Originally posted by Living-In-Clip
You really don\'t have a clue, do you? Let me explain this.
Mario, Zelda and other are franchises , which means there is sequels. People don\'t lose interest in these franchises due to the fact Nintendo almost always re-invents the wheel with their franchises. That\'s why you almost never see a sequel to one game, within another years period.
Actually the way I see it is that they use THAT franchise becuase its popular and ensures that their new ideas will work and sell. keep elements people loved previously and add a the new ideas.In the next sequel they delete a few, keep other previous elements and add other ideas thus fans of the game will buy it and feel as if they have a fresh game.They then say ITS INNOVATIVE.
But if they truelly tried to make a totally new platform game if they keep the few previous ideas from Mario and add the new ideas people will be like "hey Nintendo made a new game that reminds of mario.I am dissapointed" despite the "innovative" ideas and the fact that it would have used the same elements as a 100% mario game.
If they keep
only the innovation then again it will lack.
Myiamoto always envisions "a superb Mario, a superb Zelda".
And to tell you the truth within a years period or not it still is noticable.
I would have been for example more satisfied if they skipped Mario sunshine, put more efforts and time on the title and release it now isntead of then, as well as releasing an original title than releasing 2 Marios orr two Zelda\'s etc in one generation.
And one of the reasons why GC is not doing as well is becuase of that reason.They might be superb games but gamers also want something totally fresh.
Its Nintendo that offers the best games on the GC and these games are always based on the same franchises.Its the old gamers that reckognise these games mostly.The new generation doesnt know the good old Mario.Doesnt know the good old Zelda as much.They dont have the strong memories old gamers have.They dont give a damn usually.
When a new gamer buys a GC what he will see is Nintendo.That console screams Nintendo.And what does Nintendo mean?Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Metroid etc.Thats the only thing they see.And thats what they saw previously.They lose interest.For Nintendo fans its gold.For others they feel like they have lost other experiences.
When a new gamer buys a PS2 he doesnt see Sony.He sees tons of companies bringing titles.Sequels and new ones.
Nintendo does the job better with sequels than most companies because all efforts and ideas that can be used to create a completely original game are being used on these succesful sequels and this way ensuring that the new ideas will work.
For me Nintendo takes the fewest risks
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