Sentences with phrase «very first franchise»

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«Whether this is a dedicate gamer who doesn't want to stop playing Mario or Zelda, or whether it's a child experiencing these franchises for the very first time, we believe the value proposition as well as the compelling content is what's fueling our momentum,» Reggie Fils - Aime, president of Nintendo of America, told Fortune.

We're very good at launching Mario Party - type games — that's one franchise that does better in Canada than other markets, for example — but when it comes to launching new IP it's a huge challenge in today's world, where consumers are just bombarded with entertainment options that didn't exist when we first launched Mario 30 years ago.

«The biggest advice I could give is just to be very careful in who your franchise partners are going to be,» says Reviera, who founded the first Phenix in 2003, and opened the first franchised unit in 2012.

People have done very well for themselves by building up their first franchise operation and then expanding into multiple locations.

«I think it's very important in this business to know what you're doing before you franchise,» he says, adding that the company did not open its first franchise location until 2003.

For those who are familiar with All Sports Series, they will need no intro... All the way back in 2010, Captain Daniel Dorfman, led his franchise to the very first All Sports Series championship.

we have waited a long time for this club to truly step up, which is a difficult ask... to do so properly they will need to overextend themselves and get well outside the comfort zone they have become accustomed to... at the very least they owe their fans, most of whom supported this franchise for at least the first 8 years of this 10 year plan, one real shot at the «promised» land... remember phase one was build and save, phase two was the fire sale of all our top players, phase three was supposed to be our metamorphosis, when we were literally told how we could compete with any club in the world and phase four appears to be rinse and repeat, under the guise that we just can't seem to find any players that are better than our current lot (can you even imagine the state of world soccer if that were truly the case)... it's time for you Mr. Kroenke and Mr. Wenger to ask not what the fans can do for you, but what you two can do to make things right again for the fans... if you can't do this earnestly and honestly, simply move on before the only thing left in the cupboard are bitter memories and what could have beans?

The Browns still need a franchise quarterback, and while the very first of this year's mocks had them taking Baker Mayfield, most have settled on Sam Darnold as the top pick.

Prototyping The Sims 3 — The veteran developer, who moved into EA — and the Sims unit — after a long stint working on the EverQuest franchise for Sony Online Entertainment... the very first design meeting for The Sims 3.

The first few years of his career following the departure from the show were somewhat lackluster, but Smits eventually landed the role of Senator Bail Organa in the second and third Star Wars prequels, a move that would permanently cement him in film history in the minds of at least one very large fanbase.In addition to his work with the Star Wars franchise, Smits also made an inevitable return to the small - screen mid-decade with a prominent role on NBC's The West Wing during the show's 2004 - 2005 season.

OK now this franchise just got really silly, the first film was actually OK in a dumb kiddie kind of way but this sequel is just dumber and VERY frustrating.

The first attempt to adapt the Silent Hill series came with «BROKEN NOTES» which was done with a very low budget but nevertheless It had a significant impact on the internet thanks to fans of the popular franchise created by Konami in 1999.

The division, whose first feature film Open Season led to a very successful movie franchise, is turning 10 this year.

«We're very excited to be bringing the incredible Naruto franchise to PC for the first time, while also bringing extra content to existing console fans of course,» said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice President of Namco Bandai Europe.

We finally have our very first clip from Liongate's eighth Saw franchise film Jigsaw, which begins one of John Kramer's brand new deadly traps.

As far as the style and sense of humor goes, it does still feel unique among the rest of the pack of franchises out here, even if it can't achieve the level of success in either of those departments that the first film did, particularly in the case of the comedy as a lot of the jokes in this one fall very flat.

Players kept time and tapped to the rhythm of the game \'s numerous stages all based on tracks spanning the Final Fantasy franchise, from the very first adventure to XIII.

The events that unfold in Metal Gear Solid V fit very well within the timeline and lead into Metal Gear 1 and 2, the oldest games in the franchise that were first released on the MSX.

The very first film won six Oscars, but none of the others have come close to that haul — despite the franchise's renaissance starting with 2015's The Force Awakens.

If it's true that Atkinson was recently motivated by the stateside failure of this very film to check himself into an Arizona rehab centre for depressed celebrities (and frankly, don't blame audiences — distributor Universal didn't exactly tax themselves advertising Johnny English to domestic moviegoers), I hope his caretakers remind him in haste that none of Monty Python's features grossed an enviable sum abroad, that the James Bond franchise has already satirized itself into the ground (it's no casual point that Johnny English was co-scripted by the same writing team behind The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day), and that his first problem is trying to please a country that opens rehab centres for depressed celebrities.

In fact, Leigh Whannell is very open to returning to the Saw franchise somewhere down the road, once he gets a political horror comedy made, and a children's fantasy film off the ground first.

When we made the very first movie, we dreamed that maybe we could make a franchise that might hold audience interest for another movie or maybe two.

The first movie worked and Sony became very, very involved in the rest of the franchise.

However, some Dead Rising fans have been vocal about their disapproval of Capcom's choice to do away with the built - in timer that has been a huge part of the franchise since the very first game.

It is really tough for a new franchise to leave its mark in this genre with the very first game, but Slightly Mad Studios not only managed to achieve it with Project Cars in 2015, it managed to beat it competitors handsomely to take the top spot.

THE AMAZING SPIDER - MAN is a terrific first installment of a rejuvenated franchise that aspires to be more than an excuse for action and very tight superhero outfits.

The very first footage of the previous game in the Red Dead franchise was shown off in 2005, just one year after the release of Revolver, however the game wouldn't launch until 2010, and even then it was hit with another one - month delay.

For starters, it has James Cameron's official seal of approval, and it's easy to see why, since the movie is tied very closely to the first two installments, playing with the time travel aspect in the same way that J.J. Abrams» «Star Trek» did to reinvent the franchise.

Street Fighter «s very own legendary Akuma makes his first appearance in the classic franchise, so the game should attract some hardcore fans of Capcom.

With these new characters, stages and costumes, top fighting game franchises Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter and Tekken unite for the very first time.

What has been sold as the first of a very large franchise, Fantastic Beasts delivers a terrific story, not overly - dependent on the Harry Potter series, but that will most likely set up some major plot points in the Potter tales that we aren't aware of yet.

In the UK she's still very well regarded based on the Alien franchise shooting the first three movies at Pinewood.

Perhaps that's just the ultra HD very special Xbox One build, but then again, Assassin's Creed Origins is the first entry from Ubisoft Montreal since the studio glumly took a break to try and salvage the Assassin's Creed franchise's then - ailing reputation.

The potential franchise - starter features Melissa McCarthy as Susan Cooper, a CIA analyst who goes into the field for the very first time after her partner (Jude Law) falls off the grid.

Universal City, California, June 13, 2017 — Delivering more rivalry, fierceness and cheer puns like never before, the Bring it On franchise goes global for the very first time in the high energy sixth installment, Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack, debuting on Blu - ray ™, DVD, Digital HD and OnDemand on August 29, 2017 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and Beacon Pictures.

Go Nintendo did note that there have been a handful of Mario spin - off titles, such as the Mario & Sonic games, that have also received an E10 + rating, but this sole entry will be the very first time any core game in the Mario franchise has been given any title other than E for Everyone.

The Gymkhana franchise is now so popular that everyone wants to know the hows, whens and whys: so I arrive at a secret location somewhere in Europe (the first time Gymkhana has been shot outside the USA) prepared to see the very finest car - hooliganism recorded for public consumption.

As the very first Lamborghini franchise in Canada and in North America, we have earned the trust of a demanding clientele that seeks world - class performance and exclusive Italian quality.

Fans of the franchise should feel very fortunate as they have only been waiting a month since the first volume hit the Google Play store last month.

«This was the first year that HomeTeam has submitted an application into the Franchise 500 in many years, so we're very pleased that we ranked so highly,» says Adam Long, President of HomeTeam.

This led him to form K - 9 Advantage («Where Dogs Send Their People for Training»), the very first dog training franchise in the country.

He possesses over twenty years of experience as a dog trainer, starting with his years of service in the military and including his time on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Canine Professionals, founding the very first dog training franchise in the U.S., and at one time heading PAWSitive Solutions, the largest in - home training company in the U.S.

All - Time Teams The greatest players in NBA history from all 30 teams, together on All - Time franchise rosters for the very first time.

But we're also very conscious that this is a new IP, and first time in a franchise.»

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe has announced at E3 today that Tekken 7 will be released in early 2017 on Xbox One and Playstation 4 and, for the very first time for the franchise, on PC platforms.

Having used the same engine (albeit a heavily upgraded one) since the very first Halo game back in 2002, it's clearly showing its age despite the wonders it's done for the franchise.

It's an odd move for Microsoft to be putting this much muscle behind an RTS franchise in an era when so many seem to be hedging their bets on the entire genre, but I'm very curious to see whether they can reignite the love people had for the first two Age of Empires games.

Since it was first introduced to the world, the Assassin's Creed franchise has always been graced with very stellar, creative marketing campaigns.

For most video gamers in the west, both the Touhou franchise and the bullet hell shooter genre are two things that probably aren't something that isn't very well known to most, especially the first of that list.

The first attempt to adapt the Silent Hill series came with «BROKEN NOTES» which was done with a very low budget but nevertheless It had a significant impact on the internet thanks to fans of the popular franchise created by Konami in 1999.