Nintendo's model has always been to use a relatively small number of common characters (Mario, Kirby, etc.) with varying game mechanics. There's more fundamenta

Nintendo's model has always been to use a relatively small number of common characters (Mario, Kirby, etc.) with varying game mechanics. There's more fundamental differences between any two given Mario titles than there is between, say, Watch Dogs and Grand Theft Auto. I would rather play ten high-quality Mario games with diverse mechanics than ten over-the-shoulder cover shooters where each one features a different gritty man shooting people for a different gritty reason.