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[Moltenix]

Is it bad that I enjoyed the Bowser Parental Control video more than some game trailers? lol

 

[protomouse]

Europe doesn't like Nintendo.

I'd assume lots of people just watch the English trailers/content.

 

[Shahadan]

Is it bad that I enjoyed the Bowser Parental Control video more than some game trailers? lol

Considering the number of views it has, probably not

 

[Lebneney]

Nintendo USA:
MK 8 Deluxe - 2.2 mil

Mortal Kombat 8! YOOOOOOOOOO /s

 

[Mpl90]

Zelda trailer is a ad on YouTube uk.
If anyone cares

Ah right, we should absolutely need a recap of which videos fall under the "ad" label: those videos get bigger amounts of views by nature, so comparing them to videos that do not appear as ads as disingenuous. Can anyone check specifically which ones are ads in US? I've read Bomberman is an ad there on Twitter, but I wanted a clearer statement on the situation as a whole.

 

[noshten]

Mortal Kombat 8! YOOOOOOOOOO /s

I'm pretty sure Scorpion is going to be DLC in SSB

 

[Hero of Legend]

I said it elsewhere but Nintendo fans were HUNGRY for Sonic Mania. Fact: The Switch trailer for it in the OP is actually not far behind the original upload of the trailer by the Sonic the Hedgehog YouTube channel which is at 2.37m.

This is for a trailer that barely has any changes aside from the Switch logo at the end (apparently thee are very minor subtle differences, but not anyone will see at first glance unless they perfectly memorized the original trailer or something).

And also the Switch version's Collector's Edition on Amazon is sold out.

And people still doubt Nintendo is Sonic's strongest market.

 

[Toxi]

I'm pretty sure Scorpion is going to be DLC in SSB

Well he is the most iconic fighting game character alongside Ryu.

 

[JustenP88]

It's awesome to see Splatoon get all that love in Japan. I really hope some of that bleeds off onto Arms.

 

[DecoReturns]

So what made Splatoon so popular in Japan?

It just always surprises me how popular it got. Great job to Nintendo on this

 

[rhandino]

The fact that Arms is above Xenoblade 2 in the USA~

Game has the potential to become what Splatoon was for the Wii U.

 

[noshten]

So what made Splatoon so popular in Japan?

It just always surprises me how popular it got. Great job to Nintendo on this

It's the biggest system seller game Nintendo has - that hasn't had a handheld variant in Japan.
People though Splatoon was a runaway success(biggest new IP in Japan since Wii) just wait until whole parks are filled with kids playing Splatoon 2 in Japan during summer vacation.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

I know, but the public's interest in it is a clear sign that Bowser and Son needs to be a game.

Yes! Bowser and Son game.

 

[tiebreaker]

I'm from Germany and I watched the trailers on Nintendo USA

 

[phanphare]

So what made Splatoon so popular in Japan?

It just always surprises me how popular it got. Great job to Nintendo on this

it's the literal best, that's what

 

[Loco4Coco]

That Bowser parental control vid is really cute. Like how he has Peach as his phone's wallpaper.

 

[Lebneney]

I'm pretty sure Scorpion is going to be DLC in SSB

If that ever happens that would be hilarious!!

 

[Cmagus]

Zelda should be number 1 everywhere, my god that is such an amazing trailer.

 

[Mr. Patch]

The fact that Arms is above Xenoblade 2 in the USA~

Game has the potential to become what Splatoon was for the Wii U.

Gameplay vids sold me on Arms. Hope they get the marketing right.

 

[13ruce]

Take into account that it's Nintendo's main account not USA only people all over the world are subbed and watch that channel not just the USA.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Poor Arms got buried.

It needs its own version of, "you're a kid now, you're a squid now!"

 

[Protome]

Puyo Puyo Tetris was robbed.

 

[John Harker]

Mario trailer beating Zelda in the US (and really, a lot of other countries will view these versions) is surprising to me. I guess it's an announce vs. a game that's been shown a lot already.

It is also not known how much TrueView or YT Search was spent on which videos.

Google Trends is a better indicator of interest but give it two weeks and pull the data and see if there's any baseline momentum for which titles

 

[Rainy]

Honestly this GIF is amazing.

 

[Memento]

I dont think that is a good metric to know which game is more popular in each country.

I mean, I am from Brazil and I watched the videos from the american Nintendo youtube chanel, because the videos there get more views, which means it will be in the "popular videos" section on YouTube. Everyone from every country will probably watch the most viewed video, because that is the one that will climb to the main page.

In fact, generally the so called "american" chanel is actually the "worldwide official" one. The same happens with PlayStation and Xbox. There is a reason the chanel is named "Nintendo" and not "NintendoUS". It is THE official chanel.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Puyo Puyo Tetris was robbed.

GB stealing views from official Nintendo channels

 

[Seik]

It'll be in for a better one if they give it a price drop at the same time.

A price drop 3-4 months after launch is ambassador worthy stuff.

I'm in, if I get a couple free games! :lol

 

[Zedark]

Haha, first time seeing the parental controls video! That is an absolutely amazing video, and I like the way it works as well: seem really functional, especially for parents who are not that much into gaming themselves but want to buy their kids a game as a present or something. Nice job by Nintendo.

 

[Sterok]

It may be a port, but I think Mario Kart is still going to be massive. That's a lot of people seeing it for just a few new characters and battle mode revision.

 

[7DollarHagane]

Really shows how big of a deal Splatoon is in japan.

 

[Pyrokai]

Poor Arms got buried.

I think we know now why the only big hitters were Mario and Zelda. They could have had an event with just those two games shown and we wouldn't have known a difference.

I definitely think they have plenty more.

 

[Oblivion]

How Zelda is not top in the US I will never know.

People are rightfully pissed at the lack of texture filtering.

 

[Aztechnology]

This is obviously wrong. Switch 1, 2 must be in the top slot for each. I mean, it's like the second coming of Wii sports.

Really shows how big of a deal Splatoon is in japan.

Curious to see how/if paid online will effect that in Japan.

 

[Huddy]

1-2 Switch got robbed.

 

[Valient]

I wasn't event that excited for Zelda till i saw this last trailer but i think i was more excited for Splatoon 2 even if i didn't much of the original game.

 

[Diddy Kong]

The Bomberman trailer now has over 1,000,000 views in NA

 

[Tyaren]

Yes. Or EU watches the US videos, because they rank higher in the youtube search.

Exactly. German here and I didn't even know there was a German Nintendo channel on Youtube. I was very surprised to see the Zelda trailer even was dubbed in German (and other languages beside Japanese and English).

 

[Franz Brötchen]

Yup. If I search for "Breath of the Wild" the US version is my 1st search result and the GER version is my 10th search result. I'm from Germany, bzw.

That typo is hilarious, German GAF should make that a standard

 

[Gaiaknight]

It'll be in for a better one if they give it a price drop at the same time.

The switch is actually the cheapest in japan compared to elsewhere at 29,980 yen ($260 US dollars)

 

[Nzyme32]

Pointless metric when I'm most frequently guided to watching the US channel's videos.

I'm in the UK and saw none of the Switch content from the UK channel

 

[FZZ]

I've finally accepted that I just don't get Splatoon

Mario and Zelda tho

Whew

 

[BigEmil]

I'm from Europe and I watched the US videos.
When I search for it it's mainly those at top results

 

[mrmickfran]

Lmao @ Splatoon dominating in Japan.

The squids have taken over.

EDIT: Holy shit @ Sonic Mania. It's catching up to the original trailer so quick. That shows how much more popular Sonic is on Nintendo.

Or maybe people watched it expecting more footage?

 

[MANUELF]

Curious to see how/if paid online will effect that in Japan.

It wont matter, now they can play locally for up to 8 players at the same time, Did you believe Monster Hunter was a phenomenom? You havent seen anything yet ;-D

 

[ichigo kurosaki]

Not thay anyone cares, but Nintendo Spain's view counts below. The numbers are higher than those of any other EU countries after the UK...

Zelda: 122k views
Super Mario Odyssey: 49k
Zelda Limited Ed.: 27k
Mario Kart: 27k
Splatoon 2: 21k

I'm on Mobile so it's a bit cumbersome to post separate links, but if you want to check it out here's their channel: https://www.youtube.com/nintendoes

 

[SmokedMeat]

A jrpg had the fewest views in Japan.

 

[evilromero]

Mario really should be the launch game. It's by far the most exciting thing they showed and what I'd say is the killer app for the system.

 

[butman]

lmao

 

[Zesh]

Mario really should be the launch game. It's by far the most exciting thing they showed and what I'd say is the killer app for the system.

Yep, the reaction to the Switch would've been very different if it launched in the holiday season with all of the 2017 games as launch titles.

 

[evilromero]

Yep, the reaction to the Switch would've been very different if it launched in the holiday season with all of the 2017 games as launch titles.

Hell, release it on 03/03 and just cut the unfinished content to be DLC later in the fall.