, and that's without taking the NPC games into account. Sure, you can compare one arbitrary cross-section to another, totally out of context, but what does that prove?

Really?
I must have missed that announcement.

So far we have seven old games, and then Wii Sports Resort, Sin and Punishment, Excitebots, and Punch Out.
One of the new games also happens to be a remake.

So seven old games and three new ones and one kinda new one?
This is the "whole ton" you've been talking about?

Yay, thanks for giving us less new games and more old ones Nintendo!
Though with fans wanting NPC Gamecube games instead of new Wii games, who can really blame them.

What Alexsays said (heh). One thing we DON'T need is something to keep the Wii Zelda longer in development.

I kinda want to see Luigi's Mansion in NPC form, but I'd rather wait for that rumored Wii sequel. In fact, I'd rather wait for sequels to any of the games being rehashed as NPCs.

There's Another Code: R, the Endless Ocean sequel, Cosmic Walker, Dynamic Slash and a whole bunch of stuff that'll probably stay in Japan like Kensax and that English tutor thing. Bear in mind that pretty much all the upcoming games listed (with the exception of Excite Trucks, from memory) were announced at the Nintendo conference back in October, too, so it's not as if they don't have ample time to drop even more titles. If you'd think critically about things instead of raging like a petulant child you'd have far less to worry yourself about, I'm sure.

So we still have more old games than new games? For the first time ever? Oh... yeah

It's been nice talking with you though.

Hallelujah!
Join the club my brotha!

So now there's two Nintendo fans that want new games.
Anyone else?

Because I'm such a splendid chap, a list of the games currently announced for release in 2009, not including NPC titles:

• Wii Sports Resort
  • Punch-Out!! Wii
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  • Another Code: R, Gateway of Memory
  • Kensax
  • Cosmic Walker
  • Spawn Smasher
  • Dynamic Slash
  • Tact of Magic
  • Sin & Punishment 2
  • Forever Blue 2: Beautiful Ocean
  • Everyone's the Star on the NHK Red-and-White Quiz Battle
  • Line Attack Heroes
  • Hoshi no Kirby
  • Excitebots: Trick Racing

Compare that to the 2008 lineup:

• Wii Chess (Europe only)
  • Everyone's Common Knowledge Television (Japan only)
  • Endless Ocean
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • Wii Fit
  • Mario Super Sluggers
  • Wario Land: Shake It!
  • Fatal Frame IV (Japan only)
  • Captain Rainbow (Japan only)
  • Wii Music
  • Disaster: Day of Crisis (Japan, Europe and Australia only)
  • Animal Crossing: City Folk

All you need to do is count.