Kiki52
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I thought this would make for a different topic than the original Ness vs Lucas thread because this deals with a whole different issue altogether with Nintendo.
It doesn't make any sense that Sakurai or Nintendo should make Lucas better than Ness is from a marketing standpoint, yet that is what they did. I do not know why they chose to do this, but consider this. In all the online commercials they showcase Lucas and Ness is nowhere to be seen and on the dojo Lucas was showcased first making people excited.
But what doesn't make sense to me is that MOTHER 3 will most likely never...ever... come to the United States translated. So why does Nintendo or Sakurai choose to promote MOTHER 3 by having Lucas and New Pork City as a stage when Nintendo has repeatedly denied requests for Atlus to do translations of MOTHER 3 for them to make sales in the US?
Nintendo has said themselves that they'll only consider giving MOTHER 3 a chance to come to America only if MOTHER 2/Earthbound sells well here in the US. This statement was made recently, yet I don't see Earthbound on the VC and considering that Nintendo or Sakurai for some unbelivable reason took out Earthbound/Mother 2's music out of Brawl, it seems like Nintendo just doesn't want to ever ever see Earthbound/MOTHER 2 ever again.
Without Earthbound on the VC, then there is no viable chance Nintendo would want to bring MOTHER 3 to America.
This ties in with making Lucas better than Ness. It is only though Ness/Earthbound that Lucas/MOTHER 3 can come to America, but according to Nintendo they won't even consider bringing MOTHER 3 to the US unless MOTHER 2/Earthbound sells well. So why does Sakurai like to promote a better Lucas over Ness when we'll never even get to see Lucas on the VC ever if Ness doesn't get on the VC first? Better characters are more popular and attract people better than weaker ones, yet Nintendo makes the weaker ones have to be in line first to go to the VC before even considering putting the stronger one (Lucas) on the VC.
If Nintendo wants to promote and bring MOTHER 3 to America, they should at least buff Ness in Brawl to be on par with Lucas so they can manage to make Ness more popular of a character in Brawl. That will increase interest in Earthbound, so they can put it on the VC. They should also put in the lost tracks for Earthbound back into Brawl. Then once Earthbound sells well on the VC, they can put MOTHER 3 on the VC.
If Sakurai and Nintendo just thought about this marketing wise it'd be more profitable for them and better for us.
Ness needs to be stronger (I mean like top tier) in order to increase his popularity among Brawl players who don't know anything about MOTHER to help promote Earthbound, and once that sells well then it'd give Nintendo a good reason to sell a translated MOTHER 3 to America.
It doesn't make any sense that Sakurai or Nintendo should make Lucas better than Ness is from a marketing standpoint, yet that is what they did. I do not know why they chose to do this, but consider this. In all the online commercials they showcase Lucas and Ness is nowhere to be seen and on the dojo Lucas was showcased first making people excited.
But what doesn't make sense to me is that MOTHER 3 will most likely never...ever... come to the United States translated. So why does Nintendo or Sakurai choose to promote MOTHER 3 by having Lucas and New Pork City as a stage when Nintendo has repeatedly denied requests for Atlus to do translations of MOTHER 3 for them to make sales in the US?
Nintendo has said themselves that they'll only consider giving MOTHER 3 a chance to come to America only if MOTHER 2/Earthbound sells well here in the US. This statement was made recently, yet I don't see Earthbound on the VC and considering that Nintendo or Sakurai for some unbelivable reason took out Earthbound/Mother 2's music out of Brawl, it seems like Nintendo just doesn't want to ever ever see Earthbound/MOTHER 2 ever again.
Without Earthbound on the VC, then there is no viable chance Nintendo would want to bring MOTHER 3 to America.
This ties in with making Lucas better than Ness. It is only though Ness/Earthbound that Lucas/MOTHER 3 can come to America, but according to Nintendo they won't even consider bringing MOTHER 3 to the US unless MOTHER 2/Earthbound sells well. So why does Sakurai like to promote a better Lucas over Ness when we'll never even get to see Lucas on the VC ever if Ness doesn't get on the VC first? Better characters are more popular and attract people better than weaker ones, yet Nintendo makes the weaker ones have to be in line first to go to the VC before even considering putting the stronger one (Lucas) on the VC.
If Nintendo wants to promote and bring MOTHER 3 to America, they should at least buff Ness in Brawl to be on par with Lucas so they can manage to make Ness more popular of a character in Brawl. That will increase interest in Earthbound, so they can put it on the VC. They should also put in the lost tracks for Earthbound back into Brawl. Then once Earthbound sells well on the VC, they can put MOTHER 3 on the VC.
If Sakurai and Nintendo just thought about this marketing wise it'd be more profitable for them and better for us.
Ness needs to be stronger (I mean like top tier) in order to increase his popularity among Brawl players who don't know anything about MOTHER to help promote Earthbound, and once that sells well then it'd give Nintendo a good reason to sell a translated MOTHER 3 to America.