Switch EU Top 10 Downloads for September - TWP #9

[milanfahrnholz]

@Paul

Translates pretty nicely into “Paranormale Detektiv-Quest”

Okay, Paul…

[rarog4k]

@milanfahrnholz

Okay, Paul…

Wer ist eigentlich Paul?

Du-darfst Werbung - Wer ist Paul

[Someone]

@milanfahrnholz

Zimbleweed

Sounds like a salami.

@LowLevel

“Thimbleweed” is not an invented word. It’s the name of a flower:

Great, thanks! How could I miss that article?

@milanfahrnholz

As far as I understand, there were two reasons for the title:

1. The likelihood of another existing IP by that title was low.
2. It gets people talking, as shown above.

Somewhere Ron wrote in an advertise for TWP “What is a thimbleweed?”. So I would assume that the second reason is right.

But the word itself and the spelling is hard to remember - similar to Threepwood or McKraken. Or was it MacKracken? Or McKracken? If you can’t remember the title of the game it is often hard to find on the internet (and/or Steam). I know what I’m talking about.

@Paul

Translates pretty nicely into “Paranormale Detektiv-Quest”

“Quest” isn’t a German word. It translates to: “Paranormale Detektivsuche.”

[LowLevel]

Random thought: I would have really liked Mark or Octavi putting a lot of thimbleweeds in the cemetery field. It would have given a different meaning to the name “Thimbleweed Park”.

[PiecesOfKate]

@Someone

But the word itself and the spelling is hard to remember - similar to Threepwood or McKraken.

But weird words are often more memorable.

On a sidenote, if TWP was a hardcore murder sim, I might’ve been all like, “Oh shit! THIMBLEWEED PARK must be an anagram for BLEED WITH 'EM PARK!”

But it isn’t and I wasn’t.

[ZakPhoenixMcKracken]

@Someone

or McKraken. Or was it MacKracken? Or McKracken?

I can’t understand all this difficulty.
It’s even simpler than playing Cuphead.

[besmaller]

@milanfahrnholz

As far as I understand, there were two reasons for the title:

The likelihood of another existing IP by that title was low.
It gets people talking, as shown above.

I believe there is a third reason - a subtle connection to the town name “Twin Peaks”.

[Someone]

@PiecesOfKate

But weird words are often more memorable.

For this “Thimbleweed” is not weird enough.

[milanfahrnholz]

@PiecesOfKate

But weird words are often more memorable.

That´s why my name isn´t Hans Schmidt.

@besmaller

I believe there is a third reason - a subtle connection to the town name “Twin Peaks”.

Yes, you can even see how they played with that in the brainstorming paper, some of them were even closer to Twin Peaks.

[CamelJR]

@RonGilbert

Switch has been a great console for us. Like all the other platforms, we do 70% of our sales in Europe.

I’m happy to hear that! You guys did a great job releasing on Switch ~6 months after launch while there were less than 150 games. The timing was probably coincidence for the most part, but I can’t imagine it having the same impact releasing on Wii U.

@ZakPhoenixMcKracken

@RonGilbert

As you would expect, the countries we translated for do better.

Yes, with the addition of Russian.

And the Asian market, especially Japan, how is it going?

I don’t see TWP listed in the JP eShop. I’m guessing this is because Japanese is not a supported language.

@milanfahrnholz

I used to think Thimbleweed was that stuff that grows (in the foreground) on the path near the factory.

As far as I understand, there were two reasons for the title:

1. The likelihood of another existing IP by that title was low.
2. It gets people talking, as shown above.

When I told people about Thimbleweed, they thought I was talking about Tumbleseed, another game released around the same time on Switch.

[cvalenti]

Yeah, Zac Mac Cracker is unforgettable as a title.

[Nor_Treblig]

@ZakPhoenixMcKracken Now we also need a cookie monster GIF!

[ZakPhoenixMcKracken]

Uhm, a square one…

[milanfahrnholz]

Just motiontrack the noseglasses over the googly eyes somehow…

Also while searching this I found something I will probably non-stop laugh at for the whole weekend.

The Newton Monster!

[Someone]

@milanfahrnholz

motiontrack the noseglasses over the googly eyes somehow…

Looks like a project for the whole weekend.

[milanfahrnholz]

@Someone

Looks like a project for the whole weekend.

Sure, but I´m busy…