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SaviorX on 10 April 2009

With all the complaints of non-localization and games with shoddy releases (Disaster: Day of Crisis), it just seems that there is something..... wrong or out of order in the company.

 

It is not any sort of big deal to me, and it isn't a serious issue, but it seems like if a game isn't being made by Nintendo EAD, it isn't... super important, or not important enough for a large push.

 

For example, the people who made Captain Rainbow, Skip Ltd. If they were to make an Ice Climbers game or something, I feel like it would be less important to the company than if a Nintendo EAD team made it. Intelligent Systems didn't get much push for Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (or Shadow Dragon really...)

 

This isn't some cooked up trollfest against Nintendo, just an observation.



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Naum on 10 April 2009

Well I guess when you are the greatest game developer out there you are bound to make the most hardcore disappointed no matter what you do.

Just look last year.... 5-6 games out in 1 year yet some people would complain.


( most of them don't even own a Wii)



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SJGohan3972 on 10 April 2009

Yeah Nintendo EAD does seem to get most of the attention from the advertising/marketing area of Nintendo. I wish some games like Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Metroid, Pokemon, etc. got more advertising like the shitloads I saw for the Wii itself (Wii Sports), Wii Fit, Wii Music, et al



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SaviorX on 11 April 2009
SJGohan3972 said:
Yeah Nintendo EAD does seem to get most of the attention from the advertising/marketing area of Nintendo. I wish some games like Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Metroid, Pokemon, etc. got more advertising like the shitloads I saw for the Wii itself (Wii Sports), Wii Fit, Wii Music, et al

 

Exactly. The balance of effort is off.



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supermario128 on 11 April 2009

Can you really compete with yourself? That doesn't sound possible to me...




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ctk495 on 11 April 2009

I guess though there are still making tons of money.



SaviorX on 11 April 2009
supermario128 said:
Can you really compete with yourself? That doesn't sound possible to me...

 

You actually can.

 

For example, I am a musician.I make my first album, Shooting Stars, and it is amazing, excellent, gets me many awards. I then come out with a second album, Falling Comets,which is good, but I change from pop to rock.

 

People dispute which album is better, so the argument is if I am better than me.......



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trestres on 11 April 2009

I agree, they give priority to the known franchises and these new cool IP's dont get a chance to shine. IMO this can be attributed to the new announcement policy in great part and the fact that they think that core games don't need hype or publicity in order to sell. If they were a bit more agressive in their campaigns we would be seeing much better sales and more localized core smaller franchises in NA.



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killeryoshis on 11 April 2009

Competeing with yourself sounds weird.



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Mr.Y on 11 April 2009

Smash Brothers? Metroid Prime?