Thursday, May 3, 2018

Grezzo Working on Luigi's Mansion 3DS


According to this entry in the Australian Classifications, the remake/demake of Luigi's Mansion is going to be developed by Grezzo. It seems like they are back in their element, following their work on Ocarina of Time 3D and Majora's Mask 3D.

This makes sense on multiple levels. Nintendo is currently insisting that they will keep supporting the Nintendo 3DS next to the Nintendo Switch, where Grezzo is one of their studios that so far has almost exclusively developed for the handheld. Ocarina of Time 3D, StreetPass Garden, The Legend of Legacy, Majora's Mask 3D, Tri Force Heroes, The Alliance Alive, Ever Oasis and now Luigi's Mansion - all on Nintendo 3DS.

Out of these titles, which were the most successful ones? Right, the Zelda remakes! Their own games didn't perform so well, sales-wise, which is probably why Nintendo has sent them right back on the remake-bank.

They can't keep sticking to the Nintendo 3DS, forever, though. And last November the studio posted a job offering for what appeared to be a new Zelda title developed for Nintendo Switch (or at least something capable of running Unreal Engine, which can't be said about the Nintendo 3DS). So, Grezzo will move on eventually and maybe Luigi's Mansion will even be their last project on Nintendo 3DS.

While they have developed multiple games concurrently in the last years, this makes it appear less likely that the Nintendo 3DS will see another Zelda episode. Though, it could be developed by Nintendo themselves, of course.

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