By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
JWeinCom on 25 January 2015
Edit Thread
Samus Aran said:
JWeinCom said:


I really don't consider that alot.  That's one per year (if you count the remake) and it's across 4 different consoles.  Only two of the games are all that similar.  

And they do sell well.  Of the five games you mentioned, 3 are million sellers.  One missed the million mark by 30K, despite coming out on a dead system.  The other one that missed the million mark was a special edition thing which was produced in limited quantities.  

The games all scored above 80% in aggregate critic rankings.

So, Nintendo is happy, America is happy, Japan is happy, and critics are happy.  And if Europe isn't happy, they can make like Kirby and suck it. :)

One game per year is A LOT.

And Kirby: Return to Dreamland only scored 77% on metacritic. And it's an average platformer that only gets high points because it's Kirby. 

HAL should try something new, perhaps it could sell a lot more than Kirby. It's worth a shot. Basically every game made by Nintendo sells at least one million copies. Kirby should take a break. 

OVer one million.  Epic Yarn was over 2, Superstar Ultra closer to 3, Return over 1.5, 3D at 1.3 and climbing w/o digital (with 190,000 coming from Europe, so I guess you don't all hate him).  Consistently outsells franchises like Fire Emblem Metroid, F-Zero, and Star Fox.  Aside from Mario, Zelda, maybe Donkey Kong, mainline Pokemon, and Animal Crossing, it sells better than pretty much anything else Nintendo does.  

Return to Dreamland is over 80% on gamerankings.  And it gets high points cause it's a fun game.  User reviews bear that out.  Of course, the other games are appropriately scored better, cause they are better.  

One game per year is not a whole lot compared to most Nintendo franchises.  It's more than things like F-Zero, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Pikmin, etc, but that's cause it sells better than those.  :)