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I have absolutely no faith in Microsoft to make anything decent with its legacy IPs. Ohh well

• pokstad 13d ago
  Meanwhile, Nintendo with a tiny fraction of MS market cap is absolutely killing it with their legacy IP.
  • Insanity 13d ago
    For all the flaws in how Nintendo treats fans of their IP, the games they put out themselves are consistently fun. Mario Kart still feels like Mario Kart even decades later, and not in stagnating/bad way.
    • pitched 13d ago
      The original creators of Mario Kart are still involved in the latest entries (a 34-year run!) Thats not common outside Nintendo.
      • Insanity 13d ago
        Didn't know, that's pretty cool! I do think Nintendo generally has a good sense of what they want from their games, so perhaps future generations will stay true to the current 'generation' of game leads.
      • brendoelfrendo 13d ago
        Nintendo seems to be the outlier in the video games industry in that they are very much willing to foster talent over a long term. People who started doing sprite work 35 years ago are still there today and directing games. It's almost like the secret to long-term success is developing a roster of highly-skilled professionals, rather than treating your staff as disposable.
    • rustystump 12d ago
      Unpopular opinion i am sure but i stopped playing Nintendo games years ago. All their main games are so derivative of their source mechanics that I get bored 10 minutes past the loading screen. At this point mariocart, mario world xxxi, zelda remake of a remake, they all feel like fifa or cod to me albeit far more polished. Nintendo as a company is also extremely odious but that is a given of all companies these days so i give em a pass. And, breath of the wild etc mechanics are almost all pulled directly from other open world games although they were a first for nintendo.