Zucas said:
Well of course but De Blob is a game that could become mainstream. I mean we call it a core game simply because it was an actual good game with good platforming. But like Mario, De Blob is a mainstream game that has enough innovation and quality to be a core game. And it's not surprising it took off as it has the appeal and atmosphere akin to the Rayman Raving Rabbids. Deadly Creatures is the exact opposite of that. It's an action fighter game and supposedly quite dark. Not to mention the concept is quite niche. Gameplay isn't niche but concept and presentation is. So marketing has to be very well done because if it isn't able to capture past the guys on the forums like us who already know it exist and other long time gamers then it'll have No More Heroes like sales. Don't get me wrong that was good sales for No More Heroes but THQ is looking for something beyond gold. So if they get a really creepy trailer up there that really shows it as something dark but intriguing then they can get the mainstream to buy into it. Not to mention advertise some good reviews. Make it such that they realize the gameplay isn't niche just the ideas and presentation are because it's not something traditional. So they got to spend the money to do it and that goes with anything. I really know a good trailer they could put up. Have the tarantula and scorpion crawling around in the dark crevices and are attacked by the lizard. Show a cool battle that touts the battle system and then introduce the two humans that come up and look quite evil. Give the credentials of Billy Bob Thorton and Dennis Hopper and then have it go black and show the box. |
Play the trailer in cinemas before every horror film thats released in the next 2 months. That might work too.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
