Topic: Is Pikmin 2 the last for the NPC?

I and many other people have been begging for more NPC, and yet Nintendo hasn't announced any more remakes.

I'D LIKE
Luigi's Mansion
Super Mario Sunshine

But nooooo, Nintendo has lost interest in the series apparently.

The NPC title where made to fill up the release calendar since Nintendo couldn't release any heavy hitting titles at the time.
The reason Nintendo are not going to give us anymore NPC titles is because they have better things to do and there is no valuable point.

I'm sure we will see more NPC games starting at the end of the year or 2011.
Or just when they have all the new games out and need to make something to keep us occupied while they're making a brand new game!

Well if they do release more NPC games people will whine that they're doing them instead of making more new games.

That's always been the case for Nintendo, though, they're damned if they do and they're damned if they don't.

I recall either Miyamoto or Iwata once specifically stated that there wouldn't be any more NPC games. It was only meant to last for one series.

I wonder when Pikmin 2 will be made available in the USA? It's been on the shelves here in the EU for ages.

I doubt there will be anymore NPC games. It seems to me the first run didn't have much success, as indicated by their presence in bargain bins.

they really should.. pronto. the only way it'll be excusable is if they release a Pikmin Trilogy

To be honest, I didn't even know there was a sequel to Pikmin before the NPC series. They definitely need to release it in the US. What's the holdup?

Tell me about it... And I want Chibi-Robo! Hopefully E3 will tell all.

Chibi-Robo!!

We need third party NPC....NPC Killer 7 would rend cities.

Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction would be much appreciated...

As far as I'm aware, they didn't do too hot sales-wise.
Plus, Miyamoto didn't like them. Thus, they can't exist. I still don't see what the big deal is. All of the games in the New Play Control series were on previous systems, why not just play them on Gamecube?

Well, I like the widescreen support (rare on the 'cube) and being able to play them without plugging in a controller and memory card (this is the main thing). If Nintendo had somehow fudged the ability to use the CC with Gamecube games and save data to the Wii's internal memory I'd probably have more interest in the Gamecube catalogue.

As it stands I've only got two games on the shelf. If Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction wasn't so awesome I would unload it, to be honest. Naturally Mr. Driller Drill Land, being one of the best games of all time, isn't one I can part with, though if Namco merely ported it unchanged to the Wii I'd buy it in a second!

It's not like they were difficult to make; they wouldn't have to do to hot, sales wise.

I just want my pikmin 2. I'm hoping they're holding it to build up hype for Pikmin 3, sort of like how Prime Trilogy came out around when Other M was announced.

Agreed about Pikmin 2 coming to North America -- really want to see that game in New Play Control form, because I strongly prefer the pointer controls to the original (and the original is quite tough to find anyway).

Also want to mention how awesome it is to see Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction mentioned. Not sure how that game would really benefit from NPC, but it's an awesome and often overlooked retro title that is still worth playing!

The only way it would benefit from NPC for me is that I wouldn't need the Gamecube stuff to play it!

NPC = Nintendo. Third party =/= Nintendo. Therefore it is not up to Nintendo to make "3rd party NPC" games

Or maybe they're doing what Sony did with God of war: Make the first two games into a collection for the Wii (PS3 for GoW)