Nintendo sucks at marketing its older-teen blockbusters

[Walkthrublazer3]

happydolphin said:

Walkthrublazer3 said:

1. True, IF he would of stated that Metroid should be given to an "Adventure Company" his point still stands. But I like stated before, he is unfamiliar with Metroid games which diminishes his validity in the subject. It would be like someone stating that the next Zelda game should be given to the God of War because Zelda is a sword combat/hack and slash game.

2. No, Nintendo is both publishing and developing the new SSB. Namco is a part of the developement team, they have joined Nintendo's team.

It's true that the games you posted were developed by outside teams, just like Star Fox Assault was developed by Namco.

SSB is like Mario Kart7. Retro helped design some stages for MK7 but the game was still developed by Nintendo EAD.

1. I understand what you mean, but imho having played the Prime games I think it's fair to call them a shooter, much like Bioshock is a shooter. They're adventure games, but with shooter mechanics and other tools. It's being a bit picky to do that at this point. But I see what you mean.

2. I know, that's why I gave the alternate examples to show the point he was trying to make, despite the ill-suited example.

I understand.

But in the end, given that his point stands with the new examples I provided, don't you think his ideas are valid, and if so, if they were to outsource it, if the marketing and advertising was bad, do you believe it would "suffer" the same fate as Prime? That's the OP question ;)

Fair enough, I was in the wrong and apologize to both of you.

Yes, I believe that giving Metroid to a notable PC developer (like Crytek) and making more approachable to the western audience could definitely increase the sales and awareness of the series. Of course this could also burn established fans of the series. Best case scenario would be a Wind Waker, where Nintendo loses a lot of old fans, but gains new ones.

As far as marketing goes, No. I think only reviews and quality of the title would determine how much it sold.