Comments on: Satoru Iwata On The Importance Of Creating Social Phenomena

By: Joanna

Joanna — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:16:15 +0000

well compared to the Japanese cover. I just personally do not like the art style or the colors of the US box.

By: Joanna_T

Joanna_T — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:16:15 +0000

well compared to the Japanese cover. I just personally do not like the art style or the colors of the US box.

By: Chris Taran

Chris Taran — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:36:54 +0000

Ugly, really? I think both the Japanese and American covers look very appealing. The European one however looks like some cheap bargain bin game.

By: Somato

Somato — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:17:26 +0000

I think that Malek hit the nail on the head when he says that Brain Age/Brain Training appeals to everyone. Games like Style Savvy and Professor Layton will probably appeal more to the younger generation.
Brain Age appeals to everyone. For example: my former boss, who is technologically impaired, got a DS Lite and Brain Age just because of the appeal. She didn't get any other games or really have any other interest in the DS.

By: Joanna_T

Joanna_T — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:14:53 +0000

And I thought the US box art for Girls Mode was ugly. :/
No matter what Iwata says, I don't want that ugly European cover of Professor Layton. If you must, please make the original reversible, PLEASE!

By: endaround

endaround — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Now I got a picture of Bayonetta schilling for Style Boutique in my head…

By: malek86

malek86 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:21:32 +0000

Brain Training.

Oh yeah. I forgot, it's called Brain Age in the USA.

By: Badr Alomair

Badr Alomair — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:18:43 +0000

I'm sorry but what do you mean when you sau “BT”? thanks in advance.

By: MelodyKitn

MelodyKitn — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:55:19 +0000

Yeah, strolling through the local GAME stores here in the UK, I can see why it'd be hard to separate Style Boutique from the rest of the Bratz and Imagine games that plague a good chunk of the DS aisles here, had they gone the super girly pink case route, and not the more sophisticated looking cover they did go with. Unfortunately, that sophisticated cover did little to entice actual girls, young or not.

They could've really used better commercials too. The whole schtick on using celebrities here is all right, but it always seems to focus more on the fact the celebrity is in the commercial than the game they're actually playing.

The Bayonetta commercial was the only one that really stuck out to me here. Gameplay footage and popular music (In For The Kill by La Roux) definitely made an impression more than Ant and Dec playing random DS games.

By: kylehyde

kylehyde — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:01:44 +0000

Well we have to wait if Beyonce helps to increase the sales.

By: malek86

malek86 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:06:42 +0000

You know, Iwata, not all games can be as successful as BT and Nintendogs…

And besides, Style Savvy can really only appeal to girls. So it's obviously going to sell less than a game like BT, which can appeal to both girls and boys, and even adult/old men and women. Also, I'm pretty sure Style Savvy didn't receive nearly the same amount of advertising…