Phoenix_Wiight said:
*coughcoughcough* get you're manga numbers right, please. Naruto has not done tha well, worldwide, Naruto has sold around 71mil books (as of Volume 36.) They are currentley at volume 43, so I would expect the sales to be around 90mil.
Naruto,One piece,Bleach,D.Gray man..
These are anime/manga based games.
Second, Naruto is one of the most overrated anime/manga in our days. It's good, I like it, but thats all it is. Good.
One Piece is the series that has sold around 140mil manga so far, becoming Shonen Jump's 3rd best selling series, and one of the world's most selling manga. Sadly, it is not as popular as Naruto in America which makes me angry. Anyways.
The reason why some games don't sell is that many people just don't like anime games. A lot of the time, anime games are just... bad. Some are fun for a little. The only anime game I would say I LOVED was the Ghost in the Shell game for PS2. It's one of my favorite games of all time.
Naruto games, One Piece, etc, games are fun, good, but not amazing.
Some games have really good legs. Check out the Reborn! games. They do really well.
And here is the BIG thing- who writes the manga? The mangaka. Who writes the plot to the game? NOT the mangaka. They are NOT connected to the games. So duh, the anime is great, the manga is awesome, but if it's not made by the same guy (again, the mangaka,) the story is not going to be NEARLY as good.
I am a huge otaku.
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I agree with you, I think that the Naruto Anime/Manga is good, but that's about it. However, I think you're missing the point here. The reason that Naruto is so popular is that it has a really wide appeal. Starting watching Naruto is EASY. You should be thankful for it, because through it many hardcore manga fans have been born. With time, they learn to appreciate depth and things that are not all beating others up and getting stronger. This means that Naruto is good for the industry. Same thing as with Wii Music/Wii Sports.
I am not so sure about the mangaka being needed for making the story of the game good. I doubt that mangaka's being masters of passive storytelling would excel at interactive storytelling.
