curl-6 said:
Nuvendil said:
If any game from this year were to move to next year, it would be Fire Emblem Warriors imo. Not only is it niche, its also relatively unremarkable from an objective stance.
An epic RPG taking place in massive open spaces set on the backs of enormous creatures that endlessly roam a sea of clouds? THAT is marketable in an agressive market. And with s bit more polish, the visuals will look very nice and for this to run on a 6" tablet will be regarded as very impressive.
Fire Emblem Warriors is...a Warriors game. With Fire Emblem characters. It will do well enough, but that's not going to draw the eye of any non-FE fans. Yeah, Hyrule Warriors did rather well for a Warriors game but let's not kid ourselves, Zelda is much more mainstream than FE, on top of being closer in gameplay to Warriors than FE is, making the difference more palatable even if it's still a vastly different game.
So yeah, I could see them move FE Warriors to fill a hole, but not XC2. Now, they still have to do right by XC2. I have said many times the franchise has far greater sales potential than has been exploited and I still think that holds true here but they've gotta market it. With XCX they did a lot of build up and then fumbled at the 1 yard line, hopefully that doesn't happen again.
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Most epic RPGs that sell gangbusters these days are Western though. JRPGs not called "Final Fantasy" don't tend to do so hot anymore, and outside of Nintendo enthusiasts, Xenoblade isn't a name with a lot of brand recognition.
I'm not saying it's a lost cause, just that it's not really a Christmas tentpole kind of game. For that you want a game that's going to sell 4+ million and make hordes of people run out to buy the system it's on. Odyssey is that kind of game, Xenoblade isn't.
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I believe that is largely due to western RPGs being marketed worth a piss while most JRPGs get virtually no commercials. if you just set aside the letters JRPG and step back and look at what the game is, I see no reason it can't be successful. Nintendo just has to follow through with some actual marketing, not airing one commercial on 2 channels for like two weeks and calling it a day. I mean, if Persona 5 can be a nice success, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has a very good shot at being successful as well.
As for Christmas, I would not imagine it to stand alone. I think they could make it work coupled with a bundle, be it Odyssey or Breath of the Wild. My point was delaying XC2 and not Fire Emblem Warriors would seem very odd. FE Warriors will get mulched in the holiday period.
