TheGreatMightyPoo
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Perfect reply, you are so in character.
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Nintendo's VGX reveal is fucking Cranky Kong!!!
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Perfect reply, you are so in character.
Chopper Dave
Member
heh how modest
Save 'N Quit
Banned
Reaction before I had to lie down.
SporeCrawler
Member
agreed.especially now when 90% of the games released are within 4 or 5 genres.
JaseMath
Member
Nothing really. That's why you don't waste the resources of your most talented western studio on crap like DK.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Bad publicity is still publicity.
Some of the worst commercials never get out of your head.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
People are legitimately upset we're getting a sequel to one of the best platformers ever?
I'm out.
I just really hate Donkey Kong.
Nightstick11
Banned
The Nintendo I've known for the past 25+ years doesn't give a shit about this.
I find your accusation odd considering my meltdown is due to them putting out a platformer instead of their other stuff. Me having a meltdown at all means I love their other stuff.
Doritos?
But what about Cranky Kong.
They wanted to do a sequel, though.
Let them cry their eyes out. :lol
SporeCrawler
Member
didnt DKCR get a lot of praise and sell quite a lot? why is that a waste?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
People won't buy a $300 console for Donkey Kong.
Some people will buy a $300 console for Metroid.
Cameron122
Member
Ughh Nintendo sucks.
EmCeeGramr
Member
-post from E3 2010 that looked really dumb several months later
Yeah, he looks like a fun character, and it's pretty cool that we'll get to play as him. But, on balance, I think this is a relatively poor VGX offering by Nintendo. We've already seen a decent amount of Tropical Freeze, and we know it's not going to be a dramatic break from Returns. It has the capacity to pleasantly surprise, I suppose, but it's still essentially a known quantity. It does not match whatsoever vague teasing about "something special" related to an "unannounced Wii U title." That summons images about something we've seen little of. This is the complete opposite of that.
Peter Bazooka
Banned
The whole franchise.
Then why aren't the other companies revealing big stuff?
Doctor Decimate
Member
and if Nintendo is actually in trouble like everyone wants to believe, it makes so much sense to throw away the money on something doesn't sell, right? oh wait, that's laughable.
Because we wanted something gritty, visceral, and cinematic.
All the Metroid Prime games sold way less than DKCR.....sooo where are you getting that idea from?
Ah yes, Nintendo and gritty. You have yourselves to blame for this.
Alex
Member
I like nintendo and most of their platformers, but I really didn't care at all for DKCR. Probably won't fuss with this until I can nab it out of some cheap promotion or sale.
Didn't expect anything out of this reveal, though. Doesn't seem like the place they'd do anything new or significant.
Didn't expect anything out of this reveal, though. Doesn't seem like the place they'd do anything new or significant.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
It's a waste because it's 2D and cartoony!!!!!!!!!
You know, should be an E-shop game for like 5$.
they do. it was strong sales of sin & punishment on the north american virtual console that led them to believe a sequel would be popular. they even backed it up with a tv ad campaign. while it was well-received critically, nintendo only made casual games for the wii and abandoned core games so sin & punishment 2 doesn't actually exist.
EmCeeGramr
Member
yeah, nintendo never gave a shit above sales before
what are fire emblem and mother and f-zero and a million other examples
Well, fake Reggie twitter was right.
#RIP in pieces, Nintendo.
spyroflame0487
Member
Reggie should have been like "Oh yes, we'll have lots more information in a brand new Nintendo Direct on [insert date here]"
That would have been kind of funny and not only given Nintendo the chance to drive hype in advance, but also kind of stick it to Geoff a bit.
Sure, Microsoft and Sony aren't revealing anything, but it seems to me it was a slightly missed opportunity to get a leg up on holiday hype.
That would have been kind of funny and not only given Nintendo the chance to drive hype in advance, but also kind of stick it to Geoff a bit.
Sure, Microsoft and Sony aren't revealing anything, but it seems to me it was a slightly missed opportunity to get a leg up on holiday hype.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
That's like the opposite of Nintendo.
JaseMath
Member
I'm sorry, I must be frustrated...and I'm tired. I'm tired of waiting for Nintendo to make good on their promise to deliver compelling, unique gameplay experiences I can only get on Wii U. DK is neither compelling nor unique.
DK is crap? Huh.
LegendofLex
Member
Nintendo has always been about pumping out potential best-sellers first, filling the catalog with additional content later.
It's pure goodwill (or Miyamoto accidentally saying they're working on it) that led them to put out a game like Pikmin 3 in a new console's launch year after the first two games' performance on GameCube.
Well, none of the VGX offerings have really been that interesting so far, and we've actually seem surprisingly little for TF so far.
And it's also a bit of a stretch to think that a Japanese company with a remarkably weak Western branch is going to care about an American-centric show like the VGX. That they bothered to show up at all is somewhat remarkable.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I'm simply saying Donkey Kong Country is not a system seller.
ShironRedshift
Member
Except based on Returns's sales, it seems people would disagree with it being crap and it seems to have been quite an efficient use of Retro's resources, being their best-selling game thus far. Heck, even the port on the 3DS did pretty well for itself, especially considering how soon it followed the Wii version. Now of course, I'm not really expecting Tropical Freeze to do nearly as well, but that's because the Wii U's tanked as a whole and nothing, not even Mario can do well on it and anything Retro could pop out would face the same challenge.
Look...I don't even like Donkey Kong (although it was more so because waggle to roll was a dumb idea..so I might give this one a shot) and I would have loved to have Smash be the game they showed off but I am also not stupid enough to expect Nintendo to show off something new and amazing at a show where nothing major have been revealed...DK also happens to be the next game out so giving it some shine makes sense but stilI get not wanting to see it, or not liking it and wanting Retro to do something else...that's fine but stop it with the apocalypse shit because not revealing Zelda tonight at the fucking VGX truly will end the company....
get real.
get real.
Nintendo didn't even have to bring out a new exclusive game. I think if they had announced a major 3rd party game coming to the wii u like dark souls 2/destiny with exclusive content that would have been a fantastic announcement at the vgx.
Of course this is asking for too much
Even Smash announcement sounds way more appropriate
Of course this is asking for too much
Even Smash announcement sounds way more appropriate
Neither is Metroid.
Metroid X StarFox
I'll give you that since 3D World sure hasn't helped the Wii U, but Metroid fans will get their game eventually. They had about three great ones in a row too, what's so bad about Donkey Kong getting a sequel anyway.