HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Nothing Nintendo can do will touch GO; nothing TPC will do can touch GO.
I have zero understanding why anyone here is excited for this game, but I'm willing to believe I'm missing something and it's not just the Nintendo Hype Train that happens with everything they do, regardless of merit.
What was their cap before Pokemon Go?
Please provide a link verifying that, because last update I've seen was in July at 18.4 Billion.
I agree this will make Nintendo boatloads more money since it's their game, compared to the very small cut they got from Pokémon.Well Pokemon Go was released on android and has a completely different f2p pay model.
But Super Mario Run is going to make Nintendo more money than Nintendo and TPC made on Pokemon Go combined.
I'm still not sure why I should be particularly excited about Mario Run. Rayman did this exact gameplay concept years ago, and it's definitely fun, but not mindblowing.
Is the hype just because it's Nintendo on mobile, or that it's Mario off of a Nintendo console or something?
Why investors wanted Nintendo to go mobile. Also why investors are smarter than fans.
Why investors wanted Nintendo to go mobile. Also why investors are smarter than fans.
Investors would be happy to see nintendo go totally mobile and drop hardware business.
They chose despite investors to have a mixed strategy and it seems to work so far.
As a fan I find it to be a good idea.
Fans care about the quality of the games. Investors do not.
So, yeah, economically investors are smarter than fans. But game-quality wise? Just look at Pokemon GO and tell me how fans were wrong.
Pokemon GO brought a massive amount of brand awareness to a mainstream audience... so much so that it arguably was one of the reasons the latest Pokemon release sold so well.
So seems investors and fans should be pleased.
Pokemon Go only got big cause bad press is good press. Who will die this week by Pokemon Go?
Dude. Just stop.Pokemon Go only got big cause bad press is good press. Who will die this week by Pokemon Go?
Wtf you can run though goombas? Whats the point of even having them there?
Not much, but still interesting, nonetheless. Short version - Reggie thinks SMR will be a hit. Video highlights:Anything of note in that video interview?
$10 is high, which is good and bad. The good is that now is the time to overprice. The power of Nintendo IP is unique. Maybe they can get volume for a $10 autorunner, who knows? They can always come down if it doesn't work out.
The bad is that $10 makes it tough to add microtransactions, which this game ought to have. I don't mean paid powerups or shitty f2p energy, that's not where Nintendo wants to be on mobile. At $5 you could sell $0.99 cosmetics, like Mario costumes and nighttime and bgm, and the sky's the limit. Every six months you put the game on sale for $0.99, and you get huge trial volume, and then all *those* people buy the cosmetics.
So they're leaving money on the table, but obviously it's not about maximizing profit, it's about can we retain the soul of Nintendo on mobile, and the business model is a big part of that. So I respect their decision. But $0.99 bee mario, I mean come on.
As a fan I'm glad they're staying in hardware, but that's just selfishness on my part. As a fan I would love a Switch launch with Metroid, F-Zero and Pikmin, but that would be a bad move for Nintendo.
There can't possibly be that much backlash over something that's free to download. Any disappointment can be shrugged off and people will move on.
After a few trial levels, people should recognize that this isn't the same Mario game you can get on consoles/handhelds. Those that went in blindly will be disappointed, but I don't think that disappointment will be enough to temper the hype. That paywall ought to discourage those who still go in thinking this way.Isn't Mario Run going to be $10?
There was backlash with Pokemon Go and that was free - people got really upset over it. Just to clarify, I don't think Nintendo deserves any backlash barring the game just not working at all.