What? No, I was saying Splatoon was the only game recently outside Mario, Zelda, Mario Kart, and Smash to get any marketing worth a penny. And even those were mismarketed sometimes. Not that it was one of their diversification IPs :P. Diversication would be found in Fire Emblem, Xenoblade, F-Zero, Metroid, Fatal Frame, Golden Sun, even Mother plus 3rd party exclusives and spinoffs like Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, Wonderful 101, No More Heroes, Last Story, etc. They own and have worked with 3rd parties to make some decidedly NOT childish games and new IP. They just never, ever market those worth anything. If Xenoblade Chronicles X was an upcoming Sony exclusive, they would never let us hear the end of it. They would show it off everywhere, talk it up, advertise it constantly as release approached. Nintendo, on the other hand, didn't just not market the first Xenoblade they freaking kneecapped it before sending it west. Metroid Prime? That would get the freaking Last of Us treatment; you wouldn't be able to escape that game if Sony or Microsoft were making it. Problem is, Nintendo spends money making these games (the aforementioned IP and of course third party exclusives like Bayonetta 2 or No More Heroes) and then do exactly nothing to market it. They have potential for an extremely wide appeal. They don't because despite having the resources and IP, they seem to think that adults develop telepathy, especially in the west, and don't need to be informed of or sold on anything. But this conversation isn't really going anywhere and these quote trees are getting ridiculous so let's call this done. :P |
Nintendo's never really been great at marketing. The last generation they weren't outmarketed was in the 1980s.
