What went wrong with Deadly Creatures

[theRepublic]

Gamerace said:

theRepublic said:
I'm surprised that people think that this game has zero appeal.

Ask yourself, "Who loves insects?"

Answer: Little boys

A few commercials on Nickelodeon, and this game could have been a lot bigger.

 

 Wrong.  Little boys like to collect and maybe kill bugs, not pretend to be a bug.  A pokemon bug game might work but not one where your cast as a bug.

Want proof?   Sectaurs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectaurs

In the 80's Coleco launched a toyline on the premise that boys like bugs.  It had HUGE marketing.  A cartoon.  A comic series.  You name it, it had it.  It was trumpeted as the next 'big' thing.   Stores bought a ton.  And it failed completely.

There could be a ton of different reasons why that failed.

This was a game that needed advertising outside of gaming websites.  It didn't get it, and has a bad couple of weeks.  No surprise.