Alright, so Kotaku posted this story about how poorly Major Minor's Majestic March sold piss poorly in Japan (and I imagine North America will be following suit). Being the latest game from Parappa the Rapper "masterminds" Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Greenblat. Now, Kotaku's article never dives into that whole "you can't succeed on the Wii" mentality, which is a good thing. And while some people may not like a writer's personal take on the news presented alongside it, I don't mind when people try to to make things a bit more clear.
All in all, Parappa the Rapper is a much better game than Major Minor's Majestic March. Somewhere between Parappa the Rapper 2 and now, Nana-On Sha lost whatever they had going for them. I guess Tamagotchi's did them in.
600 copies sold is pretty rough for anyone. I don't want a game to fail. But I don't think it's fair to talk about how poorly a bad game is selling. What makes things worse is that this isn't Conflict: Denied Ops we're talking about. This is like when Pizza met my mouth; a combination of two really cool people making a video game.
I wanted this game badly, and then it turned out awful. I guess the "fun" of this story is how badly its failing, but I just don't discussion of that is warranted.
Comments