Mario is gonna lose the edge and that makes the IP way less valuable IMO.
I'm not dismissing the quality of the game. but never underestimate what a great presentation can do. it elevates a good game to a great one, and a great game into something that's remembered long after it's time. and that's exactly why Mario Strikers is remembered and why Aces won't be
Donkey Kong I think is the one with the most potential - certainly at hitting 5 to 10 million sold like Luigi's Mansion 2 and 3. It's also obvious Nintendo have plans for that IP, given the theme park news and the movie rumours.
This is something I'd love to see, though. Not only for the animation, but also given the environment design and exploration you get in Luigi's Mansion 3, I think NLG would be a good fit for building a 3D treasure hunting game with Wario.
Ghost of Tsushima will become the Persona of samurai games.
I got Ace Attorney vibe from this post.
If the Donkey Kong EPD rumours turn out to be true (big if but not beyond the realms of possibility) it would rule out DK as their next game but I do wonder what their plans are for the other Mario spinoff series like Wario and Yoshi. Neither of them has been confirmed for the Mario movie so far, not sure how likely it is that they show up.
Yeah, the optimist in me feels cautiously... optimistic... about the combination of the internal development investment and the way that Nintendo's emphasis on IP should be good for historic and new franchises. They'll move slowly, because they always do, but it makes even more sense now to double down on characters like Yoshi and Wario as offshoots of Super Mario which can stand on their own two feet. I feel like the likeliest scenario in the short term would be Good-Feel taking care of both series - by porting Yoshi's Woolly World over to Switch and making a new Wario Land (that's also just me being selfish, though).
I sympathise with what you're saying, but from Nintendo's perspective, ports and re-releases count as doing something with those characters. Not everybody caught those games the first time around, and reselling them keeps the characters in the spotlight.
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Game Freak created this year a new R&D division dedicated to the research of high end graphics
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"In order to promote the next generation of expression research and its implementation, we have established a department to play this role as a separate organization from the project in 2021.
In this organization, we would like to entrust you with the following missions
Researching new background 3D expressions for the next generation in the main content and developing the production flow in cooperation with R&D and TA involved in engine development.
Provide research results to each project and support during implementation"
A few highlights from the billion openings :
Implementation experience of fluid simulation using GPGPU
(BRDF design including special expressions such as hair and cloth, GI expression) Offline runtime calculation method for, procedural generation of terrain / trees, GPU-driven culling system, etc.)
You can set up PBR lighting using 3D graphic software and a game engine.
Shader development experience with game engines, DCC tools, etc.
Production experience in procedural workflows such as Houdini
・ Knowledge of scripts and shaders
・ Knowledge of writing and post effects
■ Tool usage experience
・ SubstancePainter
・ Photoshop
・ DCC such as Maya / Zbrush
・ Game engine such as Unity / UE4
this is really good. detaching their tools R&D would allow them to make bigger jumps since they won't be bound by the strict timelines of the gamesThey also hired some highly talented staff this year
Nobuyuki Miura - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Nobuyuki Miura - MobyGamesTatsuya Makita - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Tatsuya Makita - MobyGamesHenrique Dan Fuzitani - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Henrique Dan Fuzitani - MobyGames
Sadly its just too late for arceus,maybe even too late for gen 9,but the next next pokemon game will look good
But Game Freak is Lazy!Game Freak created this year a new R&D division dedicated to the research of high end graphics
DeeplTranslate
"In order to promote the next generation of expression research and its implementation, we have established a department to play this role as a separate organization from the project in 2021.
In this organization, we would like to entrust you with the following missions
Researching new background 3D expressions for the next generation in the main content and developing the production flow in cooperation with R&D and TA involved in engine development.
Provide research results to each project and support during implementation"
A few highlights from the billion openings :
Implementation experience of fluid simulation using GPGPU
(BRDF design including special expressions such as hair and cloth, GI expression) Offline runtime calculation method for, procedural generation of terrain / trees, GPU-driven culling system, etc.)
You can set up PBR lighting using 3D graphic software and a game engine.
Shader development experience with game engines, DCC tools, etc.
Production experience in procedural workflows such as Houdini
・ Knowledge of scripts and shaders
・ Knowledge of writing and post effects
■ Tool usage experience
・ SubstancePainter
・ Photoshop
・ DCC such as Maya / Zbrush
・ Game engine such as Unity / UE4
They also hired some highly talented staff this year
Nobuyuki Miura - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Nobuyuki Miura - MobyGamesTatsuya Makita - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Tatsuya Makita - MobyGamesHenrique Dan Fuzitani - MobyGames
Game credits, biography, portraits and other game industry information for Henrique Dan Fuzitani - MobyGames
Sadly its just too late for arceus,maybe even too late for gen 9,but the next next pokemon game will look good
Actualy, the artist listing has 16 different positions inside so the total is 51
if this is intended for Gen 9, probably 2023 at the earliest. but that's assuming they have "something" now. they probably had preliminary proof of concepts running
possibly, but I still think this is further evidence that they're planning a bigger jump, just in stages. their next game probably show the first parts of their R&D
Masuda snapped after reading the five thousandth lazy Gamefreak drivebyGame Freak created this year a new R&D division dedicated to the research of high end graphics
DeeplTranslate
"In order to promote the next generation of expression research and its implementation, we have established a department to play this role as a separate organization from the project in 2021.
In this organization, we would like to entrust you with the following missions
Researching new background 3D expressions for the next generation in the main content and developing the production flow in cooperation with R&D and TA involved in engine development.
Provide research results to each project and support during implementation"
A few highlights from the billion openings :
Implementation experience of fluid simulation using GPGPU
(BRDF design including special expressions such as hair and cloth, GI expression) Offline runtime calculation method for, procedural generation of terrain / trees, GPU-driven culling system, etc.)
You can set up PBR lighting using 3D graphic software and a game engine.
Shader development experience with game engines, DCC tools, etc.
Production experience in procedural workflows such as Houdini
・ Knowledge of scripts and shaders
・ Knowledge of writing and post effects
■ Tool usage experience
・ SubstancePainter
・ Photoshop
・ DCC such as Maya / Zbrush
・ Game engine such as Unity / UE4
I imagine all Nintendo’s 2022 and 2023 lineup will be made with actual hardware on mind. Dane hardware first party exclusive titles will likely start on 2024 but would be very few.
exclusively? probably none yet until they ship their game in 2022.
All valid points. I don't disagree that they need to do more - especially with something like DK. The theme park is coming, the movie is rumoured, and so is a DK game - from EPD, no less. We did also have DK front the expansion for the first Mario + Rabbids game, too, so they have made the effort to keep the IP active in the absence of a brand new game. Brand new games are going to take longer than everything else, after all. With the specific example of DK, though, it seems very likely Nintendo are going to act on it with a new game before too long.
All Sword leads were guys who spend a decade
Actualy, the artist listing has 16 different positions inside so the total is 51
2D
UI designer (art)
UI Designer (Art) [Junior Class]
2D art director
3D
Character model (art / technical)
Character model (art) [Junior class]
Person motion [Technical lead]
People motion (art / technical)
Person motion (technical) [Junior class]
Pokemon motion (art)
Background [Technical Lead]
Background (art / technical)
Background (art) [Junior class]
Effect (art / technical)
Effect (art) [Junior class]
Cutscene (technical)
Lighting [Technical Lead]
I just want to know what they’ve been working on. Star Fox would be great. Maybe a reveal will come next year.
I'd definitely be up for a new Strikers. But since it really plays a lot like hockey I always thought it would be interesting to take that format and make Super Mario Slapshot.
