It would be more appealing if this was a game about a long-distance relationship in general. I'm in one myself so it definitely would have appealed to me.
Weird. Why didn't Sakurai talk about the new spirits in his video? Are the rights to each of those artworks also owned by different holders in different regions? 🤔
@Rodan2000 That's right. Keep your store closed while you are forced to pay bills each month. Would you like to pay his bills so he doesn't have to worry about opening his store?
@KingBowser86 Yet the fans are complaining that Microsoft is "basically sitting on Rare". Rare's own IPs never sold well. Rare had made games like Conker: Live and Reloaded, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Viva Pinata, and Kameo, and they flopped. Had you supported your favorite character like you should have, then perhaps the series would have still continued. Sea of Thieves is Rare's most successful game by far - wasn't even their own idea.
Forgive me if I don't see any parallels between Rare's success and the demand for the games that Nintendo fans want from them.
@JuiceMan_V "Just proved my point with this sentence being that Banjo is just there to be hype as a fan requested character."
That likely wasn't even the reason why Sakurai agreed to put him in the game, but rather Xbox was also heavily pushing for it. They don't want to do such thing without reason.
"Bruh, most kids kids 25 and under had no clue who Terry was and this KOF Mobile you're trying to reference means nothing lol! Everyone in my age bracket and/or hardcore fighting game fans knew who he was."
Banjo had had far less exposure, and the fans he's had left even admitted they refused to buy his previous game on Xbox 360. I don't even get the obsession Nintendo fanboys have over the character. There were some better character choices that would have been better than Terry but his importance to the market is far greater than Banjo.
"What??? I don't even understand what you're saying here. I will say this, Nintendo fanboys ain't clamoring for your horrible Lara Croft suggestion lol!"
This is precisely the kind of self-entitlement I was talking about. You paid no attention to anything I wrote did you?
"So? Fire Emblem now a known series of games in the West because of Smash Bros."
And did Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, and Animal Crossing need Smash to be successful? No. You can try to shove Fire Emblem down people's throats like Sakurai tried doing for the past 20 years, but it won't MAKE fans care, like a switch in somebody's brain. They'll only like it if they're intrigued with Fire Emblem's own product.
"Anecdotally, I already know 3 people that want to play the OG FF7 after the Smash reveal.
Mission accomplished to me"
Great, I guess the marketing and hype the game had for decades prior had no significance then?
@GoldenSunRM I have 345 hours invested in the game. You're mistaken if you believe the drive behind the sales of this game are its "fun, cool movesets". It's usually because of the characters that people buy it for. Mortal Kombat fans likely won't get it if it doesn't have Scorpion. They wont care if Sephiroth was the one doing the spears and uppercuts.
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Re: Random: Researchers Visualise How Mario, Luigi, And Dr Eggman Would Look If They'd Actually Aged
Did they make these in GTA5?
Re: Sakurai To Host Pyra/Mythra Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Presentation Next Week
There's no reason for these things to be as long as they are. How about instead put tutorials in the game?
Re: Bravely Default II Spirits Are Being Added To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Bobb Yep. Who are we to not trust Sakurai?
Re: Bravely Default II Spirits Are Being Added To Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
@Bobb According to Sakurai, he could only get the rights to 2 of them. The other characters are owned by different companies.
Re: Sega Denies It Has Anything To Do With Crazy Taxi Clone Taxi Chaos
We are currently investigating this situation.
Uhhhhhh what for?
Re: Get Over Here And Watch The First Trailer For The Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot
Will this be a good movie if fans complain about the wardrobe?
Re: Get Over Here And Watch The First Trailer For The Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot
@Silly_G So you don't think that was a gag?
Re: Get Over Here And Watch The First Trailer For The Mortal Kombat Movie Reboot
@gutrippabear Actually they removed a lot of them from the script. Johnny Cage being among the most notable.
Re: Travis Touchdown Returns In No More Heroes III On August 27th
@Snatcher How come?
Re: DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power Is Coming To Switch This June
Japan seems to be more interested in this than No More Heroes 3.
Re: Pyra and Mythra Are Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Newest DLC Fighters
@DriftFDs That's what DLC is for. What do these other developers use it for? To sell more copies of their own game? Pfft. Yeah right.
Re: Pyra and Mythra Are Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Newest DLC Fighters
@HotGoomba GoOd BoYs AnD gIrLs
Re: Talking Point: What We're Hoping To See In Today's Nintendo Direct
@Luigisghost669 They used the resources for Bowser's Movie.
Re: Mini Review: Half Past Fate: Romantic Distancing - A Love Story That's Too Close To Reality
It would be more appealing if this was a game about a long-distance relationship in general. I'm in one myself so it definitely would have appealed to me.
Re: Beep Beep! Taxi Chaos Takes Its Directions From Crazy Taxi, Coming To Switch On February 23rd
I need to buy this game before Sega sues them.
Re: LEGO Partners With Sega To Turn This Fan-Made Sonic Set Into A Real Product
Why have a plane and not have Tails?
Re: Random: Super Mario Galaxy Gets Remade In Minecraft, With 86 Stars To Collect
Is there unique gravity?
Re: Talking Point: So, What Are The Chances We'll See A 'New' Nintendo Switch In 2021?
Switch Pro would sound too confusing with PS5 Pro.
Re: BioWare's Project Director Would "Love" To See The Mass Effect Legendary Edition On Nintendo Switch
According to EA, the Switch is not an existing console.
Makes sense.
Re: Tails' Voice Actor Won't Be Voicing The Character In Sonic Prime
It's Tomb Raider's 25th anniversary and they're also getting an animated show on Netflix.
Re: Microsoft Was Simply Exploring "Every Angle" When It Approached Nintendo About A Buyout
"Duh where's my Rare Replay Nintendo?"
Re: Microsoft Was Simply Exploring "Every Angle" When It Approached Nintendo About A Buyout
@Heavyarms55 Yes, one makes game consoles, and the other makes game consoles. They're totally not in the same market.
Re: Video: A Full Playthrough Of GoldenEye 007's Cancelled Remake Has Leaked Online
Welcome to another episode of "Bring Rare Replay to the Switch".
Re: Reggie Admits Switch Was A "Make Or Break Product" For Nintendo After Poor Performance Of Wii U
It was obvious that the Switch was a risk. It started out with hardly any third party support.
Re: Official Rabbids Username Tweak Fuels Speculation Over A Mario + Rabbids Sequel
Starfox + Rabbids Racing
Re: Video: 13 Great Wii U Games Still Not on Switch
Pushmo World.
Re: Hideki Kamiya Hopes To Share An Update About Bayonetta 3 At Some Point In 2021
Bayonetta Forever.
Re: IO Interactive Reconfirms Hitman 3 Will Launch On Switch Alongside Other Versions
"Next year" you say?
Re: Another Person Got In Trouble For Breaking Lockdown Restrictions To Play Pokémon GO
@BloodNinja They actually wear them to conceal their faces.
Re: Another Person Got In Trouble For Breaking Lockdown Restrictions To Play Pokémon GO
And they're probably in a much better place than the people staying all day inside their neighborhoods.
For that matter, did anybody see Wuhan on New Year's Eve?
Re: Video: Here's How Animal Crossing: New Horizons Looks Running At 4K, 60FPS
Didn't Animal Crossing used to be in 60 FPS?
Re: Random: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World's New Cover Art Is A Parody Of Sonic Adventure
I thought it was going to look lame, but it does not.
Re: Ex-Halo Composer 'Would Love' To Work With Nintendo If Master Chief Joins Smash Ultimate
I do not approve.
Re: Random: Surely This Is The Smallest N64 Console Ever?
How many minutes of battery life?
Re: Random: Dust Off Your Wii U, It's Time For Some Banjo-Kazooie And Blast Corps
How do people not see this as an error?
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Weird. Why didn't Sakurai talk about the new spirits in his video? Are the rights to each of those artworks also owned by different holders in different regions? 🤔
Re: Random: YouTuber Shows Google Stadia Version Of Cyberpunk 2077 Running On Switch
@SwitchVogel Because it's streamed from a powerful server.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
What credentials does Geno even have?
Re: Don't Get Your Hopes Up For Xbox Game Pass Appearing On Switch
You're telling me Nintendo cares too much about its eShop to go and destroy it? Outrage!
Re: Sakurai's Smash Bros. Sephiroth Broadcast Will Run For About 35 Minutes
@Caryslan Banjo isn't. He's just a character that Sakurai didn't put in Melee when he had the chance and fans were very upset about.
Re: Sakurai's Smash Bros. Sephiroth Broadcast Will Run For About 35 Minutes
Fill out your Sakurai Bingo cards if you haven't.
Re: Nintendo Toys Coming To Burger King Kids Meals In Germany, Austria, And Australia
Look at all the promotion for Fire Emblem, eh Sakurai?
Re: Feature: Why Open A Video Game Shop During A Global Pandemic?
@Rodan2000 That's right. Keep your store closed while you are forced to pay bills each month. Would you like to pay his bills so he doesn't have to worry about opening his store?
Re: Feature: Why Open A Video Game Shop During A Global Pandemic?
To pay the bills?
What kind of question is that?
Re: Random: Banjo-Kazooie Creator Reacts To Duo's Bittersweet Cameo In The Latest Smash Trailer
@Klobb Why didn't you want a Banjo-kazooie game? Don't you love mascots riding around in carts?
Re: Random: Banjo-Kazooie Creator Reacts To Duo's Bittersweet Cameo In The Latest Smash Trailer
@KingBowser86 Yet the fans are complaining that Microsoft is "basically sitting on Rare". Rare's own IPs never sold well. Rare had made games like Conker: Live and Reloaded, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, Viva Pinata, and Kameo, and they flopped. Had you supported your favorite character like you should have, then perhaps the series would have still continued. Sea of Thieves is Rare's most successful game by far - wasn't even their own idea.
Forgive me if I don't see any parallels between Rare's success and the demand for the games that Nintendo fans want from them.
Re: Random: Banjo-Kazooie Creator Reacts To Duo's Bittersweet Cameo In The Latest Smash Trailer
@KazooieTooie I must have struck a chord.
Re: Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
@JuiceMan_V
"Just proved my point with this sentence being that Banjo is just there to be hype as a fan requested character."
That likely wasn't even the reason why Sakurai agreed to put him in the game, but rather Xbox was also heavily pushing for it. They don't want to do such thing without reason.
"Bruh, most kids kids 25 and under had no clue who Terry was and this KOF Mobile you're trying to reference means nothing lol! Everyone in my age bracket and/or hardcore fighting game fans knew who he was."
Banjo had had far less exposure, and the fans he's had left even admitted they refused to buy his previous game on Xbox 360. I don't even get the obsession Nintendo fanboys have over the character. There were some better character choices that would have been better than Terry but his importance to the market is far greater than Banjo.
"What??? I don't even understand what you're saying here. I will say this, Nintendo fanboys ain't clamoring for your horrible Lara Croft suggestion lol!"
This is precisely the kind of self-entitlement I was talking about. You paid no attention to anything I wrote did you?
"So? Fire Emblem now a known series of games in the West because of Smash Bros."
And did Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, and Animal Crossing need Smash to be successful? No. You can try to shove Fire Emblem down people's throats like Sakurai tried doing for the past 20 years, but it won't MAKE fans care, like a switch in somebody's brain. They'll only like it if they're intrigued with Fire Emblem's own product.
"Anecdotally, I already know 3 people that want to play the OG FF7 after the Smash reveal.
Mission accomplished to me"
Great, I guess the marketing and hype the game had for decades prior had no significance then?
Re: Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
@GoldenSunRM I have 345 hours invested in the game. You're mistaken if you believe the drive behind the sales of this game are its "fun, cool movesets". It's usually because of the characters that people buy it for. Mortal Kombat fans likely won't get it if it doesn't have Scorpion. They wont care if Sephiroth was the one doing the spears and uppercuts.
Re: Random: Banjo-Kazooie Creator Reacts To Duo's Bittersweet Cameo In The Latest Smash Trailer
@KazooieTooie 6.33 from combined sales on VGChartz. There are no official sales figures from Rare.