Franchises

Which Nintendo IP should try changing genres?

Nintendo is working with Tecmo-Koei to have The Legend of Zelda made into a Hack and slash game and Retro reinvented Metroid as a First person shooter. What other Franchises could jump game styles and still retain their core ideas? Maybe Fire Emblem could become a standard JRPG in the vein of Suikoden with its multitude of characters and would still have some strategic elements of the previous gam...

Reggie and Nintendo want to revisit older franchises for Wii U and 3DS

Nintendo of America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime spoke with MTV’s Multiplayer blog recently to discuss Nintendo’s future in the digital landscape and the company’s plans for the Wii U this year. One topic that came up during the interview was how Nintendo is considering digging up one of their many dormant franchises for release. Reggie went into full detail on how Nintendo...

What Nintendo franchise should be resurrected?

Nintendo has quite a few properties that are, to put it bluntly, stagnant. When was the last time there was a Star Tropics game? I can’t be the only one old enough to remember playing Radar Scope, am I? Don’t even get me started on the state of the Mother games here in the states. Of all the game houses in the industry, Nintendo has arguably the best properties in the business. What ga...