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8. Borderlands
Borderlands is all about two things: 1. “teh phat l00tz” and 2. Blowing up hordes of ghoulish creatures alongside your friends. No doubt developer Gearbox has nearly perfected this combination, especially with the recent release of Borderlands 2. It’s clear to me that Borderlands and Nintendo would make a textbook marriage for one, singular reason, and that is they both ultimately want the same thing: cooperative play. Nintendo has always stressed cooperation over competition, and, from the beginning, has believed in the power of play with a buddy or three next to you. Borderland shares this mindset and takes the stance that everything is better when you’ve got someone else to experience the fun with. Making use of the Nintendo Network and Miiverse would be one way to bring gamers together to partake in the gun-toting fun that is Borderlands, but the multiplayer could go one step further to round the entire package.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for Wii U will introduce an awesomely unique multiplayer feature that allows two people to play the game simultaneously by having one use a controller and television, and the other use a GamePad. Bringing new meaning to local multiplayer, Borderlands’ formula would fit so harmoniously with this schema that Gearbox not bringing its famed series to the Wii U to make use of this enticing multiplayer element would be an enormous missed opportunity. For that reason alone, Gearbox and Nintendo need to start talking… pronto.
What about the Conduit? I know it had problems but, it could have a good chance to be alot better graphically and story-line wise if it was on Wii U or if the title was purchased by Nintendo and messed with by Retro
I think the Conduit is a solid series, however, I wanted to focus on franchises that hadn’t really made an appearance on a Nintendo console ever, or at least for quite some time. Since Conduit was just last generation, I avoided it. It’s a great game, though!
One game I wish I could’ve fit on there was the Souls series (Demon’s/Dark Souls). Now that’s a fantastic franchise that I think would really fit in line with Nintendo’s new focus on the “hardcore”. Talk about a game that is truly hardcore…
Another writer here shares my love of Shenmue!!! I would love to see a Yakuza title on Wii U as well. Better yet… Nintendo should team up with Yu Suzuki and Sega to finally release Shenmue III on Wii U. This could also accompany HD re-releases of the first two games on Wii U with the ability to continue your save file. The possibilities… I’m almost crying.
A fellow Yu Suzuki loyalist! There are far too many people who don’t know about Shenmue! I’m in the process of constructing an article idea for why I think Shenmue III belongs on Wii U. In the meantime, though, I agree whole heartedly with everything you said. I assume Sega is preparing a Shenmue HD release, however, as they’ve been slowly releasing their biggest titles on XBLA and PSN (Jet Grind Radio, Sonic Adventure, Virtual On, Daytona, etc.). So, I suspect Shenmue is coming. My hope is it’s released on the eShop.
So many issues with Borderlands would be fixed if all of the menu stuff was on the gamepad! It would seriously improve the game sooooo much.
I would absolutely LOVE to see the Persona series come to Wii U. Persona 4 is my all-time favorite rpg ever. Persona 5 for Wii U?
Third party games — I want them all. The Wii missed out on almost all good-quality 3rd party games. If Microsoft and Sony gamers gets something from third party companies, why not Nintendo gamers? There was no problem on NES, and there definately wasn’t any major problems with third party support on Super NES (N64 and Gamecube were largely ignored).
It’s a shame that people moved away from Nintendo, but hopefully, we Nintendo console owners, especially those has just a Nintendo console, can be equally as excited and happy as the rest of the gaming world.
Speaking of “world”, I’d love to see more come out of Japan. I’m not talking about your everyday action game or rpg. There’s far more, and they’re holding back so much, it’s not even funny. Nevermind the excuse about their games being “culturally different”…if games like Harvest Moon, 999, Phoenix Wright, and Persona can make it over (with pretty much all Japanese references intact), why not more?
Niche titles have grown into popular fan favorites in past generations. I wish there were more (I’d love to have the Densha de Go/Railfan series in English).