Why did Rocket Robot on Wheels not sell well? Mario 64, Donkey Kong 64, and Banjo Kazooie all sold well, so why not this one? I'm pretty sure many people disliked this game without even giving it a chance. What made Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, and Donkey Kong 64 better games to the average normie?
>>12262131There are a lot of reasons and if you think about it for five minutes then you would realise what they are and probably feel pretty embarrassed about posting this unnecessary thread (unless you are a sociopath).
>>12262131The music was ass. Sounds like the worst kind of elevator music.
Because the cover looks like shovelware and it probably had a tiny marketing budget compared to Nintendo's own games.
>>12262138I LIKED ITSO WHAT
>ubi softnot enough advertising budget
>>12262131>>12262229Ubi Soft released Rocket the same month as Rayman 2. They put all marketing on their own man, leaving robot with no hope to do well.
>>12262131As others have said, no marketing budget is a big reason. Another is that Rocket isn’t an established character or series. The 3D collectathon era didn’t actually last that long, and was already getting a little crowded. Rocket isn’t a great example of that style of game but it’s not really full of mind-blowing, jaw dropping moments where you’re seeing things that have never been done before.
>>12262131>mario and dkEstablished series.>banjo kazooieNotice that Jojo the raccoon doesn't have presence like Gruntilda. Rocket doesn't talk. Tinker is a non-character. Whoopie doesn't talk. Dr. Gavin is absent. Yeah and the music could be a factor.
>>12262650BK was also a unique character concept, where you are technically controlling two characters at the same time. Plus, Banjo and Kazooie's personalities are very different from each other. So that opened the doors to have a lot of fun with the dialogue.
>>12262160>cover artI will also add that having your wheeled robot character + tracks featured front and center on the box art (not to mention the title emphasizing that the character is "on wheels") makes it look more like some sort of racing game than a 3D platformer, so I imagine 3D platformer fans would have overlooked it entirely, and racing fans who rented (or bought it) would've been disappointed to find out that it is much more of a platformer than any sort of actual racing game.It's one of those games that I think I remember seeing at Blockbuster but never actually renting.
