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konnichiwa on 22 June 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
Also...you don't know what you're talking about if you say games like Mario Kart or Mario Tennis are just cheap cash-ins...and that by sticking the name Mario on it, it sells like hotcakes.

Part of that is true...having a Mario theme makes it recognizable and you know it's a quality Nintendo title, so it gets bought right off the bat. But that's just it; they are quality titles nonetheless. Mario Tennis is an amazing game...simple yet challenging, and most Mario games are multiplayer...and it's very fun. Virtua Tennis is great, but Mario Tennis is more crazy fun.

The first Mario Kart was okay but the others were just remakes with a update.






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BenKenobi88 on 22 June 2007
konnichiwa said:
BenKenobi88 said:
Also...you don't know what you're talking about if you say games like Mario Kart or Mario Tennis are just cheap cash-ins...and that by sticking the name Mario on it, it sells like hotcakes.

Part of that is true...having a Mario theme makes it recognizable and you know it's a quality Nintendo title, so it gets bought right off the bat. But that's just it; they are quality titles nonetheless. Mario Tennis is an amazing game...simple yet challenging, and most Mario games are multiplayer...and it's very fun. Virtua Tennis is great, but Mario Tennis is more crazy fun.

The first Mario Kart was okay but the others were just remakes with a update.


 Remakes with an update?  Wha?

Ok...so the others were just remakes.  There's nothing wrong with a remake...that's what sequels are essentially.

Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Tekken: all those spin-offs in between.

Tekken's a great game...but not a ton changes each iteration.



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ssj12 on 22 June 2007

i dont understand the japanese market any more. A insanely good RPG fails, yet a stupid Eye Test game sells 100k... wtfh is up with that?



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Parokki on 22 June 2007
konnichiwa said:
 

The first Mario Kart was okay but the others were just remakes with a update.


So what PS3 game are you looking forward to the most? MGS4? FFXIII? DMC4? GoW3? Maybe you're a racing guy and eagerly awaiting GT5? Or more of a platformer dude and can't wait to get your hands on R&C5?



mancandy on 22 June 2007
BenKenobi88 said:
konnichiwa said:
BenKenobi88 said:
Also...you don't know what you're talking about if you say games like Mario Kart or Mario Tennis are just cheap cash-ins...and that by sticking the name Mario on it, it sells like hotcakes.

Part of that is true...having a Mario theme makes it recognizable and you know it's a quality Nintendo title, so it gets bought right off the bat. But that's just it; they are quality titles nonetheless. Mario Tennis is an amazing game...simple yet challenging, and most Mario games are multiplayer...and it's very fun. Virtua Tennis is great, but Mario Tennis is more crazy fun.

The first Mario Kart was okay but the others were just remakes with a update.


 Remakes with an update?  Wha?

Ok...so the others were just remakes.  There's nothing wrong with a remake...that's what sequels are essentially.

Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Tekken: all those spin-offs in between.

Tekken's a great game...but not a ton changes each iteration.

No Ben. Those games are not remakes, they're hardcore man games on Sony's machines. Get it straight.

 



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kber81 on 22 June 2007
BenKenobi88 said:

Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Tekken: all those spin-offs in between.

Tekken's a great game...but not a ton changes each iteration.


 It's pretty easy to explain. Tekken is already perfect. They can only improve visual aspects of this game.



rocketpig on 22 June 2007

Craziness. I thought this game would do at least Trusty Bell numbers plus 50%.

I think this is proof that by 2009, there will not be a single "blockbuster" game that caters to the Japanese audience. Everything will start moving toward Western gamers because we're the only ones buying those games anymore. It puts companies like Capcom in the driver's seat because they've spent the past 5+ years adapting to games that appeal to Western tastes.

Japan is quickly pushing itself toward irrelevency. When devs can pump out cheap puzzle games and sell them like hotcakes, they're going to start putting their highest quality people on their Western projects. There's no need to waste your top dev team on Cooking Mama 14 when you know it's going to sell 40 gajillion copies anyway.

The true test will be when SMG releases. If the Japanese thumb their nose at that like they have nearly every other conventional game over the past two years, we know that things have definitely changed in the Land of the Rising Sun.




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BenKenobi88 on 22 June 2007
kber81 said:
BenKenobi88 said:

Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Tekken: all those spin-offs in between.

Tekken's a great game...but not a ton changes each iteration.


It's pretty easy to explain. Tekken is already perfect. They can only improve visual aspects of this game.


 hehe.  fair enough.  One could argue the same about Mario Kart's gameplay though too.



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FishyJoe on 22 June 2007
kber81 said:
BenKenobi88 said:

Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken 4, Tekken 5, Tekken 6, Tekken: all those spin-offs in between.

Tekken's a great game...but not a ton changes each iteration.


It's pretty easy to explain. Tekken is already perfect. They can only improve visual aspects of this game.


That's where you're wrong. Motion controls can add a whole new dimension to the experience. 



kber81 on 22 June 2007
BenKenobi88 said:

hehe. fair enough. One could argue the same about Mario Kart's gameplay though too.