Reggie: Metroid is important to Nintendo, why Samus Returns wasn’t in presentation and not on Switch
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This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
Reggie on Metroid: Samus Returns…
“We wanted to make it clear that Metroid is an important franchise for us. As we think about how to satisfy the needs to the Metroid fans, we needed to make sure they understood there was a great console experience coming, in addition to Metroid: Samus Returns coming on Nintendo 3DS. That’s what we wanted to make sure it was clear that it wasn’t one or the other, that we were going to support both of our platforms with a great new Metroid experience.”
– Metroid: Samus Returns wasn’t included in the pre-recorded presentation for two reasons
– One of those being the the company has learned people seem more interested in learning about Switch (and other console experiences) first, at least at E3
Video: Miyamoto, Ubisoft’s CEO talk Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
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Reggie – more devs at Nintendo than past eras, Switch voice chat, VC, backing up saves
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 27 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
On how Nintendo has more developers now than ever before…
Fils-Aime … we have many more developers today working on our content than we did five years ago or even 10 years ago. Internal, right. Exactly. We’ve got that new development building in Kyoto that’s full of hardware and software developers. So we have a lot more development staff than we did at the beginning of the Wii U generation and certainly throughout the Wii generation.
On why Switch requires a phone for voice chat…
Fils-Aime: We actually think that the phone is going to deliver a better, more robust execution. In terms of the APIs that we can build into an app, the fact that phones are ubiquitous, the fact that it allows us to do much more rapid improvements and updates to the service, that’s why we think a phone execution—and specifically a mobile app execution—is going to be better for the consumer.
So let’s be clear. What you’ve seen is the execution by one particular supplier. That is not going to be the only solution.
It’s going to require a phone. It’s going to require a mobile device and be delivered by an app.
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Off-screen Starlink: Battle for Atlas footage and more
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Nintendo considering more Wii U games for Switch, against straight ports, approach to IPs
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Switch, Wii U | 64 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“The internal conversations we have is that on one hand, the development teams would love to showcase their content to a wider base, and certainly in short order the install base on Nintendo Switch will be larger than the install base we ended with Wii U.
“So there is that opportunity. What also drives the discussion, though is ‘what more will there be?’ Meaning, let’s take Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as an example. It needed to be the definitive version of that software for the consumer to be as excited as they are. Pokken Tournament DX with the additional fighters, the additional Pokemon, that was important for it to be an element of the game. What we are internally resisting is just a pure port, versus thinking about how not only do we showcase a game to a wider audience, but how do we make sure that there’s something more? So it’s an active discussion.”
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Fire Emblem Warriors producer – characters, permadeath teased, New 3DS version
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in New Nintendo 3DS, News, Switch | 61 Comments
This information comes from Fire Emblem Warriosr producer Yosuke Hayashi…
– Game will have more than the typical eight to fourteen playable characters that are usually in Warriors games
– Chose characters that there would be a good representation of different weapon types
On permadeath…
“There’s definitely that element included in a way that makes sense for a Warriors game.”
– Content on Switch and New 3DS will be the same
“Of course, we’re talking about two different hardware, so how the game is rendered on the two different kinds of hardware – the specs might be different. In terms of the graphics, for example, the number of enemies of enemies that can appear on the screen [varies], but the gameplay is definitely the same.”
Reggie on making sure Switch has a steady stream of games
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 26 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“In Kyoto, we have a new research and development center that is full of software developers and hardware developers and, essentially, Mr. [Shinya] Takahashi [general manager of entertainment planning] and his team managing those resources to make sure that, should we have a situation with one game lagging, there’s another game that can be pushed forward.”
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Reggie on decision to delay Nintendo Switch Online to 2018, recognizes importance for entertainment services
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 13 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“As Nintendo looks at the overall online digital experience there’s a recognition that there’s a lot of work to be world class. And we pride ourselves … We believe our IP is world class. We believe that when we create a piece of hardware it’s world class. We need to get our digital environment world class. And that’s what we’re working hard to do.”
– There are features that Nintendo is specifically prioritizing that he knows consumers expect
– Those include voice chat, but also entertainment services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, which Nintendo “recognizes are important for a device you can take with you”
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Producer says the team wants to localize Shinobi Refle: Senran Kagura
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop | 8 Comments
This information comes from Senran Kagura producer Kenichiro Takaki…
“The Switch game was included in the Nintendo Direct in Japan. Since then, we haven’t really said much about it, but it’s going to be a different flavor of a Senran Kagura title. It’s going to use HD Rumble to its full extent and the idea is that it’s going to be an interesting game to allow the player to feel the girl inside the game.
We definitely want to localize it, but we have to see what comes of it and if it’s possible.”
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Reggie on why Metroid Prime 4 was announced so early
Posted on 7 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 21 Comments
This information comes from Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime…
“You know, for us, we believe that having hands-on opportunity married to an announcement is really the best way to do it. And so let’s take Super Mario Odyssey for example. We could have announced it months ago, but we weren’t yet ready, the team wasn’t ready, to show it and to let the consumer really understand visually how the hat mechanic works, how the capture mechanic comes into play. And so that’s how we think these through.”
“For certain games, games that will be in development for, let’s call it a decent amount of time, like Metroid Prime 4 — also, given that it’s a franchise that we know people have been very eager to get some news — that’s when, fine, we’ll share it. We’ll share it early. Others, we want to hold closer in and reveal it when the gameplay is going to be available. It literally is game by game, title by title, how we make that decision.”
