Nintendo wants to be able to open a window and shout across the street to get Monolith Soft Kyoto to do all EPD's work.monolith moved to that new water building right next to nintendo hq
Nintendo wants to be able to open a window and shout across the street to get Monolith Soft Kyoto to do all EPD's work.
This has a long and storied history of discussion by now but there has been activity around DK and at EPD 8 that suggests things are afoot there. It doesn't necessarily mean a new EPD group has been formed, but that a new team is working on DK within EPD 8 (like EPD 5 handling both Animal Crossing and Splatoon).It is a very old article, but is DK Vine a trustworthy source ?
I especially find this quote interesting :
"The way this is being phrased makes it sound like this is just the Odyssey team doing Donkey Kong.
I've been led to believe that this is a new EPD team that has formed from other teams specifically for the purpose of creating Donkey Kong games."
So instead of EPD 8, the 3D Mario team, the new DK game is being made by an all new EPD Group.
EPD 12 for Donkey Kong games ?
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they already did Bowser's Fury, so this would be the second big projectYeah its very nice that NST is hiring so much.
I think we may finally see a big project from them again. They hiring more than NLG lol
Clearly getting ready for Wave Race grand returnYeah its very nice that NST is hiring so much.
I think we may finally see a big project from them again. They hiring more than NLG lol
Project Hammer returns!Clearly getting ready for Wave Race grand return
I know is a joke and Nintendo nowadays has way better action-oriented games like Astral Chain and Bayonetta, not to mention that the whole Project H.A.M.M.E.R. name was toxic at both Nintendo and NST for years... buuuuut I can't help but wonder if someone at NST thinks they need to redeem the project somehow.Project Hammer returns!
ideas should be repurposed into new games, like how Scalebound was disseminated into many games like Astral Chain and Bayo 3. NST, though, needs to convince Nintendo they can handle an action gameI know is a joke and Nintendo nowadays has way better action-oriented games like Astral Chain and Bayonetta, not to mention that the whole Project H.A.M.M.E.R. name was toxic at both Nintendo and NST for years... buuuuut I can't help but wonder if someone at NST thinks they need to redeem the project somehow.
I foresee no way this could go badProject Hammer returns!
all they have to do is not make the cutscenes firstI foresee no way this could go bad
There really should be NST 1 a team focus on making their own games and NST 2 a support team for EPDIf the people at NST can make a compelling project out of HAMMER I think they should. NST should develop their own lane, not just be EPD's lackey.
getting a new IP out is probably the hardest task for any of these studios. have a whole group to for it must be pretty hard to justifyThere really should be NST 1 a team focus on making their own games and NST 2 a support team for EPD
I should have been more clear when I meant new games I meant stuff like wave race 1080pgetting a new IP out is probably the hardest task for any of these studios. have a whole group to for it must be pretty hard to justify
Yeah. I'd like new IPs too, but I'm 1000% fine with NST just doing Wave Race, 1080, and even an Excite game, just to help flesh out the line-up and give some western flavor we just don't see much of from Nintendo anymore.I should have been more clear when I meant new games I meant stuff like wave race 1080p
what if they're tasked with supervising external Drake gamesWhat does EPD 1 even do anymore.
hell, they might be doing better than support and on designMainline Mario support jail is one of the better jails to be in. Your work will reach an order of magnitude more players than a Wave Race or 1080 Snowboarding or whatever
I'm just wondering who would even be left. After Hitoshi Yamagami stepped down(?), pretty much all of the known EPD 1 staff are now in EPD 2. Though according to Nintendo, Toru Minegishi is now in EPD 7, which doesn't make much sense unless the sound team is now counted as a numbered group.what if they're tasked with supervising external Drake games
please no. I think out of everything possible, captain toad would be the worst project they could ever do. I cant think of anything.About the NST talk: I really wouldn't be surprised if they're working on Captain Toad 2 with EPD Tokyo direction. With Bowser's Fury and the Captain Toad DLC under their belt, it makes sense. Especially when you consider that Shinya Hiratake was likely the director of both projects.
I'm not saying that's the only thing they're working on, but I still think it will happen.
I'm just wondering who would even be left. After Hitoshi Yamagami stepped down(?), pretty much all of the known EPD 1 staff are now in EPD 2. Though according to Nintendo, Toru Minegishi is now in EPD 7, which doesn't make much sense unless the sound team is now counted as a numbered group.
oh fuck!
Pretty much every Nintendo division is expanding right now. It doesn’t necessarily have to be the only project. We also wouldn’t know to what extent the scope would be increased for a sequel.please no. I think out of everything possible, captain toad would be the worst project they could ever do. I cant think of anything.
And like, why would they need to expand for such a project anyway? Its not like that is the kind of game that requires a lot of people lol.
they are making a new Mario Kart tho, and it will launch in 2024.everybody knows EPD 9 is going to make Wave Race
NST is going to stay in Mario jail forever
I hope you all are right about all the platformer projects going on internally. It's been the thing I've been most anxious for in recent years and their absence in Directs is driving me crazy.
2D Mario, 3D Mario, Donkey Kong, and Captain Toad are all things I'd show up for Day 1 if EPD and NST were working on them.
god i so so hope its not yet another mario spin off. Unless its something like the next donkey kong lol.There’s no strong reason to doubt most of them seeing as they’ve openly recruited for 2D and 3D Action Game projects at their respective EPD locations. The next Mario is always in production anyway so especially nothing to fear there.
Not convinced on Captain Toad 2 myself but if that’s what NST are working on i’d obviously be there day one. Still thinking about those rehires from the GameCube era though.
im happy to tell you that nst's headquarters was seen floating to the east just hours agowave race blue storm is deep in the red on the vibes account so if there were to be another I'd much prefer it come from japan
the game itself seems to be simple even for the ds era, i think even 2016 NST could do several of them at once.NST doing Mario Spin-Off's with different protagonist's from the Mario universe
Maybeee they could revive that cancelled Boo Game by Retro Studios ?
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this is the same studio that took a Shiek concept with bitchin art and made it a waggle gamethe game itself seems to be simple even for the ds era, i think even 2016 NST could do several of them at once.
There's no way to know though. Most carts don't get reprints with all updates on the cart sadly. You'd have to get impressions from folks who are into that sort of thing, like those Switch Corps folks on twitter.Not sure the best place to ask this. Where would be the best place to order Switch games that would be most likely to have all the updates on the cart?
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