Season 2?

[Homestarlover]

For all of you who are already enjoying this season of Wallace and Gromit, how would you feel about having another four episodes for next year or 2011? Write suggestions on what you would like to see included in the sequel, and do you think it'll be a hit.

[fred1712]

That Would be a treat! And I think one of the episodes should be a gathering of all of the bad guys from the original movies. OR the whole season should be the Movies including: Grand day out, a close shave, the wrong trousers, and curse of the were rabbit! Except a game for curse of the wererabbit has already been made. But yes a Season 2 would be great! Or even better...Grand!

[Ribs]

I would love to see telltale make four episode season 2 of the shorts.

I would also like to see it all be interconnected like Sam and Max Season 1, and once finished it is called:

Wallace and Gromit's Grander Adventures:
The Criminal Profile of Feathers McGraw
A Four Episode Epic!

[MussKatt]

It would be nice, i'd prefer that to a Strong bad sequel personally.
But above all, i want sam and max season 3, or tales of Maniac Mansion.

[Teeth]

I like Wallace and Gromit, but I don't really fancy another series. It feels like a one-note hit for me. Likewise with SBCG4AP, though maybe a second series of that would be good. Sam and Max and Monkey Island should definitely carry on for a while though.

[Rather Dashing]

The idea of Wallace living in a world of consistent continuity for too long scares me.

[Shimarenda]

I've been enjoying this series and would love to play a second series. As for what it should be, I couldn't say beyond that it should be original stories like this series has been.

[Fury]

I think Wallace and Gromit would be great for a new series, but only if it sells well.

I'd like to see new characters and locales each time though, kinda like how the movies did it. You could just change the town and characters and focus on the other neighbour.

But I'd like it.

[Shen-Zhi]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

The idea of Wallace living in a world of consistent continuity for too long scares me.

agreed

[xbskid]

I could go for some more Wallace & Gromit, but I'd much rather see more Sam & Max.

[Buzby]

W&G introduced my family to the works of TT, and we've come at this as fans of W&G, not Telltale. I have to say the quality of the animation and voice artistry, not forgetting the music - as captured W&G's world so beautifully, we've got nothing but praise for their far-sightedness in developing the game, especially after the well-documented death of the 'Were-Rabit' feature film (in the US).

Would I like more episodes? It's a tough call - but I'm sold on the characterisation and gameplay, not forgetting the understated humour/humor so if there was another set of episodes, yes, I would purchae it - but that isn't the point.

TT need the economiies of scale of a a popular and profitable game. If it takes them a fair time to recoup their costs, rhy on earth would they dilute their profitability by creating addition season(s) when the money hasn't been made back on the first!

The vibes I get (don't ask me how) are the there will be no more W&G - but I'd be really happy to be told I'm wrong. Looking at the Monkey Island demo, I can see this appealing to a much larger user base (although it leaves me cold!), strangely. So if TT want to give us a heads up, I'd appreciate knowing if the kids will once again get to mosey on down West Wallaby Street in the future!

[Gibbeynator]

I'd like to see some other games coming out of Telltale before another season of W&G. I'm still hoping they can get the license to make an episodic Space Quest.

[Pantagruel's Friend]

Originally Posted by Buzby

The vibes I get (don't ask me how) are the there will be no more W&G - but I'd be really happy to be told I'm wrong. Looking at the Monkey Island demo, I can see this appealing to a much larger user base (although it leaves me cold!), strangely. So if TT want to give us a heads up, I'd appreciate knowing if the kids will once again get to mosey on down West Wallaby Street in the future!

Based on the activity on the forums, I doubt that the series was a sizzling success - there are less posts here as the season is running than in the Sam and Max forums where the last game was released 1 year ago. Not to mention the ToMI forums, certainly.

I'm very sorry if this is the case, as the Wallace & Gromit series is a collection of excellent games - and I'm also a bit perplexed, as the IP is a very popular one, Telltale is very popular with adventure gamers - so what could have gone wrong?

[corruptbiggins]

I don't think you can judge success by the number of posts in the related forums. I feel that Wallace & Gromit would attract a different market to Monkey Island and Sam & Max, a market that don't browse on internet forums much - don't forget that there is the XBLA market as well.

I personally feel that you are always going to get more posts on forums for Monkey Island and Sam & Max because they're iconic series (be it games or comics or whatever) that would generally have more of a following on the internet than Wallace & Gromit (and Aardman in general).

[Pantagruel's Friend]

Originally Posted by corruptbiggins

I don't think you can judge success by the number of posts in the related forums. I feel that Wallace & Gromit would attract a different market to Monkey Island and Sam & Max, a market that don't browse on internet forums much - don't forget that there is the XBLA market as well.

I personally feel that you are always going to get more posts on forums for Monkey Island and Sam & Max because they're iconic series (be it games or comics or whatever) that would generally have more of a following on the internet than Wallace & Gromit (and Aardman in general).

Sure, there's no formula to calculate one from the other, but we're talking about magnitudes here. But, I hope you're right

[DrRocketGenius]

If the The Bogey Man raps up nicely, I'd love another season.
But for the record, I'd rather a second SBCG4AP season.

[Hero1]

Originally Posted by corruptbiggins

I don't think you can judge success by the number of posts in the related forums. I feel that Wallace & Gromit would attract a different market to Monkey Island and Sam & Max, a market that don't browse on internet forums much - don't forget that there is the XBLA market as well.

I personally feel that you are always going to get more posts on forums for Monkey Island and Sam & Max because they're iconic series (be it games or comics or whatever) that would generally have more of a following on the internet than Wallace & Gromit (and Aardman in general).

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3999
Wallace & Gromit Ep1
3,666 $10.00 $36,663.00 3,666 $36,663

In 2 weeks of sales:

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4154

Sam & Max Save The World
6,240 $20.00 $124,800.00 6,240 $124,800

I think Wallace & Gromit might do better at retail where parents might get the game for their kids, but it looks like W&G hasn't been a huge success on XBLA.. I think Sam & Max is pushing 10, 000 in sales now too

[werpu]

Originally Posted by Hero1

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3999
Wallace & Gromit Ep1
3,666 $10.00 $36,663.00 3,666 $36,663

In 2 weeks of sales:

http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=4154

Sam & Max Save The World
6,240 $20.00 $124,800.00 6,240 $124,800

I think Wallace & Gromit might do better at retail where parents might get the game for their kids, but it looks like W&G hasn't been a huge success on XBLA.. I think Sam & Max is pushing 10, 000 in sales now too

I assume W&G made its money like it should but I had the same feeling from the number of posts that it is not a smashing success. Look at the number of posts for StrongBad (I never really liked the setting in fact I hate the flash cartoon and stopped playing in the middle of ep1 due to the setting) and look at the number of posts regarding W&G and you get a similar picture. Not quite the same as Bone, but not as successful as the other series. I still do not know why, maybe at least on the PC side it really was the control scheme which has put off to many players, but that one should not reflect the console numbers. I personally like W&G and the games are brilliant, so I am not sure why.

[Chrisse]

Originally Posted by werpu

I assume W&G made its money like it should but I had the same feeling from the number of posts that it is not a smashing success. Look at the number of posts for StrongBad (I never really liked the setting in fact I hate the flash cartoon and stopped playing in the middle of ep1 due to the setting) and look at the number of posts regarding W&G and you get a similar picture. Not quite the same as Bone, but not as successful as the other series. I still do not know why, maybe at least on the PC side it really was the control scheme which has put off to many players, but that one should not reflect the console numbers. I personally like W&G and the games are brilliant, so I am not sure why.

My theory is that the usual Xbox gamer are the wrong demographic for this genre. Xbox has a reputation for being an FPS console, so they will draw that crowd.

As a sidenote, S&M season one DVD has sold about 80k on the Wii (according to vgchartz).

[Tolka Fox]

telltale did an excellent job capturing the feel of the Wallace and Gromit films. but lets face it, the style of understated humor they use can be hard for some people to "get" making it a bit of a harder sell then sbcg4ap or Sam and Max's over the top humor and situations.

I've enjoyed the W&G games, but not holding out to hard for a second season.