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burning_phoneix on 14 July 2014
Locknuts said:
curl-6 said:
Platformer oversaturation, small install base, disappointment that it wasn't Metroid.


All of the above. Plus there are other platformers on the system which are better. 


Which ones are you talking about?

 

Like Oniyide says, only Rayman Legends comes close. DKCTF maybe the wrong game for the market, but I honestly believe it's the best 2D platformer in years.



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phaedruss on 14 July 2014
DerpSandwich said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Cause it was a platformer in a sea of platformers, it didn't matter how great of a game it is, it didn't really matter... Its like eating Chocolate after finishing a Chocolate Cake, you just dont care enough even if the Chocolate is good

And yet, two of the upcoming games on Wii U are also platformers...  I think Nintendo is having a bit of a crisis at the moment.  It's like they're compensating for the difficulty of HD developing by making everything a platformer.  I'm surprised Zelda wasn't one.


Yup, let's pump out platformers of all of our mascots and then racers of all of our mascots. Greeaaaat...



ExplodingBlock on 14 July 2014
phaedruss said:
DerpSandwich said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Cause it was a platformer in a sea of platformers, it didn't matter how great of a game it is, it didn't really matter... Its like eating Chocolate after finishing a Chocolate Cake, you just dont care enough even if the Chocolate is good

And yet, two of the upcoming games on Wii U are also platformers...  I think Nintendo is having a bit of a crisis at the moment.  It's like they're compensating for the difficulty of HD developing by making everything a platformer.  I'm surprised Zelda wasn't one.


Yup, let's pump out platformers of all of our mascots and then racers of all of our mascots. Greeaaaat...


And the only racing nintendo game being Mario Kart 8 and.................



Frogger on 14 July 2014

No 2D platformer is worth more than $25.



Frogger on 14 July 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
People want it on 3DS.


Also this. That's why I didn't buy it.



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amak11 on 14 July 2014
Mr Puggsly said:
People want it on 3DS.


3DS users want everything. Hell they even wanted Mario Kart 8 on it even though it's technically incapable of what the game has to offer without major downgrades. 



amak11 on 14 July 2014
spemanig said:

No 2D platformer is worth more than $25.

I have good news for you! This platform is rendered fully in 3D. 



Sharu on 14 July 2014

If next Retro game will be Diddi Kong Racing it will flop too...



amak11 on 14 July 2014
Sharu said:
If next Retro game will be Diddi Kong Racing it will flop too...


How? That would be an adventure racing game. People LOVED the first one



hsrob on 14 July 2014

I know it seems to be blasphemy to say around here but I just don't think it's that good. (It was good but I expect my DK to be great) It played things way too safe and was too similar to the Wii DK.

It was also relatively too soon after the preceding game. NSMB WiiU was guilty of the same but it got there first and had little competition at time. Also it's Mario so it can get away with that to a greater extent.