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Wonderful 101 is in the same boat as Sin & Punishment: Developed by a 3rd party (Treasure in S&P's case), published and owned by Nintendo. I use that example because I've been playing the Wonderful 101 recently so it's the freshest example in my head.
OK gonna be a total devils advocate, but the Wonderful 101 is a tough sell. It's a bright flashy superhero game where all the characters are chibifiesd and cute, but it's also T rated, filled with sexual innuendo and mild swearing, and at certain points, even on its easiest difficulty, can be hard as balls. Something that contrasts itself that much would be hard to advertise on any level.
Certainly doesn't mean they couldn't have TRIED any level of advertising outside of that 7 minute Nintendo direct.
Putting in a W101 character (lets just say Wonder Red for the sake of speculation) would be a great "backdoor" way of working in 3rd party representation, like "It's a representative of Platinum games, but the Wonderful 101 counts as a Nintendo IP, so he's not a guest fighter!" kind of thing.
edited 5th Mar '14 6:49:59 AM by paperbritt
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Compare Viewtiful Joe, by the same game's makers, which got a tv show and much other publicity, and lasted 4 games. Or Okami, which got less publicity than Viewtiful Joe, but seems to have gotten more than this. Also, the page I linked says Nintendo limited shipments of the game in Japan? I see you're playing DA, but I don't see your justifications as being strong enough. Thank you for trying to let me see an alternative, though.
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I did just suggest Wonder-Red and link to the game's page a few pages ago, when writing out who would be on my bingo sheet if I ever did one.
edited 5th Mar '14 6:50:55 AM by wanderlustwarrior
On 4KidsTV. You didn't miss out
I don't think W101 is owned by Nintendo. I know for sure Sin And Punishment is, but I think W101 is a fully owned property of Platinum.
Please help out our The History Of Video Games page.While I disagree fervently, I won't continue this discussion. This thread gets sidetracked enough as it is.
"Yeah, it's a shame. Here we are in an underground cave with all these lasers, and instead of having a rave we're using it for evil."@paperbritt: Yeah, Wonderful 101 is too mature to be a kids' game but too bright, colorful, and silly to really appeal to the audience T-rated games usually gun for. (Difficulty is not usually a factor in ESRB ratings, otherwise New Super Mario Bros. Wii and U would be M for sure.) It's in this weird gray area that appeals to a very specific audience, which may be responsible for the game's failure at market.
edited 5th Mar '14 7:53:15 AM by Midna
pearlina brainrot affects millions of people worldwide. if you or a loved one are suffering from pearlina brainrot, call 1-800-GAY-NERDSMaybe that's the name in another language? Grounder, where are you from? Probably should link to the post you mean, since I have a feeling this is purely just a language barrier thing.
It does say K.O. Uppercut in the Japanese and American updates, though.
Unless the Captions are different among languages, Sakurai did mean his Neutral B, the K.O. Uppercut. And probably meant that too regardless.
edited 5th Mar '14 8:59:27 AM by Irene
Shadow?I kinda wish all characters had a sort of Limit Break like Little Mac has in the newest game. They wouldn't be out-and-out screen-wiping Final Smashes, but really quick, strong attacks.
The problem would be finding an input to make it a universal feature, though I believe a Shield+B input could work for that.
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