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Is Hyrule Warriors Doomed??

DOOMED 51 20.40%
 
Probably 36 14.40%
 
Maybe not if it's more l... 75 30.00%
 
I like females with swords 88 35.20%
 
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archbrix on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:
Soleron said:
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That might be a concern if Zelda was a franchise that heavily appealed to the masses but I think the vast majority of potential Zelda purchasers won't confuse this with being a proper Zelda game.

Nintendo obviously still think it can sell to the mass-market still or it wouldn't be their longest and most expensive game to make.

Not necessarily.  Much to the dismay of some Nintendo fans, the company has been known to put a lot of time, effort and manpower into a title (see Skyward Sword) despite the fact that multiple other cheaper projects could have yielded better selling results.



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archbrix on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:

Did the Zelda CD-i games stop Ocarina of Time from becoming the biggest selling Zelda ever for the time?

If they were promoted as the big Zelda game of the year before OoT released, I think they would have.

I don't see Nintendo actively promoting this as "The next big Zelda game".  Even during the Nintendo Direct Iwata was quick to clarify that this was not the next game in the proper Zelda franchise.



Soleron on 20 December 2013
archbrix said:
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I don't see Nintendo actively promoting this as "The next big Zelda game".  Even during the Nintendo Direct Iwata was quick to clarify that this was not the next game in the proper Zelda franchise.

Their track record on getting across their intended message is poor. See also "Wii U isn't a Wii expansion".



GamechaserBE on 20 December 2013

Dynasty warriors fans buy Dynasty warriors because they are very interested in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, like their are One Piece fans who never bought a Dynasty Warriors game but bought One piece (warriors). This is a game for the Zelda fans based on the Dynasty Warriors gameplay and mostly will attract Zelda fans.



archbrix on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:
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I don't see Nintendo actively promoting this as "The next big Zelda game".  Even during the Nintendo Direct Iwata was quick to clarify that this was not the next game in the proper Zelda franchise.

Their track record on getting across their intended message is poor. See also "Wii U isn't a Wii expansion".

That doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to actively pursue marketing this as the next game in the lineage of the franchise proper.  I don't see potential "Zelda U" buyers mistaking this title for the real thing.



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Soleron on 20 December 2013
archbrix said:

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That doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to actively pursue marketing this as the next game in the lineage of the franchise proper.  I don't see potential "Zelda U" buyers mistaking this title for the real thing.

They won't mistake it... but it still devalues Zelda's image IF it's buggy and terrible.



archbrix on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:

That doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to actively pursue marketing this as the next game in the lineage of the franchise proper.  I don't see potential "Zelda U" buyers mistaking this title for the real thing.

They won't mistake it... but it still devalues Zelda's image IF it's buggy and terrible.

If it proves to be that bad of a game, then I agree, but really don't see anything diastrous happening here - particularly when the gameplay will be apparent to the vast majority of people as a spin-off rather than another company's take on the true franchise (ala Other M).



hsrob on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:
Soleron said:
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That might be a concern if Zelda was a franchise that heavily appealed to the masses but I think the vast majority of potential Zelda purchasers won't confuse this with being a proper Zelda game.

Nintendo obviously still think it can sell to the mass-market still or it wouldn't be their longest and most expensive game to make.

I don't think that is a significant concern.  Link's Crossbow training has review scores in the same ballpark as the Dynasty Warriors games i.e. much lower than any main Zelda game, but I don't believe that anyone thought it de-valued the franchise because they saw it for what it was, a spin-off.

Metroid Other M on the other hand.......



hsrob on 20 December 2013
Soleron said:
archbrix said:

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That doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to actively pursue marketing this as the next game in the lineage of the franchise proper.  I don't see potential "Zelda U" buyers mistaking this title for the real thing.

They won't mistake it... but it still devalues Zelda's image IF it's buggy and terrible.

You'd have to hope that Nintendo is exerting some level of QC over this game, I'd be surprised if they're not.



archbrix on 20 December 2013
hsrob said:
Soleron said:
archbrix said:

That doesn't mean that Nintendo is going to actively pursue marketing this as the next game in the lineage of the franchise proper.  I don't see potential "Zelda U" buyers mistaking this title for the real thing.

They won't mistake it... but it still devalues Zelda's image IF it's buggy and terrible.

You'd have to hope that Nintendo is exerting some level of QC over this game, I'd be surprised if they're not.

Precisely.  Aside from the horrible CD-i debacle, Nintendo is very protective of the Zelda franchise.  I'm actually quite surprised that Ninty is even letting another company use their characters in a spin-off, but I can't imagine that a good deal of Nintendo quality control won't be present here.