NX launch title? - Bloodstained would be great

A) Well the thread is like 9 months old but now that Bloodstained has been delayed it has no chance of making the NX launch anyway (it never did honestly but that's besides the point now) so we should shift to conversation to "will a NX version ever exist" (I say this to everyone). The decision to make a NX version of Bloodstained will be made after the machine is out, everyone knows its capabilities and its had some months of sales under its belt so people can see its trajectory. It would be an informed decision, not a blind one. I would also think fate of an NX version will in part be influenced by whether or not they decide to cancel the Wii U version of the game. It's hard to justify a Wii U release in 2018 and I could easily envision a scenario where the Wii U version is cut in favor for an NX version, especially if the later is easier to do as a result of say native UE4 support.

B) I dunno how anybody can say with a straight face that Amiibo rank even among the top 100 "most malicious" practices of the modern video gaming industry. You don't have to like them or care about them but let's not engage in hyperbole IF amiibo are thing a thing in 18 months and IF Bloodstained takes off ala Shovel Knight I don't think they are going to be hesitant about making Bloodstained related amiibos because it was "too malicious".

Or it could have the opposite effect and it could create more drive for the NX. What makes a system, Nya?

Games. Ultimately, a large chunk of how a system will be received will be what games are for it. At least in my opinion.

Well, again, they made an amiibo for shovel Knight and it turned out just fine, and considering the fact all amiibo are compatible to the majority of Nintendo games to some extent, in either unlocking extra in-game money, forging material, weapon drops, or anything else related to the games content, I see that amiibo compatibility for the Wii U, and possibly NX, versions of RiTN could benefit players.

you don't lose anything if you dont have the amiibo, but if you happen to have some then you get some benifits.

Oh, hahaha.

I'm sure Nintendo loves customers like you.



Oh, ok, I see the problem.

The section in bold wasn't referring to this kind of scenario being a bad call for Nintendo, rather IGA.
For Nintendo, throwing money at this project would definitely be a good idea.

Those two statements cannot both be true.  Either content requires the amiibo to access, and it creates a system of haves and have-nots tied to physical merchandise with historically abysmal availability, or there is no content tied to the amiibo, and you end up with a nice collectible for your figure shelf.

I dont understand why everyone thinks Wii U version should be cancelled or that it does not make sense to publish Wii U version of the game in 2018. It is not like everyone who has Wii U will throw it in trash - there will probably be more homes with Wii U than this new NX, whatever that might be. I dont think Wii U failed a lot, just a bit because of the name of the console. Most people thought it was just an accessory for Wii. Many casual gamers are satisfied just with mobile games (whoch I cannot understand, touch controls can be really bad). Wii U has very nice games if you like what Nintendo usually makes. If you are not Nintendo fan, there are consoles from Sony and Microsoft available. During the Kickstarter campaign, many gamers and Iga fans supported the project for the Wii U version, and as it was part of the campaign, I am sure it will be made. I look forward to that version the most! I will probably have NX, too, one day and if there are options to make this version as well, they can make it and it will be a good thing!

Ixbran The problem isn't whether the content would be core to the game or not; the problem is one of availability. You're talking about content created with the money we contributed that is potentially unavailable due to limited supply of physical merchandise. Imagine if a developer put out DLC on Steam, but only made it available to the first 1000 people who bought it. What the DLC is isn't really important; the problem is that they are artificially limiting access to digital content. It's bullshit when it comes in the form of pre-order bonuses and store exclusives, but at least in those cases, anyone who wanted the content had the opportunity to get it(sometimes less so with store exclusives, but I consider that to be an abhorrent practice anyway). Historically this has not been the case with Amiibos.

To be clear, I'm not even really a fan of the idea of backer exclusive digital content. At least in that case though, there is a logic behind the move in that the people who gained access to it did so by directly contributing to making the game possible. With the Amiibo-tied content, the limitation ends up being people who either got lucky or were willing to pay through the nose to scalpers.

If there is an NX release, then I would favor that over the Wii U version (depending on what the NX actually is). That being said, I'm not sure how I feel about a possible Wii U version cancellation. The problem would be for those who do not get an NX, but still have a Wii U--and want the Wii U version. Those backers would just be screwed if the Wii U version were cancelled.

I'm set up for a digital version for Wii U right now. I would change that over to a NX digital version if that option becomes available. But not everyone wants to do that. I suppose they could cancel the Wii U version if EVERY single backer who put down that they wanted a Wii U version changed over to the NX version. Not sure if that will happen....

There's only two things we can do: wait and see.