tbone51 said:
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He's right about that. Xenoblade got more word-of-mouth and consumer advertising than just about any other game last gen. Honestly, NoA was absolutely foolish not to play that up as much as possible in an attempt to catch lightning in a bottle. Seriously, they blew a golden chance. People who had zero interest in most JRPGs were talking about Project Rainfall. Final Fantasy games are basically the only other JRPGs that people who don't play JRPGs are often interested in. You can't buy that kind of advertising and Nintendo ignored it.
As for X becoming a big franchise, I really don't know. Xenoblade was in such a unique situation. It did average numbers everywhere except North America, but how much of those NA numbers were because of the hype? Did Project Rainfall inflate the numbers beyond normal? Frankly, we won't know until we see how X does.
However, they're going to need to have a character or mascot they can market. That's the key to success on a Nintendo system.
