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bonzobanana on 23 May 2015
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Miyamotoo said:
bonzobanana said:
It's not a game that appeals to me at all on face value but I certainly hope its a huge seller, I'll be keen to try the demo to see what the fuss is about. I hope they keep most of their marketing budget back for Xenoblade Chronicles X and Zelda U though. Xenoblade needs to be seen by as wide an audience as possible if Nintendo want to sell hardware. In fact some pre-launch teasers even now wouldn't be a bad idea.

The above views may change considerably once I've tried the game.

Before I tried Demo I was planning to buy game in some moment when I find really cheap copy, after Demo I preorder game, and later cancel preorder and decided to buy via eShop at launch. :)

For new IP with big potential that you want to succeed, you need very good and big marketing, bigger than for Xenoblade that already have fans or Zelda most famous Nintendo IP after Mario.


I don't think the original Xenoblade had enough fans and it was a fairly low seller at least outside Japan but haven't checked the figures. That isn't really my  point though about Xenoblade X, it's the fact the game looks technically impressive when many wii u games before it have done huge damage to its reputation as good tech. The game looks impressive and gives the wii u more tech credibility.  Splatoon looks the complete opposite, it does not look technically impressive and looks like something that could be achieved on even humble hardware, even the original wii. In fact if they had released it for that format as well I'm sure it would have done huge numbers. Xenoblade X looks like an epic experience with a lot to see and do but Splatoon looks like a casual bit of fun.