Yeah Earthbound is just like Pokemon minus the sales and mainstream recognitionMajin Buu said:
Why do you think some people hate Nintendo?
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Lame real men but pirated versionsSora said:
Blame the sales of Earthbound, the real problem is that Earthbound is significantly less popular then people think it is, it's a humorous RPG (from what I've heard) with a cult following which hurts it because RPGs themselves are a niche market.Majin Buu said:
Only Japanese RPGs, and for good reason; almost every game classed a 'JRPG' is utter shit. It's a shame the MOTHER series gets lumped in with that riffraff, since it's a genuinely clever, interesting series.Plunderbird said:
Meanwhile, Western RPGs remain as popular as ever with mainstream audiences. Probably because they're usually much better.
Purple Yoshi
King Bowser
Yeah, I mean, the reason Mother 3 isn't out in America is because it wouldn't sell well. End of story.
Lucas may be in Smash Bros, but RPGs in general don't sell well among younger audiences unless it's Pokemon. And the success of Pokemon was pretty much just because of the anime and some clever marketing.
Lucas may be in Smash Bros, but RPGs in general don't sell well among younger audiences unless it's Pokemon. And the success of Pokemon was pretty much just because of the anime and some clever marketing.
That's not right at all Pokemon was a huge hit in Japan before the anime even startedPurple Yoshi said:
The first Smash Bros. isn't that goodSora said:
Paper Jorge
who? am? I?
the first smash bros. is pretty friggin' awesome. I certainly enjoyed the gameplay as much as brawl
Purple Yoshi
King Bowser
Plunderbird said:
Yeah, in Japan. I doubt it'd be as successful in America if it wasn't for the anime.
You didn't specify in Japan originally so I still winPurple Yoshi said:
Random Blue
Tried too hard to be post-ironic
I think it's:
1) Over-reliance on gimmicks. The Wii's graphical power is the worst out of all consoles of this generation, and the online play isn't done very well, but apparently having motion control makes up for that. Instead of focusing on fine-tuning their consoles, Nintendo's busy putting gimmicks in everything. (Motion controls, touch screens, 3d) Gimmicks pull in huge sales at first, but then
2) Their big-franchise games are repetitive. For example, main series Mario and Pokemon games. They're practically the same elements over and over, only with different characters/items/levels. After a while, it gets boring and overdone.
3) Third-party games on Nintendo consoles aren't too high-quality. From what I've seen, when games are multiplatform, the Nintendo versions usually aren't that good.
1) Over-reliance on gimmicks. The Wii's graphical power is the worst out of all consoles of this generation, and the online play isn't done very well, but apparently having motion control makes up for that. Instead of focusing on fine-tuning their consoles, Nintendo's busy putting gimmicks in everything. (Motion controls, touch screens, 3d) Gimmicks pull in huge sales at first, but then
2) Their big-franchise games are repetitive. For example, main series Mario and Pokemon games. They're practically the same elements over and over, only with different characters/items/levels. After a while, it gets boring and overdone.
3) Third-party games on Nintendo consoles aren't too high-quality. From what I've seen, when games are multiplatform, the Nintendo versions usually aren't that good.
This is a minor thing but I hate the Nintendo Selects concept I mean Nintendo selects sounds dumb and the line up sucks I mean come on Mario Power Tennis is on there but fucking Brawl isn't, I mean seriously Player's Choice was a far superior concept (having games sell one million copies first) and a better name. So I think they should bring back Player's Choice and add a new thing called Critics choice which would be given to games that average either an 85% or 90% on either GameRankings or Metacritic/won a major award from a respectable publication/video game website
Paper Jorge
who? am? I?
^ i think youre getting your jimmies rustled over something minor & irrelevant
But everybody has already taken the important things (including myself) therefore I have no choice but to get made over something minorPaper Jorge said: