I don't think Casiopao meant in its first week or anything, but rather lifetime. Street Fighter shipped around 1.5 million units + 275k on steam (according to steamspy) totalling to 1.8 million units, which isn't a lot, so I think that target should be easily achieved.
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ARMS U.S. commercial: We've downgraded from rooftop parties to garage parties
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I don't think Casiopao meant in its first week or anything, but rather lifetime. Street Fighter shipped around 1.5 million units + 275k on steam (according to steamspy) totalling to 1.8 million units, which isn't a lot, so I think that target should be easily achieved.
AquaWateria
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I also wouldn't be surprised if they push out more 30 sec commercials.
SinCityAssassin
Member
I wish my garage was that clean.
GusZamboni
Member
i think you´re wrong, everything is going the same way that splatoon gone.
I'm expecting sort of BF deal on it.
AquaWateria
Member
You are better off getting it now since its like 50 dollars on amazon.
And no I'm not a shill lol.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Short of Old Navy giving the game out for free with 50 bucks worth of clothes, there's never been a real BF specific deal on First party software recently.
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Saint Titanfall
The ad is weak and previous ones were funnily enough stronger as it explained the base concepts. This is just boxing!!!! Wooo!!! Sjort clips of each of the characters displaying personality with a bit of gameplay would sell tge game better.
yeah $50 is probably the cheapest it'll be for a new copy until 2018
chrisPjelly
Member
Meh. For a character based game like this, you'd figure showing them off more instead of generic happy people playing video games. Ah well, this is only the first of them.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Sunken place?
SinCityAssassin
Member
Gotta cover bases. Just wait, we're gonna ask the hard hitting questions. Like if we're an ARMS or a... a... Larms.
Marketing Genius.
Looks like they live inside the Pizza Hut logo
They seem to be playing inside a garage, I guess it's for highlighting that you can play everywhere even without a TV.
The ad is fine, would have loved if there was someone that took out his Pro Controller to play and another one playing in Handheld mode would've been great as well...
The Hermit
Member
This is completely false. You've got to be there at a precise time, which is impossible in a lot of cases (mine for example). If anything , it shows there is enthusiam around trying the game.
Btw,it's a blast.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Had to make sure there's a fridge in the garage for the beer. Well done.
Oh shit! Good eye.
It's exactly 30 seconds, so obviously a commercial for TV, online and/or cinema.
Garrett Hawke
Member
If it was false Nintendo wouldn't schedule them like that intentionally to get as many people on as possible
SinCityAssassin
Member
Every time ARMS is shown in a Nintendo commercial, it's always with the motion controls. This is no different.
AquaWateria
Member
I really don't understand why motion controls get so much hate.
added_time
Member
I don't know if I agree. For a lot of younger people, the Wii would have been their first game console. They probably have fond memories of motion controls.
Don't listen to it, they're not who the commercial is targeting. The causal audience is more likely to play a motion based fighter than SFV. Especially a boxing game that allows people to play loosely how they want.
Just feels very passé. I think a lot of people see a game centered around motion controls and think "Well, that will be fun for about 45 minutes."
zenspider
Member
Cool. What are this week's lottery numbers?
You assume the casual person knows the difference. And another person said we needed to see dashes and specifics of the control inputs? Do you guys know what the point of a 30 second commercial is?
A casual person is going g to be more excited to have an easily portable party game than know if you can tech grabs or any of that shit.
Anyone whose more interested in the game is going to buy based off of reviews not a 30 second commercial.
Haha...they should of added an overweight 30 something guy slouching on a couch with a pro controller to the group.
mickagau33
Member
Yeah, Switch strength is really that it is such an adaptable system "you don't like motion controls...no prob!" "Portable gaming is better suited to your lifestyle...no prob!". Nintendo should really not forget that and not focus too much on one aspect. I played the game in portable mode and it was great, it seems the devs have put a lot of efforts on every config, which is great.
Majima Everywhere System
Member
Thanks for bringing this advertisement to my attention.
InfiniteCombo
Banned
Smart, and I agree.
It happens every god damn Nintendo thread. Instead of ignoring what is clearly a troll, or adding them to some sort of wall of shame, you immediately start getting a lot of people acting offended / butthurt / whatever.
Just ignore the troll, and move on with your lives. If ARMS sells well, then come back and feed him his crow.
They sure did, played the third testpunch in Handheld mode and it worked quite well, it works even better with a real controller though. Motion Controls seem to work great too but I have yet to get the hang of it.
Add me to the crowd that believes the should have shown at least a little bit of the non-motion control options, even saying this as someone who spent most of my time in the Testpunch using motion. The game is plenty playable and fun either way, and you can still appeal to the people who enjoy motion controls while also subtly making the point that people don't have to use them if they don't suit you. I'm fairly certain there are folks out there who might be interested in how the game looks, but have no interest in "waggle boxing, like what I played on the Wii ten years ago," and anybody not following developer interviews and such closely may not even realize that traditional controls are even an option.
Like has been said by others in here, one of the big cool things about the Switch is its inclusiveness in playing where and how you want to, and this ad doesn't fully reflect that. I'm assuming this won't be the only ARMS commercial to come around but I won't be surprised if none of the others have any mention of button controls either. It feels like Nintendo's been almost intentionally hiding that knowledge from the public eye.
Like has been said by others in here, one of the big cool things about the Switch is its inclusiveness in playing where and how you want to, and this ad doesn't fully reflect that. I'm assuming this won't be the only ARMS commercial to come around but I won't be surprised if none of the others have any mention of button controls either. It feels like Nintendo's been almost intentionally hiding that knowledge from the public eye.
pretty done
Member
Tell that to The Wonderful 101
entremet
Member
Price drop on 1st party Nintendo software? Where have you been, breh lol.
Amazon PRIME pre-order or BBGCU are your best medium range bets.
DecoReturns
Member
Wonderful 101 didn't really have that.
It looked nice, but its gameplay looked confusing and had no marketing. That demo didn't help much either.
Dark Ninja
Member
I played the Test Punch in table top mode too. When did my life become a Switch commercial?
sigh