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Why did Sega do this in the first place? It's not like they're working on hundreds of games, they've got how many teams... like 6 or 7.. at the least... and none of them could afford to do it themselves? I really hope this isn't a trend, I don't like to see Sega go down the path of adding more shovelware to the portable library of GB/GBA games.
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Originally posted by Chibi Nappa
The Shinobi game has perspectives that boarder on wacky impressionist art.
That's not really fair to say. Hitmaker made Greatest Nine/Baseball Advance. Sega Rosso is making Sega Rally. Sonic Team did Chu Chu Rocket (and had Dimps make Sonic Advance)... so, Sega's teams are working on original GBA projects.Quote:
Originally posted by SearchManX
Why did Sega do this in the first place? It's not like they're working on hundreds of games, they've got how many teams... like 6 or 7.. at the least... and none of them could afford to do it themselves? I really hope this isn't a trend, I don't like to see Sega go down the path of adding more shovelware to the portable library of GB/GBA games.
Even the games that were farmed out have been pretty good or look good so far. Dimps is great (tho Sonic Pocket was better than Advance). ^Carat House^ made a brrrialliant rendition of Puyo Puyo. It looks like Monkey Ball Jr is on the right track...
Even Shinobi and Altered Beast might turn out ok. I am holding off judging them til they're complete. They might not be so bad.
ps. Anyone remember who made Shining Soul?
*fails to see how Monkey Ball Jr. will be playable without analog*
Well, you could play Marble Madness w/o analogue...
Marble Madness wasn't nearly as demanding as Monkey Ball, and IMO not nearly as fun, either.
Sorry to join the party late... but yea, Nintendo didn't bring over Sin & Punishment. Whatever about that (I mean I think its a good game but whatever). For another example of NOA not sending shit over... what about Custom Robo? A fucking brilliant title guys. Really. NOA didnt bring it over for who knows what reason. Great franchise potential.Quote:
Originally posted by TracerBullet
All I was saying is that despite thier flaws (some people take them to greater offence than other obviously) they still brought out goods that, were it up to Nintendo, would not have been brought over. Basically; Would Nintendo have brought Rez over? Sega DID. Sin and Punishement is roughly the same kind of game as far as mechanics go but it is far more accessable and easy to comprehend when compared to Rez. Rez came out in the USA, Sin and Punishment did not. That was my whole point: Nintendo would restrict the amount of Sega games that came out here if they were the publisher (and if they're the publisher, then there IS no more Sega - just a lot of development houses under Nintendos name).
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Rez sold poorly in Japan too I belive.
We could also debate the varying levels of NA consumer acceptance between the likes of Avant Gardé games like Rez or a game that bases itself in collecting monster tied so cleverly well in to comercial values (collect 'em all in the game, on the cards and see all the shows which were just ads and instructions on how to play the games. Oh and don't forget to see the movies and buy the back packs for you kids).
Pokémon was not developed on the premise that it would just be a very good game. It was developed to be an addicting game with a premise that can be translated (perfectly) to other related merchandice and animated television shows geared towards kids to get them to drag thier parents to the stores to buy them more stuff. I can't even imagine Jet Set Radio, for instance, (even if given 800 million advertising dollars which, by the way is enough to advertise during the Super Bowl and then some) touching the profit figures of Pokémon because it is not developed to sell additional mechandice and isn't the kind of game that could inspire even a dubiously decent TV show that would hook kids into buying the game and game related items. You could try the same with Teenagers and it wouldn't work... and forget trying the 20 somethings. Basically - Jet Set Radio, Rez and others from Sega (which were phenominally good) could not POSSIBLY be marketed like or equivlent to. So the Sega not advertising enough isn't quite taking. Do they advertise enough? Probably not. But do these games have a strong chance to convince people (via marketing) that they should try this game? I don't want to sound like a prick, but the concept in Rez (to get its full effect) is not something the American public (in general) expects or even wants out of videogames - and try explaining the artistic signifigance of synaethesia to 5th graders in between episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Dragon Ball Z :/ Basically - these game don't stand a chance in hell in succeeding in the mainstream market. So we NEED to have an idiotic company like Sega that doesn't realize this fact to release them here. Nintendo is too smart to put the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars behind any of those kind of games. Nintendo is a profit maximizing company and they take no risks.
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Salutations!!
I came across these boards happenstance when looking for news coverage regarding the Heliosphere, and I must say, things look tip-top around here.
I'm no industry baron, but I would wager that Sega will still make games that will please the senses and challenge the mind. The best of luck to you Sega, no matter what the fortunes have in store for you.
I'm sorry Heliosphere? We only carry Heliopauses. Sorry ;)
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