Sega said the sales were encouraging, just wait until summer...it's a shame that Madworld is not selling in two countries that are pretty big parts of the market (Japan and Germany)but the nature of the game's violence made sure that was going to happen anyways.
As A Christian, I'm offended by Christwire. Seriously, some of us take our religion seriously you know, stop making a mockery out of it.
I wonder how many people besides me know that Madworld didn't sell in three countries...namely Germany, Australia, and Japan.
That considered along with Q1 not being the best time to release a game since the holiday rush is over, I think Madworld, like No More Heroes, did well enough to warrant a sequel.
Someone obviously never played through more than half the game when the story actually become interesting.
Maybe that was the "economic sense" he was talking about. It was going to be translated and distributed for free (Illegally, but...whatever), before they could asses the market to see when it if it would sell or not. So the question became: "Why bother?" and it has become: "Why should we still bother?" kinda like why Fire Emblem 6, the one that actually had character from Melee, wasn't ported over, since FE has a pretty big fanbase as well. (The face that Shadow ...
I didn't read every comment, but of the plenty I did read I'm surprised this key little fact wasn't mentioned:
The timing of it's release. It kinda came around when some of one of its target demographics (college folks) had finals or mid-terms coming up, and it wasn't during during the holiday season or sold as some kind of summer blockbuster. I seem to remember that No More Heroes didn't sell well initially and then sold plenty well over the course of the year, especially durin...
The fact that one Mario game was released for each console for the last two generations should probably help you understand that it takes them a long time to make them, and Zelda usually gets 2 in a consoles entire lifetime.
In fact, the we usually see one or two games of each franchise per console, so I don't know where this "they aren't releasing anything" thing comes from when we've already seen a Mario title, a Zelda title, a Metroid title, an Animal Crossing title...
The review is thorough enough to where I can't argue with what they say...but it seems this review is judging this game (and scoring it) by more of what it could be (a revival of old school Sonic the Hedgehog mechanics) and not what it is (A tweaked Sonic and the Secret Rings with Unleashed controls and a sword).
I learned to type from "Mario teaches Typing"...so Nintendo is already there...
Hopefully by "pushing the boundary" they mean making a serious-tone M game. so far, the best M titles the Wii has are No More Heroes, Madworld, and House of the Dead, which are great games, No More Heroes being one of my favorite all time games, but their mood is overall very light, absurd, and hilarious...I think The Conduit will be the first good serious storyline kind of M game, but Dead Space will probably (hopefully) return us from laughing our ass off at zombies, to crapping o...
Well...you fight the Black Knight twice...the game footage from this trailer was the first one near the beginning of the game. The end where it was a cutscene in the more dusk time of day is the second time...and that's not even the last fight in the game.
Hasn't it been poised for a comeback since day 1? Just kidding, geesh, can't I have a little fandoy fun without getting my head torn off?
But did Sega actually put any effort into making those games? No, they published them. Platinum made Madworld, Sonic Team made Sonic and the Black Knight and Sonic Unleashed, Headstrong Games made House of the Dead: Overkill, The Creative Assembly created Empire: Total War, Amusement Vision made Yakuza 3...get it yet? Sega made Virtua Fighter and Valkyria Chronicles, but didn't make Madworld and didn't make any Sonic games. Please learn the difference between developing and publishing.
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Well...Madworld did make fun of nearly everyone who worked on the game...but making fun of yourself is different than making fun of your publishers.
I beat the game, never heard them say this. Closest thing to an outside reference was a Matrix one, but never anything against Sonic...heck I'm sure the game was already done when the latest Sonic came back and got it's reviews in.
Besides...Sega didn't put any effort into any game, I'm sure Platinum games wouldn't giv...
Nothing from No More Heroes or Madworld?
C'mon, I won't spoil the games for anyone, but the last bosses in each game were incredibly bad ass.
The thing is, you're comparing new IP to a sequel game. Rest assured, a Little Big Planet 2 will seem new and fresh in some aspects, but still be the same game. If Brawl was radically different, no one would like it, so the comparison isn't really fair.
Don't forget that developers are starting to pay attention to the rail shooter again, you mentioned Madworld, so that's a plus, there's The Conduit with it's impressive control and display scheme, and many other titles.
Because gaming has always been about tech...I mean, the lowest game tech on the market has never been the market leader...right? (as long as you ignore pretty much the entire Sega vs. Nintendo generation).
The playstations were hardly universally loved, same could be said about the SNES or NES. The Wii deserved to be market leader because of Nintendo's better marketing strategy. Make something that appeals to a wider demographic that has been ignored, cater as much as possible t...
Little Big Planet is good...but the single player that comes with the game isn't going to win any awards...most of the good levels are completely user created.
Super Mario Galaxy offered a game that was as close to perfection as anyone is going to get right now right out of the box. It doesn't need to keep evolving because it already transcended every platformer and heck, probably every game this generation. But that's the Miyamoto touch.
Argh...Edge holds it's own opinion other than assimilating to the hive mind that is the standard gamer! The writers are allowed to think for themselves and form a list of personal choices that don't conform to what everyone else thinks! Quick, let's burn them before their independent thought can spread to the others!
For me and a lot of other people I know personally, it is their primary console. Either for personal tastes or money reasons.