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No games have been announced for the new Nintendo system yet, but you can pretty much bet on Mario and Zelda. You can also look forward to some sports games and RPGs. Nintendo won't make the same mistakes it did with Nintendo 64. Check out the news archives for the bits of information that have been revealed. Here's a summary of what we know:
Metroid Maybe?
Retro Studios Left Field Productions 1080° 2? A New Mario "We have made the outline for Mario 2 more than one year ago, but I haven't touched it since then. Luigi and Mario are running on the display on my desk right now on the disc drive... Maybe I will ask some other people to work on it, or maybe we could think about making it for a completely different system -- but I don't know at this point in time." OK, so that doesn't really mean much besides practically confirming that the sequel to Mario 64 will not be on Nintendo 64. However, the interview was conducted in early February (or some time around there) of 1999, meaning that as of that time nobody was working on the next Mario game. Hopefully, they will have started by now, as two years may not be enough time to finish a game (at least not at the level of quality Nintendo is known for). Launching without one of their major franchises would be a costly mistake. More information that has been revealed since then not only confirms that Mario will once again launch with Nintendo's new system, but that Luigi be featured in the game. Shigeru Miyamoto has also said he wants to make Mario more "grown-up", suggesting that the future Mario title won't be as cutesy as previous versions. Unfortunately, that's all there is right now. Nintendo EAD (Entertainment Analysis and Development, Nintendo's best development team of which Miyamoto is the head) doesn't seem to be working on anything exciting for Nintendo 64, so one can safely assume that they've begun working on games for the new machine. They had better be. They have less than two years to try out the new hardware, design a new game, and then actually implement it. Knowing Nintendo, their games will be a sight to behold. Stay tuned for further developments. |