Nintendo's New Fit Game (Ring Fit Adventure™)

[Soundwave]

Pyro as Bill said:

Soundwave said:

lol Sonic was a huge deal in the 90s and buoyed the Genesis into contention against what really was Nintendo's monopoly. Sonic balloon at Macy's Thanksgiving Parade was a big deal. You're out to lunch on that one. 

- Top assumes higher than Super Mario Bros 3. Never happened with Sonic and it's very insulting to put Busby and Jim in the same league. Donkey Kong Country, maybe.

Plenty of genres and once popular IP never regain peak popularity. 

- Which genres have died? 2D platformers? 2D Fighters? Arcade racers? "Shoot-em ups"? RPG?

I wish more IPs were killed but the truth is, most commit suicide. Many come back once they go back to the fundamentals and the sour taste has left gamers' mouths.

Lots of people got their panties in a wad when other people said Labo wasn't going to be a run-away hit either, and they were correct. 

- LABO was a great idea, still is. I wish I could get $20 for a piece of cardboard.

The whole fad of having 50 different pieces of plastic shit all over your living room (Guitar Hero, giant wall of 300 DVDs, Rock Band, Wii accessories, etc. etc.) in general I think peaked in the late 2000s, it's not "cool" to have so much crap lying around anymore anyway. It's more about minimalism and one device (the smartphone) doing more. Even fitness things like P90X are passe these days. 

- Videogames are for kids. How many minimalist children do you know?

So basically any franchise that you don't like was never popular anyway. Ok, great logic. Apparently you were in a coma from 1991-1994 as well when Sonic was clearly one of the most popular characters in gaming. I remember even reading that at one point Sonic had overtaken Mario in popularity during that period. Not to mention you couldn't freaking watch TV for more than 10 minutes before seeing a Sega Blast Processing commercial with Sonic in it. 

The point is saying everything can bounce back because Super Mario Bros. did it is just a dumb statement. It's like saying every film 40 year old film franchise can bounce back and make $2 billion dollars because The Force Awakens did it, so it means "Jaws Awakens" or "Godfather Awakens" could do similar business. Uh ... hell no. 

Labo was not a big success. Bottom line. And nothing even close to the Wii/Brain Training era of successes. Couldn't be any further away, Labo kits are sitting collecting dust in discount bins, I don't think the initial shipment in Japan even sold through, lol. 

Video games are for kids ... and adults. This is also a "fitness game" and fitness trends change too. Again how many fitness fads have come back into vogue lately? P90X the new hot thing still? How about the Thigh Master? Seeing any commercials for 8 Minute Abs these days? Ab Doer? Nope. Women still lining up to buy Jane Fonda aerobics videos? Nope. Because fitness fads are "fads" for a reason ... people move on from them and want to try something new and different. Thinking a video game can make you lose weight went out of style almost a decade ago now. 

Bubsy was btw a GOTY candidate for 1994 up there with DKC. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 14 September 2019