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Dear Nintendo
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
I am no marketing genius, or advertising company. But I do have a fear, as a large Nintendo fan, for the Gamecube this Christmas. The line up for the Gameboy Advance is almost surreal, 3 Mario titles, 2 Pokemon games and even a special Zelda game. This will ensure a fantastic result for what could be the GBA’s last big Christmas.
Yet I can’t help but wonder what will happen to the Gamecube especially with the competition this year. It’s not about Nintendo losing in the sales, that is a giver, it is about the Gamecube being swept aside and destroyed. GTA on the Playstation 2 and Halo 2 for the X-box are by far the biggest home console games released at Christmas and Nintendo’s efforts to counter-act this is Paper Mario 2 and Metroid Prime 2. Now I prefer the Gamecube line up to the X-box and the PS2, but I’m sure I could find millions who don’t have my preference.
Paper Mario 2 appeals to Children gamers and, as GTA and Halo do not, I can see it doing very well, undercutting the GTA and Halo threat. Yet Metroid Prime 2, in my eyes a far superior title, could be ignored by the consumer. With sales of the original reaching 1.2 million (which is a miracle for an adult Nintendo game) I’d just love to see Metroid Prime 2 reaching even larger sales. In fact I’d love to read news articles around the Internet that informs the gaming community that after just a week at number 1, Halo 2 is knocked from its perch by Metroid. What a score by Nintendo.
I don’t expect Metroid Prime 2 to even nearly reach the sales of Halo 2, Halo 2 after all is one of the main reasons anyone would want an X-box, Metroid Prime is just one in a collection of must own Nintendo titles. Yet if only Nintendo could advertise MP2 as a rival to Halo 2 then it’ll get so much more attention. At the moment Metroid Prime 2 seems to have no connection to Halo 2, yet I saw a clever website the other day that had a picture of Samus with the slogan “never send a man to do a woman’s job!” That’s what I like to see! A bit of competitive spirit.
Imagine watching the TV then seeing a Halo 2 advert with a Metroid Prime 2 advert directly after. Suddenly Metroid will get hype as a competitor to Halo 2, one of the most hyped games this year. I am not expecting a miracle with Metroid beating Halo 2’s sales. Yet it would mean the Gamecube would be fighting well into next year. In time for Resident Evil 4.
Christopher Dring.
(Dringo)
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Dringo wrote:
> but it
> would ne nice to see a Nintendo game at number 1 in Europe this
> Christmas. Like last Christmas.
The only Nintendo games that have the ability to do that are 3D Mario platformers, Zelda and Mario Kart.
> but it
> would ne nice to see a Nintendo game at number 1 in Europe this
> Christmas. Like last Christmas.
The only Nintendo games that have the ability to do that are 3D Mario platformers, Zelda and Mario Kart.
Personally, if I had Xbox live then I'd probably choose Halo 2.
Otherwise I think I'd choose Metroid Prime 2.
Had they made MP2 MY way (you all know what I'm talking about! ;-D) then I'd've chosen it over Halo 2, even WITH online play. :-)
But would I choose any of that over Fable right now?
Cross the best bits of Zelda and Animal Crossing, it's sounding like!
(I should've steered clear of that Xbox forum topic... I know the game can't be as good as it sounds but...)
Otherwise I think I'd choose Metroid Prime 2.
Had they made MP2 MY way (you all know what I'm talking about! ;-D) then I'd've chosen it over Halo 2, even WITH online play. :-)
But would I choose any of that over Fable right now?
Cross the best bits of Zelda and Animal Crossing, it's sounding like!
(I should've steered clear of that Xbox forum topic... I know the game can't be as good as it sounds but...)
Argument is simple... market it as a Halo competitor and it'll get noticed by casual gamers. It won't overshadow anything... but it would ne nice to see a Nintendo game at number 1 in Europe this Christmas. Like last Christmas.
Many people will prefer Halo 2 to Metroid Prime 2. Halo is a lot more mainstream.
Don't forget about Half-Life 2. I know it's not a console game but it'll still sell like hotcakes. I personally would prefer Half-Life 2 to Metroid Prime 2.
i'munn wrote:
> The idea of being able to kill people appeals to childrne more than
> turning into a paper aeroplane.
Totally agree. Many parents couldn't give a rats ass what game their children are playing anyway.
> The idea of being able to kill people appeals to childrne more than
> turning into a paper aeroplane.
Totally agree. Many parents couldn't give a rats ass what game their children are playing anyway.
The Second one looks so much better, parts of the first were dull but technically it was almost perfect.
Actually, Metroid on the NES was the original, andthen there was Metroid Fusion for the Gameboy Advance about 6 months before Prime was released, but they were all 2D side scrollers, Prime was a first person "adventure"
i'munn wrote:
> There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of
> them were like Prime in any way at all.
what were the other 2. i probably have them somewhere as i have hundreds of snes and nes games. i know there was super metroid for the snes (one of the best games ever) and a gameboy original one which wasnt great
> There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of
> them were like Prime in any way at all.
what were the other 2. i probably have them somewhere as i have hundreds of snes and nes games. i know there was super metroid for the snes (one of the best games ever) and a gameboy original one which wasnt great
Marcini wrote:
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime
> is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
>
> what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before
> metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way
> that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how
> it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of them were like Prime in any way at all.
> Tiltawhirl wrote:
> Metroid Prime sold well because no-one had played that type of game
> before. Now that they're all accustomed to how dull Metroid Prime
> is,
> the chance of it standing up to GTA and Halo 2 is smaller than an
> ants schlong.
>
> *runs*
>
> what about the 2 versions of metroid that were released before
> metroid prime, do they not exist now or what? i think theres no way
> that any nintendo game will beat XBOX and PS2 games. thats just how
> it is no, but it would be good to see MP2 getting over 1m sales.
There were 4 Metroid games before Prime was released, and none of them were like Prime in any way at all.
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