When we talk about Nintendo, it is inevitable that some of its most successful and world-known sagas come to mind, be it Mario , Zelda , Pokémon , etc., but practically all franchises have their good number of years and in many cases They’ve even celebrated their 20th or 30th anniversary, so Big N would love to go even further .
Its president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has commented in an interview with Nikkei that the company would love to create more original franchises in the future because there is more and more competition in the market and at the same time we have to keep looking for ways to innovate. You just have to note that Splatoon was its last original IP and it was released in 2015, while Pikmin did it in 2001.
With the expansion of time spent at home, the range of entertainment as a consumer item is also expanding. Games are not a necessity of life. For consumers to choose them in their limited time, they need to be interesting. The competition is tough and I am not very optimistic.
I myself am watching and studying various forms of entertainment. In the future we will focus on creating new video game franchises at the same time as we will continue with big hits like Mario and Zelda.
The truth is that Nintendo has always been blamed for the fact that it practically only develops video games from these last two sagas, so this would be a good way to show that there is still room for new sagas that are impressive. In addition, Furukawa wanted to add that at the same time Nintendo is thinking about new hardware .
To date, rumors about a Nintendo Switch Pro have not stopped emerging, although the company has never commented on anything official about it. However, from the words of the president of Nintendo, it seems that the limits of technology and its expenses are posing a problem for all this to come true.
We are constantly coming up with ideas for the new consoles that the market is waiting for, but there are some things that we cannot do now due to the limits of technology and its costs. Hardware and software development teams are in the same group, communicating and thinking about how we can come up with new forms of entertainment.
To create a single piece of hardware we have to have a great preparation in advance for several years, so we are working non-stop. Ultimately, the deciding factor in whether or not to market a product is whether it is capable of creating a new experience.
The latest rumors related to the long-talked about Nintendo Switch Pro is that it will include an Nvidia chip capable of improving the graphics and performance of the console, while also making games compatible with 4K resolution. To this day we do not know if all this will come true or not, but from the statements of Shuntaro Furukawa it seems that a very hopeful future awaits Nintendo.