We received numerous submissions and can now share with you the most hyped games coming to Nintendo platforms.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/feature/41005/nwr-hype-meter-results
A few weeks ago, we asked you, the reader, to send in your list of your most anticipated games on Wii U and 3DS. Thankfully, you responded and, along with some staffer votes and funny math, we came up with what we're calling the "Nintendo World Report Hype Number" for a variety of upcoming Wii U and 3DS games.
What follows are the top 25 games according to our asinine system, which gives you the Hype Number, and a percentage based on the highest possible amount of hype that a game could get.
If you're curious at how we gathered the numbers, let me break it down for you. Each list we received ranged from five games to 10, and on those lists each game was given points for their ranking. For example, let's say that Zelda Wii U is at the top of a list of 10 games. That means Zelda Wii U would get 10 points. The second-highest game would get nine points, and the third-highest would get eight, and so on and so forth. If the list was just five games, then Zelda Wii U would get five points.
Using those numbers, we divided them by the most amount of points possible. So let's say Zelda Wii U was at the top of one person's 10-game list and was fourth on another list. That means, if we were justing those two lists, Zelda Wii U would have an NWR Hype Number of 85% (or (10+7)/20, which would be (one list's rank+another list's rank/highest possible rank).
If that doesn't make any sense, then just roll with it for our sake. We essentially are trying to make the goofiest, most needlessly complicated version of Nintendo Power's old Power Polls.
1) That Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem Wii U game with the really Japanese title that’s most certainly not going to be the final North American title.
2) Fire Emblem Fates
3) Rhythm Heaven: The Best +
4) The Legend of Zelda Wii U
5) Super Mario Maker
6) Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
7) Yoshi’s Woolly World
8) Star Fox Zero
9) Xenoblade Chronicles X
10) Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Chibi-Robo is on the list, but Monster Hunter didn't make it.Sales don't really mean anything when it comes to gaming enthusiasts, who are informed and will buy games with low popularity. There are quite a few things like Chibi-Robo, Chrono Trigger, etc. that is popular among enthusiasts, but gets low sales overall. Also, while Monster Hunter has its dedicated fans, very few of them appear to be on this website.
I don't know what to think about this, considering Chibi-Robo likely won't sell more than 20k copies and Monster Hunter will do that in pre-orders... if it is released in the West, which I think it will.
