nordlead on 13 December 2009
| trestres said: Now that I think about it, the hype Nintendos big historical franchises are getting is almost non existent, like Zelda ST was the least talked Zelda ever. Same with MP3, and NSMBWii was also showed a couple months before release. I dont know why they insist with the secrecy. |
NSMBWii was announced at E3 09, plenty of time to create hype. Nintendo released lots of videos (by nintendo standards anyways) and talked about it a lot. Plenty of interviews, Iwata Asks, and more. Heck, it already sold 3m units, and I'm sure it will sell a lot more, so why hype the gaming crowd for years? If they say something about the game, then find out they want to take that out, fans will be upset. Secrecy lets them create the game they want, while keeping the competition guessing about what is coming next. Just go look at who is playing catchup and who isn't and you'll see why Nintendo benefits from secrecy.
