Topic: NWR Hype Meter Results

[NWR_Neal]

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.

[xcwarrior]

CHibi Robo is on the list, but Monster Hunter didn't make it.

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 preorders... if it is released in the West, which I think it will.

[NWR_insanolord]

Nintendo announced two games since the start of this feature that would be very high on my list. Picross 3D 2 got in soon enough to add it, but Pikmin 4 was too late.

[Khushrenada]

My submitted list (which is the correct list. Some of you people really need to put your hype in order and get it together) is as follows:

10: Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest (Although I'll be a sucker and buy both games) - NWR Rank: 6
9. Just Dance 2016 - NWR Rank: N/A
8. Legend of Zelda Wii U - NWR Rank: 2
7. Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes - NWR Rank: 8
6. Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam - NWR Rank: 18
5. Yoshi's Wooly World - NWR Rank: 5 (Right on!)
4. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - NWR Rank: 17
3. Star Fox Zero - NWR Rank: 4
2. Chibi-Robo Zip Lash - NWR Rank: 14
1. Xenoblade Chronicles X - NWR Rank: 3

There it is.

[Soren]

All but one of the games on my list made the final cut (seriously no one else is even a little bit hyped for Mario Tennis?!?!?!?)

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
Star Fox Zero
9) Xenoblade Chronicles X
10) Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash

[TOPHATANT123]

Really enjoyed reading this, and the mathematics seem sound, if it isn't too much trouble I'd love to have this quarterly or something.

[NWR_insanolord]

This was my list:

1. Star Fox Zero
2. Picross 3D 2
3. Super Mario Maker
4. Mutant Mudds Super Challenge
5. Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
6. Yoshi’s Wooly World
7. Antipole DX
8. Metroid Prime: Federation Forces
9. Xenoblade Chronicles X
10. The Legend of Zelda Wii U

Pikmin 4 would slot in at third if we were doing this now.

[Mop it up]

Chibi-Robo is on the list, but Monster Hunter didn't make it.

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.

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.

Plus, whichever Monster Hunter game you mean, it hasn't been announced for release outside Japan yet, which I'm sure has an effect on the votes. It's also just a spin-off and not MH5.

[Oedo]

Gonna go out on a limb here and say I'm the only person who had this game #1 on my list.


1. Bravely Second: End Layer
2. The Legend of Legacy
3. The Legend of Zelda Wii U
4. Xenoblade Chronicles X
5. Fire Emblem Fates
6. Star Fox Zero
7. The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes
8. Super Mario Maker
9. Hyrule Warriors Legends
10. Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer


I would probably drop #10 from my list if I was doing it over after going back to New Leaf last month and getting my Animal Crossing fill for the next little while. Final Fantasy Explorers or Yo-kai Watch would go there instead.

[ShyGuy]

Did I participate in this? I can't remember.

Probably shouldn't. Big Brother World Report will build a profile then the CIA will use it to track me down and silence my insurrection.

[Kejomo]

No Bloodstained?

[InvaderREN]

Needs more Steamworld Heist

[NWR_Neal]

Bloodstained got like 2 or 3 votes out of the 40+ submissions we had.


And as long as people enjoy this, the rough plan is do this every few months. Might put the call out for submissions again in late November/early December for a 2016 preview hype list out by the end of the year.

[Kairon]

This was the list I sent in:

1. Yoshi's Woolly World (NWR Rank 5)
2. Star Fox Zero (NWR Rank 4)
3. Super Mario Maker (NWR Rank 1)
4. Project Guard (NOT Ranked in Top 25)
5. Hex Heroes (NOT Ranked in Top 25)6. Guitar Hero Live (NOT Ranked in Top 25)7. Metroid Prime: Federation Force (NWR Rank 10)
8. Zelda: Tri Force Heroes (NWR Rank 8 )
9. Rodea the Sky Soldier (NWR Rank 23)
10. Dragon Quest XI (NWR Rank 16)

My personal #1-3 picks seem to be in the group consensus, and definitely jive with the whole Nintendo major title bias. However, my #4-6 picks must've been more unorthodox and none of them made the top 25.

I think the only thing that's happened recently that might change this list is Pokemon Go. I am definitely excited for Pikmin 4 but it's too far in the future for me to actually be hyping myself up for it.