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610k more compared to the last results. Crazy legs so far.
610k more compared to the last results. Crazy legs so far.
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Kirby Star Allies ships 1.89 million
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A proper explanatory thread coming soon: but Microsoft need a flagship mascot that'll be popular in both American and Japanese markets, and that could thrive under Microsoft's poor publishing practices: Kirby fits this bill perfectly.
Nintendo have no need for the IP, though it would certainly be better off under them.
..... so Kirby in the japan as exclusive cute kirby while on murica is kirby with tons of guns like rambo?
I kinda like what u are smoking there.^_^
Nintendo has no need for a popular and consistent selling IP?
What?
Well damn.
Too bad I wasn't a part of this. Fucking sold out when I went to get it on launch day!
Still meaning to get it. I wanted it to be my first Kirby game :(
I didn't know Kirby could sell so well.
Too bad I wasn't a part of this. Fucking sold out when I went to get it on launch day!
Still meaning to get it. I wanted it to be my first Kirby game :(
I didn't know Kirby could sell so well.
I'm really happy for Kirby. It feels as though every Nintendo first party game on switch is setting (or on the way to setting) new records.
Join now lol. There have been 2 waves of free characters for the game lol. It is simply getting better every day passing.
You said this months ago and you still have not produced a thread about it.
Gooey is great. But Marxx is just TiTs.^_^
That is going to be a high hill to climb but if there is not many Kirby coming out next, i can see it coming close as holiday is where Kirby always shines.
I know this isn't a serious post but Banjo & Kazooie are a better mascot than Kirby. The key is having a competent development team to make the best of your mascots, not acquiring more characters to kill.
Microsoft need an IP that can hold first-party support fort on a yearly basis: there is not a more appropriate IP than Kirby in this sense.
The key to a mascot is marketing and good management, something Kirby has always had. Not here for rewriting history for your fave dead character.
And...exactly how will Microsoft be buying Kirby, one of Nintendo's most recognized mascots?
It's possible. Kirby games usually coast along in sales until the next one, and Star Allies will blow past 2 million before its first holiday. Not entirely likely though, especially since there will definitely be a sequel in the works.
Buying Kirby won't net them consistent sales of a series if Microsoft doesn't have the market that Kirby caters to.
Casual fans and kirby fans. Just want kirby experience. and this one is easily the best multiplayer kirby. So many seems to pick it up.^__^
They will release a Kirby gaas that will let you buy hats. It won't do as well, they will never release a Kirby again.
Americans love Kirby, particularly American CEOs, Kirby will have no issues on XBOX.
Xasatm said:
Microsoft will bid ~US$4.5 B for the IP, which Nintendo will gladly accept given that they have DK, Yoshi and Mario.
...and your proof of this is...where? And $4.5 b? Really? The company quite protective of its IPs will sell it for that little?
So who told you that will happen? Are you claiming to be a insider?
No, I do not claim to know anything for sure; to me this just seems to be a natural end-game of Microsoft's movements within the industry.
Well I imagine Microsoft would be getting HAL Laboratory too, so the decision would come down to Nintendo.
And you picked Kirby over something like...anything else why exactly?
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American Ceo loves Kirby. MS is american company.
It just works.^_^
- Microsoft need a mascot for Japan
- Microsoft need an IP to release consistently and patch up those horrendous first-party gaps
- Microsoft could do with a 2D platformer in general
You're saying Microsoft will spend more than an entire quarter's worth of Xbox revenues, more than Star Wars was acquired for, to get a game series that pulls in 50-100 million every couple of years.
Pass that shit dawg.
...You do know that these Kirby games don't just pop out of a hat right? The main reason why mascots don't work for Xbox is because they don't make consistently good games with them. Them buying out an IP will do nothing for them if they don't have the talent to keep it up. So all this conversation has done is turn a thread celebrating Kirby's success all about you and your dream scenario making sure it is dead for reasons I don't want to know nor care about.
Microsoft already knows Japan is a lost cause, I seriously doubt they give a crap about being a big seller there. They do care about having the big third party japanese ips in the west though but they are not going to pay that much money for Kirby of all things, that's ridiculous leap of logic.
Imagine feeling so threatened by Kirby that you muck up a thread about its success just so you can envision a scenario where it will fail (or at least not help Nintendo).
What the shit am I reading.
Obviously this guy isn't serious but why is this even being discussed in the first place?
Obviously this guy isn't serious but why is this even being discussed in the first place?
I don't get the appeal behind Kirby (sorry), but it's truly amazing how the series keeps shipping games with each new entry in the series.
And regarding the Microsoft thing:
I'm pretty sure Nintendo holds the Kirby trademark. Why would they ever sell this to Microsoft? Why would HAL ever sell their rights or do business with Microsoft? They are perfectly fine to business only with Nintendo since the SNES
And regarding the Microsoft thing:
I'm pretty sure Nintendo holds the Kirby trademark. Why would they ever sell this to Microsoft? Why would HAL ever sell their rights or do business with Microsoft? They are perfectly fine to business only with Nintendo since the SNES
This is maybe the third time I've seen you suggest Nintendo should sell Kirby to Microsoft and I'm startled to see that you have yet to spend five seconds thinking about why they would never do that.
Kirby is basically review proof and hits a million no matter what (unless you're Rainbow Curse).