Dcubed Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Production values look decent enough, but my God! Nintendo will allow just about any crossover these days... Should be a decent seller in Japan, but I have no interest in P&D's gameplay so... meh.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Production values look decent enough, but my God! Nintendo will allow just about any crossover these days... Should be a decent seller in Japan, but I have no interest in P&D's gameplay so... meh. Reminds me of the later GameCube days when they shoved Mario in everything and whored him out to EA.
Serebii Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 Production values look decent enough, but my God! Nintendo will allow just about any crossover these days... Should be a decent seller in Japan, but I have no interest in P&D's gameplay so... meh. To be fair, Puzzle & Dragons is arguably the biggest video game in Japan right now. It's not like it's been shoved in with random JRPG #24. Look at how Nintendo's stock jumped after the announcement Mind you that's probably because people didn't notice the "for Nintendo 3DS" aspect.
Rummy Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 To be fair, Puzzle & Dragons is arguably the biggest video game in Japan right now. It's not like it's been shoved in with random JRPG #24. Look at how Nintendo's stock jumped after the announcement Mind you that's probably because people didn't notice the "for Nintendo 3DS" aspect. If there's one thing I like as a lover of facts, evidence, and logic - it's graphs that are absolutely lacking in absolutely any context at all
Serebii Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 If there's one thing I like as a lover of facts, evidence, and logic - it's graphs that are absolutely lacking in absolutely any context at all Yeah, it's probably like a 0.1 boost :p
Dcubed Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 If there's one thing I like as a lover of facts, evidence, and logic - it's graphs that are absolutely lacking in absolutely any context at all To be fair, it was supposedly a 5% boost (I know where the graph comes from on GAF ), so it is actually significant (and hilarious, because we all know what those investors were thinking ) Still. I know that Nintendo is desperate for money, but this one seems to rub me the wrong way for some reason... I bet that no one from Nintendo is involved like they were with Hyrule Warriors (which turned out surprisingly well!)
Serebii Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 To be fair, it was supposedly a 5% boost (I know where the graph comes from on GAF ), so it is actually significant (and hilarious, because we all know what those investors were thinking ) Still. I know that Nintendo is desperate for money, but this one seems to rub me the wrong way for some reason... I bet that no one from Nintendo is involved like they were with Hyrule Warriors (which turned out surprisingly well!) O rly? Why assume the worst? This seems quite logical to me and nothing new
Serebii Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 What next, Flappy Peach? Difference is that Puzzle & Dragons is actually a good game :p
Agent Gibbs Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Production values look decent enough, but my God! Nintendo will allow just about any crossover these days... Should be a decent seller in Japan, but I have no interest in P&D's gameplay so... meh. I'm surprised we haven't got a Mario Dating Sim yet i mean it is Japan
Jonnas Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Reminds me of the later GameCube days when they shoved Mario in everything and whored him out to EA. Wasn't that just one Basketball game? I can't recall any other Mario appearance on an EA game.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Wasn't that just one Basketball game? I can't recall any other Mario appearance on an EA game. SSX as well. Dat partnership.
Dcubed Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 (edited) Reminds me of the later GameCube days when they shoved Mario in everything and whored him out to EA. Agreed. That being said, the Wii/DS era did have a fair few crossovers (Mario & Sonic, Boom Street, Mario Sports Mix, Pokemon Conquest etc), but this does feel like the GCN era all over again for crossovers. That being said, so far I'd say that Nintendo have done a much better job this time around than the sort of haphazard approach they took in the GCN era (where they seemed to miss at least as often as they hit), with pretty much everything turning out well this time around so far... So maybe I should give it the benefit of the doubt, even if it does feel like another Mario-in-SSX fiasco... Wasn't that just one Basketball game? I can't recall any other Mario appearance on an EA game. There was also Little Mac in one of the Fight Night games IIRC. That one was really cringe worthy... so very wrong... Edited January 8, 2015 by Dcubed
Rummy Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 To be fair, it was supposedly a 5% boost (I know where the graph comes from on GAF ), so it is actually significant (and hilarious, because we all know what those investors were thinking ) Still. I know that Nintendo is desperate for money, but this one seems to rub me the wrong way for some reason... I bet that no one from Nintendo is involved like they were with Hyrule Warriors (which turned out surprisingly well!) The graph is useless. I could draw a squiggly line in paint and say that it means something related to Nintendo's finances. '5%' is also meaningless, stocks fluctuate daily - that's how the market is. Some can move much, MUCH, more than 5% in a day. But for the record, their stock closed out on the 6th at its lowest price in two months(and not much better on the 7th). Literally its lowest close since halloween. Even with general fluctuations it hadn't gone that low in just over two months - you'd expect a jump off that, and of course any jump will be a bigger % if it's from a lower price point. The jump was an arugable 5%(actually a bit more like 6%, it seems) but was during the day's fluctuation, at the close of business today their stock had gone up ~2.5ish% from its open - again, this is from one of its lowest opens in just over two months and with an announcement, a +2.5% close isn't that remarkable really. According to google it was actually +2.28%. Sooooo....to bring it all back round, useless graph or no useless graph - I'd personally say the reference and useless point @Serebii tried to make about stock price is really rather unremarkable. I'm sure any announcement of a new product would have pushed their price up similarly for the day, regardless of the product itself. But y'kno, evidence, facts, logic.
Hero-of-Time Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 There was also Little Mac in one of the Fight Night games IIRC. That one was really cringe worthy... so very wrong... I knew there was another EA partnership but couldn't for the life of me think what it was. Dcubed the gaming encyclopedia to the rescue!
Serebii Posted January 8, 2015 Author Posted January 8, 2015 The graph is useless. I could draw a squiggly line in paint and say that it means something related to Nintendo's finances. '5%' is also meaningless, stocks fluctuate daily - that's how the market is. Some can move much, MUCH, more than 5% in a day. But for the record, their stock closed out on the 6th at its lowest price in two months(and not much better on the 7th). Literally its lowest close since halloween. Even with general fluctuations it hadn't gone that low in just over two months - you'd expect a jump off that, and of course any jump will be a bigger % if it's from a lower price point. The jump was an arugable 5%(actually a bit more like 6%, it seems) but was during the day's fluctuation, at the close of business today their stock had gone up ~2.5ish% from its open - again, this is from one of its lowest opens in just over two months and with an announcement, a +2.5% close isn't that remarkable really. According to google it was actually +2.28%. Sooooo....to bring it all back round, useless graph or no useless graph - I'd personally say the reference and useless point @Serebii tried to make about stock price is really rather unremarkable. I'm sure any announcement of a new product would have pushed their price up similarly for the day, regardless of the product itself. But y'kno, evidence, facts, logic. Actually new product announcements often cause stock to drop :p
Rummy Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Actually new product announcements often cause stock to drop :p Gimme some announcement dates/times and I'll check that day's market for you
Dcubed Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 The graph is useless. I could draw a squiggly line in paint and say that it means something related to Nintendo's finances. '5%' is also meaningless, stocks fluctuate daily - that's how the market is. Some can move much, MUCH, more than 5% in a day. But for the record, their stock closed out on the 6th at its lowest price in two months(and not much better on the 7th). Literally its lowest close since halloween. Even with general fluctuations it hadn't gone that low in just over two months - you'd expect a jump off that, and of course any jump will be a bigger % if it's from a lower price point. The jump was an arugable 5%(actually a bit more like 6%, it seems) but was during the day's fluctuation, at the close of business today their stock had gone up ~2.5ish% from its open - again, this is from one of its lowest opens in just over two months and with an announcement, a +2.5% close isn't that remarkable really. According to google it was actually +2.28%. Sooooo....to bring it all back round, useless graph or no useless graph - I'd personally say the reference and useless point @Serebii tried to make about stock price is really rather unremarkable. I'm sure any announcement of a new product would have pushed their price up similarly for the day, regardless of the product itself. But y'kno, evidence, facts, logic. I know it's not a big jump in the grand scheme of things, but it makes for a decent laugh at least :p
Glen-i Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Never even heard of Puzzle and Dragons... Guess that proves I'm not Japanese.
Agent Gibbs Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 I'd love them to partner up with Naughty Dog and do The Last of Us Super Mario Edition; obviously the fungus makes everyone into mushroom people still, just Joel becomes an Itallian former plumber and Ellie is still a little princess only in a dress
Rummy Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Peach already has flaps. ...can't....resist.......
dazzybee Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Little Mac was in Fight Night, but also the full version of Super Punch Out as a bonus. I bought the game for this reason alone!
Serebii Posted March 24, 2015 Author Posted March 24, 2015 (edited) Nintendo UK press site lists this as May 8th 2015 http://www.perfectly-nintendo.com/nintendo-eu-dates-for-puzzle-dragons-splatoon-and-yoshis-woolly-world-revealed/ Edited March 24, 2015 by Serebii
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