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I mean they’ve been shipping the same game every year for all this time too
by hcks 3y ago
I mean they’ve been shipping the same game every year for all this time too
- sdwr 3y agoYeah, you can see in the interview that they are LOCKED IN to the core Mario concepts. Really get the sense that Mario is an institution, a career at Nintendo. Explains why the game feels subtly boring, at least from the trailers I watched. They are taking Mario and adding modifiers, not rethinking the foundation. You can't get the wonder + magic back by building off of what everyone already knows. BotW + TotK were the really creative games, this is just lip service to creativity.
- seanhunter 3y agoNot sure what you're getting at here. The amount of innovation in these Mario games is astonishing. It's not like "Madden" or "Fifa" or goodness knows annual franchises like "Assassin's creed". In "wonder" for example every single level has some sort of crazy unique mechanic that is distinctive to that level. Videogame dunkey has a good summary of wonder showcasing these innovations specifically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXhfuicuUa0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXhfuicuUa0
- WillPostForFood 3y agoSo it's been almost 11 years since the release of the previous title, New Super Mario Bros. U. Mouri: Yes. While Super Mario Maker (7), Super Mario Maker 2, and New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe were released after the launch of the previous title, this is the first new 2D Mario game in almost 11 years. I don't think "same game every year" is a fair characterization of what Nintendo is doing. They do the "yearly release" less than almost any major game company.
- hx8 3y agoThis is getting downvoted, but I openly wonder how many ports and emulations releases Super Mario Brothers has received.
- Fuzzwah 3y agoDown the bottom of the wikipedia page there's a good list; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros. 2D Super Mario Bros. The Lost Levels 1, 2, 3 Land World Land 2: 6 Golden Coins World 2: Yoshi's Island New Wii New Super Mario Bros. 2 New Super Luigi U Maker Run Maker 2 Wonder 3D Super Mario 64 Sunshine Galaxy Galaxy 2 3D Land 3D World Bowser's Fury Odyssey Spin-offs Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Super Princess Peach Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker Super Mario Bros. 35 Princess Peach: Showtime! Remakes and compilations Super Mario All-Stars Advance 4 64 DS 3D All-Stars Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
- hx8 3y agoI was specifically talking about things like the gameboy advanced release of Super Mario Bros, the 3DS release, the Wii Virtual Console release of Super Mario Bros, and Nintendo Online release of Super Mario Bros, the NES Classic Edition, the Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. Where literally the exact same game as the 1985 classic is resold.
- seanhunter 3y agoThat's not relevant because if literally the exact same game is resold the dev team won't be involved - it will just be an emulation/port team.
- hx8 3y agoI think it's very relevant to the line "I mean they’ve been shipping the same game every year for all this time too" because every year they literally resell their old games.
- christophilus 3y agoI think the original Mario brothers, then the 3rd one, then Yoshi’s Island, then 64, then Odyssey, then Wonder— that list (and probably some of the ones I left out) couldn’t in any sane way be considered a list of “same” games.
- phatfish 3y agoNintendo is one of the few places where you can see ideas being iterated and improved from game to game. The quality may go down now and then, but they learn from mistakes and try to make the next game better and unique. The Switch generation especially has nailed all their big names.