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trestres on 29 August 2008

I think mainly because of the lack of hype. Nintendo announced this game 1 month prior to its relase, and never showed actual gameplay footage. No one knew what this game was about until the game released.

I think it would hae been wiser to show more of the game and announce it at least 3 month before release. Now this game bombed badly, and most of the games released under the new announcement strategy also underperformed. Do you think that Nintendo should change their announcement policy? This game shouldnt have bombed this bad... Its been a long time since I saw a Nintendo game perform such terribly.



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The_vagabond7 on 29 August 2008

any game that has birdo with a dildo should do better.



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sc94597 on 29 August 2008

I think it did poorly because it is a strange game, in a genre that isn't very popular anymore.(adventure, not action-adventure) It didn't "bomb" because nintendo announced it 2 months ago. What were your expectations for sales?



trestres on 29 August 2008

@sc: Hmm, I didnt have any expectations since no one knew anything about it. Why do you think this is a dead genre? LOL, adventure isnt a dead genre. The game content may be strange, but one could find out before buying the game, since they didnt show anything. Anyways Nintendos first party games tend to do better, but as I pointed out this games released under the new strategy underperformed.

Im mostly upset because this game will not be coming here after such poor performance, and it looked like a nice game.

Everyone saying this game bombed because it was a strange game is delusional. Accept it, this game bombed because no one knew anything about it. It may do well because of word of mouth, just like Wario (which isnt doing great, just average).



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mesoteto on 29 August 2008

if it was in english i would by this game just for teh weird factor



 

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sc94597 on 29 August 2008
trestres said:

@sc: Hmm, I didnt have any expectations since no one knew anything about it. Why do you think this is a dead genre? LOL, adventure isnt a dead genre. The game content may be strange, but one could find out before buying the game, since they didnt show anything. Anyways Nintendos first party games tend to do better, but as I pointed out this games released under the new strategy underperformed.

Im mostly upset because this game will not be coming here after such poor performance, and it looked like a nice game.

Everyone saying this game bombed because it was a strange game is delusional. Accept it, this game bombed because no one knew anything about it. It may do well because of word of mouth, just like Wario (which isnt doing great, just average).

I knew well before release that it was about helping the islanders. Also tell me a recent Adventure game on a home console that has sold well. Not Action-Adventure I'm talking about Adventure.

 



Garcian Smith on 29 August 2008

It's a poorly-advertised, zero-hype game in a niche genre. I don't think there's anything more that needs to be said.



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tehsage on 29 August 2008

Uh, it releases yesterday? How did it bomb already?



trestres on 29 August 2008

The game is an action adventure game sc, dont try to spin it.



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Words Of Wisdom on 29 August 2008
Garcian Smith said:
It's a poorly-advertised, zero-hype game in a niche genre. I don't think there's anything more that needs to be said.

Seems that way.