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Bandai and Namco to support Revolution?
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CurseoftheGods
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Wasn't that a given?
The_Sorrow
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The more support the better, I say.
Smiles and Cries
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Firest0rm said:
a drop in the bucket means shit
Namco already has a good relationship with Nintendo regardless
ThongyDonk
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i expect now E3 is over and Nintendo has shown what they want to do, we should start getting more and more announcements
And like Iwata said in a recent interview, he no-doubt expects some leaks as to what the Revolution is all about.
And like Iwata said in a recent interview, he no-doubt expects some leaks as to what the Revolution is all about.
Namco and Bandai were always going to be on board. The big question is "how much?"
They've collaborated quite a lot with Nintendo this gen, on Donkey Konga, Star Fox Assault and Mario Kart GP. If that's a sign of things to come, we should be in for a treat. I don't know why the Tales series stopped so quickly though - I thought Symphonia's sales would have justified continued efforts in that direction.
They've collaborated quite a lot with Nintendo this gen, on Donkey Konga, Star Fox Assault and Mario Kart GP. If that's a sign of things to come, we should be in for a treat. I don't know why the Tales series stopped so quickly though - I thought Symphonia's sales would have justified continued efforts in that direction.
Jonnyram said:
I think Namco was expecting something like 500,000 sales for TOS right? And it didn't get there. Baten Kaitos, 300,000 sales expectations, and it didn't get there either. Both titles did not meet sales = no support. This happened to Dreamcast too, with Soul Calibur performing disappointing for a perfect scored title.
BUT AGAIN, this is Namco's sales expectations, so... not much to say about that (1 mil on Gundam anyone?)
mutsu said:
Their WW sales on TOS are closing in on a million mutsu, their best NA sales of any Tales game this generation. (or the past two gens.) SCII has also surpassed a million ww, (leading here in NA) DK is very close to 800k just between JPN/NA. SFA has exceeded 400k undeservedly so, I'm obviously referring only to combined JPN/NA sales. Sales=support, Mario Baseball will probably sell well also. They're making a tidy profit rest assured, this support comes as no surprise.
Actually it seems to be the prevailing thought among Japanese publishers...Jonnyram said:
low GC sales = must be problem with the userbase
low PS2 sales = must be problem with our game
...it's an unfair standard afforded by PS2's massive installed base. Publishers just can't see past it, no matter how many bombs they push out (Capcom, I'm looking at you).
Shaheed79 said:
If you actually think Bandai & Namco will simply be colloborating on Nintendo IPs, you're in for quite the surprise. Bandai will be providing primarily anime-based software offerings, & Namco will continue to colloborate yet still release original or estabished IPs. Nintendo will see another Tales game.
Azure Dream
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Ace Combat... with Gyros?
That'd actually be pretty sweet, come to think of it...
That'd actually be pretty sweet, come to think of it...
Beyond collaberations, I'd expect Namco to have versions of Soul Calibur, Ridge Racer, Mr Driller, Tales, Pac-Man, Katamari and Klonoa coming to Revolution. Games like Tekken, Xenosaga or Ace Combat are less likely though imo, they seem more PlayStation/Xbox territory.
Bandai will probably have licenses of everything they can push out (One Peice, Gundam, Fullmetal Alchemist, Konjiki no Gashbell, Digimon, Dragon Ball, Crayon Shin-Chan, Kinnikuman, Kero Kero King, etc). I expect TOMY will keep hold of the Naruto license on Nintendo platforms though, same for Sega with Bleach and the Tezuka properties.
Bandai will probably have licenses of everything they can push out (One Peice, Gundam, Fullmetal Alchemist, Konjiki no Gashbell, Digimon, Dragon Ball, Crayon Shin-Chan, Kinnikuman, Kero Kero King, etc). I expect TOMY will keep hold of the Naruto license on Nintendo platforms though, same for Sega with Bleach and the Tezuka properties.
It was dumb on their part, getting Namco to focus on "new" games that just went multiplatform anyway (SC2, Racing Evo & Symphonia). GameCube launch would've really been helped by "enhanced" RR5, Tekken Tag and Klonoa 2 ports imo.Dark Dragon said:Ridge Racer for Revolution would be nice.Too bad Ninty turned down a port of RR5.
ImNotLikeThem
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Not about Namco/Bandai, about the comment that was said during E3, that they were "in talks" with some major developers, and more were interested. It was in reference to collaboration games like F-Zero and StarFox Assault, but it was taken to mean full out 3rd party support by many people.kIdMuScLe said: