Nintendo was big in Sweden. They got really lucky, a local distributor called Bergsala got interested in their products way back in the Game & Watch era. Bergsala even wanted to release Famicom in Europe before NES became a thing. That's why some games turned out as Scandinavian exclusives.
Why does the sale of games matter? What does SunSoft achieving commercial success with Gimmick get you now? What is so hard about discussing games you enjoy? Would you enjoy discussing Gimmick more if it were commercially successful? Does any of this matter? Who are you? Where am I? Do you ever wash that thing?
>Why does the sale of games matter?
Because tribalism.
People seek a tribe to identify with (not even to actually be part of functionally).
Its all in a misguided pathetic attempt at self validation.
Just look at the unironic console war threads still ongoing in 2024 not just on Ganker but by morons here too
All I want is people to discuss the games, if they are seeking an identity that's fine but at least connect with the game itself and discuss that rather than discussing commodity speculation of an intellectual property like a fricking business nerd completely disconnected from why people enjoy retro games to begin with
Well frick you. You don't have to talk-down to people, just because they want speculate why a good game underperformed. I thought the reasons why commercial success could be an interesting thing to talk about was self-evident, since it's the major driving force for development across all of history. If you want to float off into this boring nihilism about it "not mattering", fine, but it's hypocritical, because you are saying nothing interesting yourself. So, yes, "What is so hard about discussing games you enjoy?" is very good question.
If you don't want your thread to be taken as a Ganker low effort open question shit post thread, then start off with an actual opinion of your own.
You're asking for other's input without giving any of your own out the gate. What do you expect?
I dare you to go to Ganker and filter treads by simply "?" and check the average thread quality of any
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It's not my thread and there is little to discuss beyond the fact it's a fun action-platformer. I agree with you, this thread had nowhere to go from the start.
Well frick you. You don't have to talk-down to people, just because they want speculate why a good game underperformed. I thought the reasons why commercial success could be an interesting thing to talk about was self-evident, since it's the major driving force for development across all of history. If you want to float off into this boring nihilism about it "not mattering", fine, but it's hypocritical, because you are saying nothing interesting yourself. So, yes, "What is so hard about discussing games you enjoy?" is very good question.
>don't market your game anywhere outside of two fricking countries >make the non-japanese version's sound demonstrably worse >give it the most moronic cover art possible compared to the japanese version's art which was perfect
it's not difficult to adapt famicom cartridges straight to nintendo cartridges. they should've sold this shit all over north and south america
>play Famicom release >whoops you can't hear half the sound on a US NES >play PAL release which has the sound fixed to not use expansion chip >whoops it glitches and won't run because PAL
You're breaking my balls, guys.
Yeah they sold like 14 NESs in Europe.
Nintendo was big in Sweden. They got really lucky, a local distributor called Bergsala got interested in their products way back in the Game & Watch era. Bergsala even wanted to release Famicom in Europe before NES became a thing. That's why some games turned out as Scandinavian exclusives.
oh yeah I remember reading an article about that relationship
Why would the success of a game from decades ago matter now? What purpose does this discussion serve?
>success (...) doesn't matter (in a commercial business)
?
Why does the sale of games matter? What does SunSoft achieving commercial success with Gimmick get you now? What is so hard about discussing games you enjoy? Would you enjoy discussing Gimmick more if it were commercially successful? Does any of this matter? Who are you? Where am I? Do you ever wash that thing?
>Why does the sale of games matter?
Because tribalism.
People seek a tribe to identify with (not even to actually be part of functionally).
Its all in a misguided pathetic attempt at self validation.
Just look at the unironic console war threads still ongoing in 2024 not just on Ganker but by morons here too
All I want is people to discuss the games, if they are seeking an identity that's fine but at least connect with the game itself and discuss that rather than discussing commodity speculation of an intellectual property like a fricking business nerd completely disconnected from why people enjoy retro games to begin with
If you don't want your thread to be taken as a Ganker low effort open question shit post thread, then start off with an actual opinion of your own.
You're asking for other's input without giving any of your own out the gate. What do you expect?
I dare you to go to Ganker and filter treads by simply "?" and check the average thread quality of any
It's not my thread and there is little to discuss beyond the fact it's a fun action-platformer. I agree with you, this thread had nowhere to go from the start.
Well frick you. You don't have to talk-down to people, just because they want speculate why a good game underperformed. I thought the reasons why commercial success could be an interesting thing to talk about was self-evident, since it's the major driving force for development across all of history. If you want to float off into this boring nihilism about it "not mattering", fine, but it's hypocritical, because you are saying nothing interesting yourself. So, yes, "What is so hard about discussing games you enjoy?" is very good question.
It's kind of cool but could never be Kirby's Adventure in part because it has 1/3rd the ROM size.
>that post number reply
Are you from late 2029 /vr/???
It's 128k while Kirby is 512k.
well technically 256k and 768k if you count the CHR ROMs
>don't market your game anywhere outside of two fricking countries
>make the non-japanese version's sound demonstrably worse
>give it the most moronic cover art possible compared to the japanese version's art which was perfect
it's not difficult to adapt famicom cartridges straight to nintendo cartridges. they should've sold this shit all over north and south america
>play Famicom release
>whoops you can't hear half the sound on a US NES
>play PAL release which has the sound fixed to not use expansion chip
>whoops it glitches and won't run because PAL
You're breaking my balls, guys.
is this 1994, man? you act as if emulation and importing a Famicom don't exist.
Who is still using a US NES in the year of our lord 2024?
Speculation threads sucks
People who whine and try to police threads suck more. You are adding nothing but a barrage of self-important projection. Everybody hates you.
Mr. Gimmick sequel would have saved the Saturn
wtf. seriously why would anyone have a shit toaster NES instead of importing an AV Famicom?