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[Master Disaster]

Nintendo have confirmed that they are working on their next generation console, they've assured Wii U owners that the games planned for 2015 and into 2016 will be the main focus and that the new system is "currently in the formative state" however Shigeru Miyamoto has hinted that the next Super Mario Bro's platformer will likely be reserved for the new system.

Nintendo lead creative Shigeru Miyamoto says that the next Mario game may be reserved for the new console.

Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed to the associated press that work is underway on a brand new Nintendo console, which is currently in the formative stages. We're unsure of if Miyamoto is refering to the QOL platform Nintendo announced earlier in the year, but he does state that the next Mario platformer will possibly be reserved for it.

"From early on, I wanted Mario to be that character in the digital world, so that with each digital evolution, he was there to usher in the next era. I think that maybe when we release the next hardware system, you can look forward to seeing Mario take on a new role or in a new game," said the developer.

He added that while the focus in 2015 will be in "providing a robust line-up of Wii U software," Nintendo as a whole has groups working on ideas for new hardware systems. "While we're busy working on software for the Wii U, we have production lines that are working on ideas for what the next system might be."

In the interview, Miyamoto also commented on his latest upcoming title: Star Fox. "The story might not be too different from past "Star Fox" games, but the gameplay mechanics are going to feel very different because of the two-screen system of the Wii U with the GamePad and TV screen. It'll make for a very fun and unique way to play."

Sources:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/139169-New-Consoles-Are-in-Development-Says-Nintendo

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/miyamoto-amiibo-zelda-mario-movie-27699825?singlePage=true

Also remember the post a few days ago about AMD saying they're working on a new console, well its likely this is it.

My thoughts, Nintendo seem to have adopted a new trend of pushing out hardware much quicker than their competition and that makes me a little angry. I think they're just releasing new hardware so they can push out reiterations of their same few games over and over again. Innovate or dissapear.

[werto165]

Hopefully they wont releasing it too soon, the wii u has only really just started to get good games. 

[Pugs501]

[patrickjp93]

AUGH! NINJA'ED! Well played OP...

[Ertman]

Well they have only releasing hardware on similar intervals as the other console makers. This would be much sooner though. It's probably in response to their outdated hardware compared to Sony and Microsoft.

[TwistedDictator]

I guess I was right I wonder how I found out before a lot of people...

[Master Disaster]

Well they have only releasing hardware on similar intervals as the other console makers. This would be much sooner though. It's probably in response to their outdated hardware compared to Sony and Microsoft.

I doubt that's the reason, they're always behind in hardware terms and its never bothered them. Quite the opposite in fact, they use it as they're USP.

[Ertman]

I doubt that's the reason, they're always behind in hardware terms and its never bothered them. Quite the opposite in fact, they use it as they're USP.

And now it is hurting them though. Cube was better than the ps2, the wii was behind by not a great margin, but the wiiu is nearly a full generation behind, as compared to the XBone ps4 and their previous counterparts.

The wiiu will be out for at least 4 years before it's replacement comes about.

[DevanArianne]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't there a huge outcry for more frequent hardware and console updates last generation and even still this one? 

They're not releasing it at the end of the quarter, if anything it will get released really late in 2015, or mid-late 2016, which would make the Wii U 3-4 years old.

 

With how quickly hardware and the limits of Nintendo consoles are found, I think that's a perfect lifetime of a console. That's just me though.

[patrickjp93]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't there a huge outcry for more frequent hardware and console updates last generation and even still this one? 

They're not releasing it at the end of the quarter, if anything it will get released really late in 2015, or mid-late 2016, which would make the Wii U 3-4 years old.

 

With how quickly hardware and the limits of Nintendo consoles are found, I think that's a perfect lifetime of a console. That's just me though.

You'd have a point if the PS4 and XBone weren't, to a point, weaker than the PS3... Nintendo is looking to do a catch up, and that's fine with me. Refined cell shading or perhaps an art style more akin to Twilight Princess would be welcome, and I'm sure implementing that on such an open world would require more power.

[Master Disaster]

I'm sorry, maybe I'm missing something, but wasn't there a huge outcry for more frequent hardware and console updates last generation and even still this one?

They're not releasing it at the end of the quarter, if anything it will get released really late in 2015, or mid-late 2016, which would make the Wii U 3-4 years old.

With how quickly hardware and the limits of Nintendo consoles are found, I think that's a perfect lifetime of a console. That's just me though.

Its not so much the quick life cycles that annoy me, its the practice of holding back games in order to boost sales of new hardware I don't like.

For example, NSMBU was clearly intended for release on the original Wii, the menus use the button labels from the old Wii even though the new gamepad doesn't even have 1 & 2 buttons but they held it back to boost sales of the Wii U. One version of the major titles per generation is a really shitty practice. I think a short life cycle comes as a side effect of this policy

[AlexGoesHigh]

And now it is hurting them though. Cube was better than the ps2, the wii was behind by not a great margin, but the wiiu is nearly a full generation behind, as compared to the XBone ps4 and their previous counterparts.

The wiiu will be out for at least 4 years before it's replacement comes about.

personally i consider the wii to be closer to six gen that to seven, mainly because i felt the hardware was almost the same as gamecube with a home interface slapped on it, visually wii games didn't look that much different that GC ones, only very late in its life like skyward sword

[ComradeHX]

Nintendo better not make anything lower-powered than the current two potatoes, now that they have waited until AMD almost has new generation of GPU released.

[Techhog]

You people are making a big deal out of nothing. Nintendo started working on their next console the day they finalized Wii U. That's how console development works. This doesn't say anything about how far along they are or how long it'll take. 

[Master Disaster]

You people are making a big deal out of nothing. Nintendo started working on their next console the day they finalized Wii U. That's how console development works. This doesn't say anything about how far along they are or how long it'll take.

Again, that's not my problem. Its the whole "next Mario game will be reserved" thing I don't like.

[Misanthrope]

So this is the console AMD is doing chips for? It will likely be another APU, which means an x86 Nintendo console...That's rather odd to say the least but I'll take it

[Misanthrope]

So, the reason they're releasing this so early is because they want to catch up hardware-wise? The Wii U came out two years ago, and although it was a relative flop, I don't see any other reason to release a console 3-4 years after the predecessor.

Yeah all Nintendo fans and supporters will say the same and talk about how it's coming back and how Mario Kart and Smash bros are totally not the same fucking game anymore and all that....yet Nintendo themselves don't seem to think it's enough.

Ya'll gotta face up to the fact that you, the hardcore fans, simply do not matter to Nintendo: They've got a taste of the casuals, of big money and big time and they want to go bigger again.

[Master Disaster]

Yeah all Nintendo fans and supporters will say the same and talk about how it's coming back and how Mario Kart and Smash bros are totally not the same fucking game anymore and all that....yet Nintendo themselves don't seem to think it's enough.Ya'll gotta face up to the fact that you, the hardcore fans, simply do not matter to Nintendo: They've got a taste of the casuals, of big money and big time and they want to go bigger again.

Coming from someone who owns a Wii U and a Wii (which is at work, I work in a school) and has Smash for both systems I can assure anyone who wishes to argue otherwise that Smash is damn near identical between the 2 systems.

Mario Kart 8 is an improvement over MKW in lots of ways however even then its still really similar.

This is exactly my point, they're churning out new hardware only so they can churn out the same games on a new system.

[ACatWithThumbs]

My thoughts, Nintendo seem to have adopted a new trend of pushing out hardware much quicker than their competition and that makes me a little angry. I think they're just releasing new hardware so they can push out reiterations of their same few games over and over again. Innovate or dissapear.

They have to release a new console the WiiU is a disaster.

The console has garbage hardware a clunky controller nobody wants to use and the naming is so crappy that people think it's a controller for the Wii.

You just have to look at the sales to see that.

And with the decreasing mobile gaming segment due to IOS/Android they have to either start making competition with Sony and MS or they will end up like SEGA.

This has nothing to do with reiterating games but with the lack of console sales as well as third party titles.

They thought they could pull out another Wii but they were completely ignorant about the mobile market that took over that market completely.

 

[Techhog]

Again, that's not my problem. Its the whole "next Mario game will be reserved" thing I don't like.

That was also a misunderstanding. He meant that there won't be an evolution of Mario until the next system. In other words, if another 3D Mario comes to Wii U, it'll be in the style of SM3DW. 

[Trik'Stari]

Can they please make a console that doesn't have shit graphics?

[Misanthrope]

Coming from someone who owns a Wii U and a Wii (which is at work, I work in a school) and has Smash for both systems I can assure anyone who wishes to argue otherwise that Smash is damn near identical between the 2 systems.

Mario Kart 8 is an improvement over MKW in lots of ways however even then its still really similar.

This is exactly my point, they're churning out new hardware only so they can churn out the same games on a new system.

I stand corrected: You should get a medal for being the most rational Nintendo owner on this parts. No medal but here's a cookie:

 

 

[GoodBytes]

I think you guys are a bit too over-exited.

That is like Microsoft saying "We are working on Windows 11" after Windows 10 is out.

It's like: Well obviously.

It will take several years before it comes out. Nintendo takes its time on the console, especially controller.

Plus they need to evaluate the market, and as Nintendo makes a console for THEM, not third party developers, features and design of the console is based on their ideas on how to make the console. All this takes years of planning and engineering, not to mention experimentation.

Don't expect anything before 2018.

[Master Disaster]

I stand corrected: You should get a medal for being the most rational Nintendo owner on this parts. No medal but here's a cookie:

 

[Techhog]

Coming from someone who owns a Wii U and a Wii (which is at work, I work in a school) and has Smash for both systems I can assure anyone who wishes to argue otherwise that Smash is damn near identical between the 2 systems.

Mario Kart 8 is an improvement over MKW in lots of ways however even then its still really similar.

This is exactly my point, they're churning out new hardware only so they can churn out the same games on a new system.

Then don't support them. Speak with your wallet. It obviously won't do anything (they're doing it because they aren't making enough money to take risks), but hey, at least you won't be a hypocrite. For now, they have to choose between risking their business by shifting focus to the industry standard trilogy model, or play it safe by making games they know will sell okay. They can't afford to do both. At least they're supplementing it with Splatoon and funding games like Bayonetta 2 (in before "I'm not interested in those!").