At almost five times the campaign ask, Switch owners already feel high and dry
Project Rap Rabbit brings two celebrated rhythm game designers together under one, crowdfunded roof. For Nintendo Switch owners excited about the upcoming collaboration between the creators of Parappa the Rapper, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! and other franchises, its new Kickstarter campaign’s stretch goals aren’t leaving them with much confidence.
The combination action and rhythm game has an initial campaign goal set at $1.1 million. Reaching that benchmark will enable the development team to launch the historical hip-hop title on both PlayStation 4 and Windows PC, with other platforms left as stretch goals.
That’s a standard practice, but some big fans of Keiichi Yano (Ouendan, Gitaroo Man) and Masaya Matsuura (Parappa the Rapper) aren’t happy with how high the bars are set. To get the game onto Xbox One, the team is asking for $3.1 million. The Nintendo Switch version — which will also add three exclusive costumes along with it — requires $4.95 million in funding.
At nearly five times the initial ask, Switch owners longing to play a narrative-based rhythm game on the console balked at the stretch goal.
I just read the kickstarter for project rap rabbit and it’s getting me interested though the goal for the switch version is too much
— Oscar Pinal (@oscarpinal13) May 15, 2017
Disappointed Project Rap Rabbit’s Switch version is a very high tiered Stretch Goal. Rhythm games just play best on handhelds due to latency
— Tyler’s Gestalt (@tylerohlew) May 15, 2017
I think Project Rap Rabbit will reach it’s goal but those Xbox One and Switch version stretch goals will be tough to reach.
— [TGG] Justin (@PSN_Mercenary09) May 15, 2017
Almost 5 million for a Switch port of Project Rap Rabbit, are you serious http://pic.twitter.com/dXyRjZg79v
— Pixelbuster (@PixelMatt64) May 15, 2017
@Wario64 @poik007 Jeeeeez that’s a huge middle finger to people who want things on Switch. Not until they’ve exhausted literally ever other option.
— Matt Pierce (@mausmalone) May 15, 2017
Although Project Rap Rabbit is doing alright for itself thus far — it’s grossed just shy of $50,000 at time of writing, with 35 days to go — nearly $5 million is a lot to task from potential backers. Nintendo’s new hybrid console could certainly benefit from more rhythm games, especially one with such prestige behind it. Wishful Switch fans are reminding themselves that, as unlikely as hitting the stretch goal by the game’s estimated August 2018 release may seem, they just gotta believe.
Source: Polygon – Full
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