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EAD doesn't have to do all the new I Ps. They still have: Monolith Soft, Nd Cube, 1-Up Studios, Intelligent Systems, Retro Studios, R&D 1, and NST.
Batman Ninja more like Batman's Bizarre AdventureThere's more to Nintendo than EAD. Just because they produce the definitive, established Nintendo titles (less Kirby) doesn't make them the end all be all. Its also difficult to qualify anything as anything as more than B-list by that standard since the games EAD typically makes are the ones that have been established and continued since Nintendo's inception. Even if EAD established a completely new title, it wouldn't really be considered as much in comparison to the mainstays until it has some time under its belt as well as a few sequels.
I wont disagree that Nintendo as a whole should produce a greater variety of titles. Specifically for the Wii U. It doesn't really matter which one of their teams makes it, though. Its all Nintendo and any new franchise has just as much potential as the next.
I also believe that a few mainstays need more titles. Specifically for the Wii U. Star Fox and F-Zero have seen very little love from papa Miyamoto.
I also want a Punch U Out!!!, but that's kind of in between.
Well they're not even putting in the effort. Most of the new things Nintendo is putting out are tiny 3DS eShop titles that no one cares about.
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Well, most of EAD's "big" franchises were established at a time when a full game was about equivalent to today's small eShop titles.
That could work. If not that, I'd expect one of the Lighthouses. Although, if there's no GS character, any Golden Sun stage would probably be 3DS-exclusive, and I don't plan on getting that version...urgh.
While I don't particularly care for any of the battle themes from Golden Sun, "Set Sail! Through the Karagol Sea", "Full Speed Ahead", and Magma Rock's music stick out as songs that could get a remix.
Welcome to th:|And Nintendo is putting in the effort. EAD specifically is actually a pretty small team, relatively speaking, if I recall correctly. They produce games at a pretty steady rate. The reason it feels like there's such a dearth of games is a result of third party developers avoiding the big N like the plague. Otherwise, we'd have titles to pad in between the mainstays.
The Wii U is getting full Nintendo support. Unfortunately, that's the only support its really seeing.
Oh, and those little games? They help pay for the big ones. It all goes in the same pot.
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I missed a collectible summon in Dark Dawn, and that coupled with how the final boss seems really hard for me stopped me from finishing the game.
I may start it all over and do it again...
...but as for anything Smash-worthy, I still only see Isaac as the usable party member. And they could plausibly use Venus Lighthouse as a stage.
Mercury Lighthouse was too easy, Jupiter Lighthouse was too windy, and Mars Lighthouse didn't live up to its element until after you lit it.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay@zeromaeus: Exactly what do you mean by "pay for the big ones"? If Nintendo would start making new "big" franchises out of the money they get from the teeny tiny 3DS eShop franchises, I'd believe you.
Please help out our The History Of Video Games page.@Pulse: Then what is Nintendo doing sitting on their asses not turning these great premises into full retail games?
Please help out our The History Of Video Games page.The key is that Nintendo doesn't have a lot of productive capacity (something they *really* should have remedied more aggressively when they were making money hand over fist with the Wii and DS), and making *big* new games is a terrible risk for anyone nowadays. Hence the eShop experimentation, as digital can be a playground for new ideas.
Trying big new things can pay out (Sony with Uncharted) or bomb horribly (EA with Mirrors Edge). That's a gamble that Nintendo can ill-afford when they're the only one pushing their hardware.

WFT and Little Mac are B-list at best.
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