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Nintendo should retire Mario, Zelda and Metroid
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TalesOfWin
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On the other hand, Mario didn't save Gamecube.
Differences in the times really. Not to mention Gamecube had the weakest 3D Mario entry as its flagship.
Conciliator
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That's OK with me, but doesn't seem entirely likely. I think there are still frontiers to be explored with Metroid though.
Lambda Pie
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people keep bringing portables when my post explicitly refers to home consoles sales.
again, WiiFit and WiiSports sold the Wii, not Mario Kart, not Zelda, not NSMB.
Mario Kart 64 sold around 10 million (?), Double Dash 6 million (?), then Kart Wii jumps to over 30 million, see the pattern?
consoles sold around Mario and company were on a downwards spiral, Wii turned it around because people who got Wii for the super casual stuff ended up buying MK and NSMB to complement what they already had.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Never underestimate the capacity for hardcore fans of something to hold that thing in the lowest regard, even as they continue to fan over it.
I love this about Nintendo games. People complain Nintendo doesn't try new stuff. Paper Mario Sticker Star tries new ideas. People complain it isn't like other Paper Mario games. If it was? People would scream rehash.
With long running franchises you're damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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NSMB probably could have netted the GameCube another couple million in sales. Enough to easily secure second place.
TalesOfWin
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but it had all the mario spinoffs that wii u and 3ds are getting. It also had like 3 or 4 Mario Parties.
This so much. NSMB? Rehash, sucks. SPM/SS? It's not a TTYD/64 rehash, sucks.
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I'm confused since they already killed Metroid.
SouthernDragon
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Nintendo could also set fire to their headquarters. That way they'd save on the rent and collect that sweet, sweet insurance money.
someone once tried to convince me that people don't actually do this and it's a strawman, it took me a whole 2 minutes to find a reviewer who didn't like NSMB2 because it was too familiar and dissed Paper Mario: SS because it was too new
A Mario game launched with the Wii U. The fact that the Wii U needs saving in spite of it is only reinforcing OPs theory.
The game still sold over 2 million copies, that is hardly a failure.
Nintendo is makes Mario games for a reason. They are not doing it for their own joy. If they find that Mario is no longer profitable to make, they will stop making it.
To be fair, what people who make the claim you're making miss is the fact that "people" is not a homogeneous group. Generally, people who are fans of the old games and have fond memories of them will wish for something similar and complain if it's too different. People who may have liked the old games but crave new experiences will wish for something different, and complain if it's too similar.
While there may be some overlap, generally, it is not the hypocritical situation you are illustrating. It's just the nature of creating products for a diverse public.
Metroid In A Glass Tube
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Good one.
nhlducks35
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Hasn't Metroid been retired since Other M?
chertipros
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Dude that was only 2 and a half years ago......
Raptomex
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2D Mario, released the same year as NSMB2. I can see how it wouldn't be a system seller.
Huh? Your telling me we aren't the only generation of gamers in existence and there are people born everyday that will one day grow up with Mario and the gang like us? I'm not the only gamer? Nintendo makes games for OTHER people? Whoa :0
When I saw the tile, I thought it was a joke post. OP is very ill-informed.
Haha, I seen stuff like this a lot. It really is odd. If anything they can make a new series using those new ideas.
Haha, I seen stuff like this a lot. It really is odd. If anything they can make a new series using those new ideas.
vagabondarts
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I get it now. These are threads started by Pachter's alts...
Team Filler
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Don't mistake the OP for ignorance, dude's a fucking troll going by their post history. Should've been obvious from the moment they tried to imply that mario games don't sell well.
Metroid In A Glass Tube
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It's Nintendo's curse.
A Nintendo Direct with lot's of mario games.
Takamura-San
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I thought the day would never come in which people would be tired of nintendo franchises.
Other developers are chastised by their lack of new IPs, yet nintendo always gets a free pass.
I for one stopped playing the games and buying the systems. That doesn't mean that nintendo can't do whatever they want.
Other developers are chastised by their lack of new IPs, yet nintendo always gets a free pass.
I for one stopped playing the games and buying the systems. That doesn't mean that nintendo can't do whatever they want.
I knew he was plotting something!
RawkHawk2010
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But the stopping of one thing leads to the creation of a new thing that would have never been made otherwise.
I don't want Call of Duty to exist, but not so that no one else could play it. I want it to no longer exist because it's fucking boring and overdone and I think the massive time and resources going into it could be used for more creative and fresh projects.
The lad's just evaluating his own interests - ones that he's PAYING for (at least, I guess).