Black-Wind
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I knew someone would argue this. But I'm not talking about in terms of sales.
I'm talking about, when the Gamecube came out, the Big Four upcoming releases were Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Smash
And when the Wii came out, the Big Four upcoming releases were Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Smash.
And I would bet money that when we get a real, full Wii U reveal, you know what the highlights are probably gonna be? Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Smash.
Mario, Metroid, Zelda, and Smash are the four franchises Nintendo goes to when they want to show something off. Kirby and Pokemon probably sell better than Metroid (hell, Pokemon probably sells better than Zelda), but Kirby usually comes later in the game, and Pokemon kinda does its own thing on handhelds.
This ^^^None of this makes any sense. Pokémon doesn't count because it's on a handheld...? Kirby isn't a big release because it "comes later in the game"? What?
By any metric (sales, popularity, whatever), Nintendo's "big three" will always be Mario, Pokémon, and Zelda, followed by things like Donkey Kong and Kirby. Metroid definitely isn't obscure, but it's not top three or top four material.
Plus Pokemon is actually the 2nd biggest selling gaming franchise to date, 2nd only to Mario. So yeah, it out-sells Zelda ... by a large amount actually.
Not gonna go point-for-point on this (I don't think half of the things listed costed much for a company like Nintendo).And Black-Wind:
- Three animes by three premiere studios
- CGI TV spot with high airtime
- Bundled-in stand
- 400+ AR cards
- Dozens of top-tier voice actors
- Hours of dialogue
- Hours of orchestral music
- Five of Japan's best composers
- Special cases in NA
- Special box
That all costs money. KIU was a huge budget game by Nintendo standards. Absolutely. And it was Sakurai's game, to boot.
I never said that it didn't have a good amount of money behind it, I just said you seem to be overestimating the amount.
Like with your "by Nintendo standards" bit ... how's this game's budget something that compares to games they make the actually take 4 years to get out with more complex game play mechanics and larger teams? Nintendo is well known for making games with a lot of money behind them and like I said, this is the first big game they have that can be passed off as a new IP for the 3DS so of course they're willing to make some meaty promotional stuff for it. I expect nothing less for w/e comes for the WU.