Ritsumei2020
Who did they think I was shilling for?
Nobody is asking if the game will "save the Switch 2", but how big do we expect it to be? Million seller like Mario Kart? Niche game? Cult-hit?
Do we expect Drag x Drive to be the next major Nintendo I.P.?
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Cyberpunkd
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It's gonna bomb because people do not want to play as avatars on wheelchairs. Also it looks ugly, it lacks colour.
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kanjobazooie
Mouse Ball Fetishist
100 billion seller.
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Sellyprime
Neo Member
No
Robb
Gold Member
I'm expecting it to do way worse than ARMS did on Switch(1).
Visually I think it's one of the most uninteresting Nintendo games I've ever seen. Black/grey colors and characters that all look identical with zero personality.
Maybe they're hiding loads of stuff for whatever reason, but right now it looks like a tough sell…
Visually I think it's one of the most uninteresting Nintendo games I've ever seen. Black/grey colors and characters that all look identical with zero personality.
Maybe they're hiding loads of stuff for whatever reason, but right now it looks like a tough sell…
Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
It won't sell Mario or Zelda numbers, but might compete with niche lower-budget IPs like Metroid Prime and Wii Music.
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Sebastian1295
Gold Member
The game looks like absolute t-rex shit truthfully. Color palette is hideous, the graphics look unfinished and like dog crap, and the characters look awful. The game looks unfinished.
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Sebastian1295
Gold Member
I'm for disabled focused games but this ain't it. Why not make human characters and have a create a character option so that people who would be interested in this could create themselves into the game. They could've had a story mode with tournaments, and do online tournaments where you go against other users who might be disabled and playing this as well. They also should've made the color palette vibrant and bright to match the energy of the style of game they're supposed to be going for here. Right now this looks like shit and if they weren't going to do this thing right then they shouldn't of done it at all.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
that's way better ideas you have than anything in that game
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Though the first impressions may not look that great, I think the game sales will have long legs.
blacktout
Member
I don't think Nintendo has made any kind of official statement on this, but we haven't seen any sign of box art or a physical retail version, so everything points to it being a smaller digital-only release.
Anyway, unless the gameplay is way more fun than it looks, I doubt it will do particularly well. The real question might be:
What do you expect to bomb harder: Drag X Drive or Welcome Tour?
TheUnicornGuy
Gold Member
The name sounds like a Ru Paul taxi game.
FeralEcho
Member
Midway-AGNC-
Member
Care to explain why do you believe Metroid Prime is a niche franchise?
delishcaek
Member
It will do worse than Arms, much worse.
I am happy about Nintendo at least doing something like this, but it lacks any Nintendo flavor. It should look like Splatoon or Rocket League.
It may be fun, but it looks terrible.
I am happy about Nintendo at least doing something like this, but it lacks any Nintendo flavor. It should look like Splatoon or Rocket League.
It may be fun, but it looks terrible.
SomeNorseGuy
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Walter Matthau
Member
Their next big "new" IP is Donkey Kong Bananza which likely started off as a concept that didn't involve Donkey Kong.
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FeralEcho
Member
It's only considered to be the best game of the entire Gamecube lineup by 9 out of 10 lists out there... Also the highest scoring on metacritic...Clearly a niche game series....lol
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Pasta la Vista
Member
Is it just me, or am I the only one that thinks this looks like some Miyamoto genitals at work?
BlackTron
Gold Member
Sales.
Anyway, when I saw this game the vibe was halfway between ARMS and a minigame in a title like Wii Play.
Doubt it will be a full on game like ARMS or that they expect anything huge.
Then again I didn't expect Welcome Tour either
lol. No.
Only reason why it isn't getting universally panned is because you play as handicap people in a wheel chair and games media would never attack a game like that.
I'm a big Nintendo fanboy and I think this game looks like absolute shit. Never should've left the brainstorm sessions.
Only reason why it isn't getting universally panned is because you play as handicap people in a wheel chair and games media would never attack a game like that.
I'm a big Nintendo fanboy and I think this game looks like absolute shit. Never should've left the brainstorm sessions.
Radical_3d
Member
Oh Saturday morning drinking. What a classic.
Horseganador
Member
At the meeting where they decided to make this game, they must have drunk too much sake. This game is a horrible idea.
AngelMuffin
Member
I expect it to be in the ARMS category of success.
hououinkyouma00
Member
How much did ARMS sell? I'd say less then that because this game is ugly as fuck and not appealing in the slightest.
Judge Magister
Member
9/10
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Trilobit
Absolutely Cozy
It seems more logical that it had Wario in it, but they probably thought that Donkey Kong would be a bigger hit thanks to the Mario movie.
I was joking in my post, but it actually is a niched IP in comparison to Mario and Zelda. The series has gotten great critical reception, but the sales numbers have come nowhere close to Nintendo's main franchises.
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Midway-AGNC-
Member
What?
- Metroid Prime is the 6th best selling GameCube title with 2.84 million.
- Metroid Prime 2 is the 33th best selling GameCube title with 1.10 million.
- Metroid is the 18th best selling NES title with 2.73 million.
- Super Metroid is the 34th best selling SNES title with 1.42 million.
- Metroid Fusion is the 23th best selling GBA title with 1.6 million.
- Metroid Prime 3 is the 48th best selling Wii title with 1.41 million.
- Metroid Prime Hunters is the 71th best selling DS title with 1.08 million.
- Metroid Dread is the 46th best selling Switch title with 3.07 million.
- Metroid Prime Remastered is the 90th best selling Switch title with 1.09 million.
The series always had a consistent sales history on different consoles along different decades, there were some fumbles and disappointments, like Federation Force, Zero Mission, Samus Returns and Other M, for sure, but everything else always sold very consistently. No wonder why Nintendo is betting on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond.
Sure, this isn't Super Mario, Zelda, Pokémon and Animal Crossing sales level, but calling it "niche" because of that is a dubious reasoning, unless you have a shareholder/investor-like easy and quick profit-orientated mentality, then yes, Metroid isn't for you. Top Nintendo IPs sales are actually the exception of the rule and if you consider everything else "niche" under that logic, then I guess 90% of the entire gaming market is "niche" then.
Anyway, I highly doubt Drag x Drive will reach that sales margin.
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