This game is actually pretty damn impressive. The combat may be waggle and the game may not be incredibly polished, but the characters are cool, the design is awesome, and the music is some of the best I've heard in years on a videogame. It deserves better than 10,000 sales.

Yeah, the wii is a lost cause for a lot developers. Flame shield activate!

Yeah I hate it when that happens to games.
And when they are rated unfairly.

What is most sad about wii, is for every creative original game, there are five games on the shelf next to it, like Bratz: Puppy mill, or Some crappy movie based game. Do they really need Desperoux, the game?
Maybe MM will find better sales over time.

All I've heard about this game is that its art style is kinda cool, everyone seems to say the art style is different/good but the gameplay is totally mediocre.

10,000 sales...?! Jeez, that's really terrible.

So, how many adverts have you seen for this game? It always amazes me when devs make a new IP and just expect it to sell when they dont give it any coverage

"So, how many adverts have you seen for this game? It always amazes me when devs make a new IP and just expect it to sell when they dont give it any coverage"

"HazBazz said:

"So, how many adverts have you seen for this game? It always amazes me when devs make a new IP and just expect it to sell when they dont give it any coverage"

Given that the game is fairly unpolished, I don't think they had enough money to satisfy their own vision for the game, let alone advertise. This isn't being churned out by EA or Activision. It's being churned out by Gamecock, who has considerably less money.

Also, pause, the game is actually very unique in its traditional nature. How many 3D platformers came out this year with characters that weren't licensed as movie properties, let alone had as much quality art as this one?

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Fuck the Wii. The good games deserve better than the sales that they get

"So, how many adverts have you seen for this game? It always amazes me when devs make a new IP and just expect it to sell when they dont give it any coverage"

"Fuck the Wii. The good games deserve better than the sales that they get"

"dsplayer1010 said:

"Fuck the Wii. The good games deserve better than the sales that they get"

a. Do you have a Wii?

b. Did you buy it?

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"Arkthemaniac said:

"dsplayer1010 said:

"Fuck the Wii. The good games deserve better than the sales that they get"

a. Do you have a Wii?

b. Did you buy it?

"

Yes and no, I'm not that interested in it."

"dsplayer1010 said:

"Arkthemaniac said:

"dsplayer1010 said:

"Fuck the Wii. The good games deserve better than the sales that they get"

a. Do you have a Wii?

b. Did you buy it?

"

Yes and no, I'm not that interested in it."

All right, then. I guess the mass majority are just like you."

Port it to the PS3 or Xbox 360, and I'll buy it.  I just don't play many Wii games these days, as I prefer a regular controller.

Anyways, I wrote a review for it to sum up my thoughts on it.

I didn't buy it because I don't need another platforming game.  I've already got Super Mario Galaxy.  =  /

"I didn't buy it because I don't need another platforming game.  I've already got Super Mario Galaxy.  =  /"

I didn't even know it was out.

And people, don't blame the Wii for this game's lack of sales. Blame people like me who forgot it was out.

I still want to check it out, but it came out in the wrong time. There's just too many other things I want. I think I'll get it in a couple of months, I really like its art style.

"Yeah, the wii is a lost cause for a lot developers. Flame shield activate!"

This is whats happening, alot of good companies are getting shut down because of low sales.

"This is whats happening, alot of good companies are getting shut down because of low sales.
"

"Yeah, the wii is a lost cause for a lot developers. Flame shield activate!"

After watching that Quick Look the game looks pretty good. Reminds me of something out of Toy Story for some reason, maybe it's the environment and weapons consist of every day items.

"After watching that Quick Look the game looks pretty good. Reminds me of something out of Toy Story for some reason, maybe it's the environment and weapons consist of every day items."

Mushroom Men didn't sell well for three major reasons:

It didn't sell because the people who buy the Wii don't care about original properties, they care about licensed crap with waggle and games with "Wii" in the title. (Wii Play, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii.)

One thing that that video did remind me of is how many mediocre platformers existed in the N64/PS1 era. Mushroom Men gave me that impression. Those games aren't made anymore for a reason. 

I'd known about the game for a while.  I'd seen it advertised in magazines, and even read previews/reviews for it (I'm always on the lookout for something a little different).  Unfortunately, I would say none of what I read really gave the right impression of it.  Lost in translation, you could say.  I'm so glad Ryan & Jeff did a quick look for it.  I can't afford full price for it at the moment, but I'll be actively seeking it out for a nice price.

It doesn't help that these are the guys that did Legendary.

I would just buy for the Les Claypool.

 This was a great game, with some of the best sound and art direction I've seen in any game (yeah!) It is really sad that such a great, original game only sold 10,000 copies, if thats the true number. The game needed more polish and it even could have been a few levels longer, but really this has some of the best art, and sound of any game today. More games need meaningful sound designs, and Claypool's knack for the strange, and the trippy really add to the overall feel of this game and the story it wants to tell the player. It truly is saddening that such a great example to me for art and sound in games would be known, commercially as a failure.

Eh, ancient thread is ancient. It's at about 40k sales now though, so still shit. Can't blame consumers, it has very, very average reviews.

This would sell millions if it was on the iPhone.