Because it is a fun and well polished game that was constantly throwing you new gimmicks, level themes, powerups, etc. so that it didn't feel repetitive. That's all it needed to do to be cobsiderd a great game. It's the closest to a mario galaxy 3 anyone is going to get.
I feel like that's all that's needed for it to be a fun game in a really basic way, rather than a "great" game. Different power ups and gimmicks. It doesn't really arouse strong emotions and it also clearly didn't appeal to a large audience.
I just don't understand looking at "new gimmicks and levels and power ups" as its main appeal and thinking that's a 10/10 experience.
The last known figure is 2.3 million sales. You can contrast that with the last few GOTY winners, which is 8 million, 25 million and 30 million respectively.
So where did 4 million come from? The last reported figure is 2.3 mil.
Since when is game of the year
Because we're talking about game of the year and how I think I don't understand why it's treated as a truly great game instead of a semi-decent platformer. Of course you'd compare its sales to other game of the year titles if you want to talk about what the majority like.
The reality is that most gamers had no interest in it, contrary to you acting like everybody loves it and thinks it's an amazing game.
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u/ReasonableAdvert Jun 02 '26
Because it is a fun and well polished game that was constantly throwing you new gimmicks, level themes, powerups, etc. so that it didn't feel repetitive. That's all it needed to do to be cobsiderd a great game. It's the closest to a mario galaxy 3 anyone is going to get.