Rumor: Nintendo is funding Beyond Good & Evil 2 for the NX [Destructoid]

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According to a rumor received by Destructoid this week, the game may actually come to fruition in the not-too-distant future. If the information is to be believed, Nintendo has pulled a Bayonetta 2, securing the Beyond Good and Evil sequel as an NX exclusive for 2017.

So, what's our source here? Our initial source of the rumor comes from Alexander Maier, the Dual Pixels writer who published Geno's recent NX hardware rumors last weekend. Geno, who has successfully leaked new Pokémon forms and Microsoft's IllumiRoom project, provided Maier with a lengthy document, which was passed on to Destructoid to assess for veracity.

We also reached out to a second source, who independently gave a number of the same bullet points regarding the future of Beyond Good and Evil. The number of points of crossover between these two sources suggests that this rumor, while not confirmed by Nintendo, may hold water.

According to the supposed leak, the game is currently assigned the working title Beyond Good and Evil: The Prejudices of Philosophers. This is apparently a reference to a specific chapter in the philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche, which details how morality can be altered by authority, and the ways black-and-white morality overlooks the larger complexity of the nature of morals.

Basically, it's the chapter about looking beyond the concepts of good and evil.

In much the same fashion as Bayonetta 2, Nintendo is reportedly hoping to win audience goodwill by putting money into the development of the long-in-limbo sequel, in exchange for it being an exclusive to the NX.

Bearing in mind that Beyond Good and Evil was a critical success but a commercial failure, it seems like the title would be in a perfect position for this kind of move from Nintendo.

The rumor might also partially explain why in Tim Schafer and Michel Ancel's recent Devs Play for Beyond Good and Evil, Shigeru Miyamoto kept getting name-dropped (skip to 48 minutes) in Ancel's discussion of the sequel. The puzzle pieces have begun to align.
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Rumor: Nintendo funding Beyond Good and Evil sequel
 
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BG&E2 is going to sell consoles for them? Only people I've seen hyping that was from Neogaf.
 
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For what it's worth, Michel Ancil, producer of the first game, is working on two games, Wild for the PS4 and a unannounced title he describes as a "Passion project". And he's been pushing for BG&E 2 for years.:jbhmm:

Edit: Wow just checked the Gaf thread, it's a god damn salt mine and it's only a rumor.:pachaha:
 
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Nintendo just needs to front-load a Wii U launch to get people excited, get the sales numbers up and then FORCE 3rd party developers to pay attention to their platform again.

I swear for the life of me I cannot understand Nintendo's strategy since the Gamecube. They had a lucky phenomemon with the original Wii, but they really need to launch these consoles with a Mario, Zelda or a strong first party game by them. It's mind boggling to me that they think they can continue with this strategy like in this past.
 
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Liquid said:
Nintendo just needs to front-load a Wii U launch to get people excited, get the sales numbers up and then FORCE 3rd party developers to pay attention to their platform again.

I swear for the life of me I cannot understand Nintendo's strategy since the Gamecube. They had a lucky phenomemon with the original Wii, but they really need to launch these consoles with a Mario, Zelda or a strong first party game by them. It's mind boggling to me that they think they can continue with this strategy like in this past.
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Zelda is launching with NX (cross platform tho)

and if you look at the :flabbynsick: lineup for the Wii U this year, it's clear they moved all their devs to NX

Retro, EAD Tokyo, etc should have games ready for launch window
 
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I don't even want to cop Zelda for Wii U if they're coming out with a NX version.
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this. thank god i didn't cop a wii u for Xenoblade:blessed:

even if the NX isn't backward compatible its going to be the better system.





but im still hoping its backwards compatible :jawalrus:
 
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