Nintendo President: Mario Games Aren't Too Frequent

[M Silverthorn]

"Too frequent"?
I don't think that's the primary concern that Nintendo consumers have.

I'll tell you what is a problem? I can't tell the difference between all of the "new" Mario games anymore. I grew up in a time when Mario 1, 2 (NA Version), 3, World and World 2 were ENTIRELY different creatures. It didn't feel odd to own all or some of those old Mario titles because they all have their own little unique flavours.

If I did still purchase Mario games (which I don't, sorry), I'd accept and largely ignore the "too frequent" issue if they'd start creating things that weren't endlessly recycled and bleached clean of creativity beyond a shiny-looking level or two.

 

[DJjaffacake]

"Our goal," he stated, "is to create DLC in such a way that consumers do not feel that they have been cheated or deceived." Indeed, Nintendo has adopted this idea as part of its company policy. "What we are not going to do is create a full game and then say, 'let's hold this back for DLC.' That's not our plan."

You know, if it was ANY other company saying this, this forum would be singing its praises.

But since it's Nintendo and it involves Mario, the thread has been nothing but "MILKING MIKING MILKING! KILL MARIO BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE IT ANYMORE! NINTENDO DOESN'T MAKE ANYTHING OTHER THAN MARIO AND ZELDA!"

I dunno, when a big game company says, "We're going to be nice with our DLC and not use it to drain every last penny from you," and they're not Valve, most people's reaction is, "Buuuuullshiiiiit."

 

[More Fun To Compute]

And the 2D Mario WiiU POS being released this year fits into that how? What, are we just going to add three years between September and October?

I've got no idea what you are angry about.

 

[Robert Ewing]

God dammit Iwata. I don't care if YOU think mario games aren't too frequent. Everybody else with a brainstem believes it should be smothered to death by now. Only the die hard fans look forward to the next shitty mario title.

I think he's speaking to investors. If he actually were speaking to gamers I'd hope to god he wouldn't be so stupid as to try and say that Mario games aren't too frequent.

Ah, that would indeed be a good point. But if he's actually gotten to the point of actually telling the investors this, then surely he must be starting to get desperate, or at least a bit hot under the collar.

 

[xyrafhoan]

There are a lot of games with Mario in the title, but you know what? I just don't buy them all. Someone who likes Mario Kart and Mario Party doesn't necessarily like 3D Land or NSMB. I am incredibly excited for Paper Mario: Sticker Star whereas Mario vs Donkey Kong, Mario Tennis or Mario Galaxy doesn't really hype me up at all. There's a lot under the Mario umbrella but just because he stars in hundreds of games doesn't mean all of those games are even anywhere close to the same thing. Does it really matter that it's Mario branded, of all things?

This year we also got a new Kid Icarus, a new Fire Emblem (though we won't see it in English until next year), we're getting a new Pikmin, we got another new Zelda that really tried something new for better or for worse, a new Paper Mario is coming, we got Xenoblade (yes, it's 1st party!). That's a lot of new stuff to be happy with. Not to mention some strong 3rd party offerings like the Tales of Abyss port from Namco, Last Story from Mistwalker, and the possibility of Soul Hackers on the 3DS from Atlus next year.

 

[chadachada123]

It sucks that they would put on DLC, because this is the first time they've really pushed for it, but at the very least they should be the least asshole-ish of the main publishers as far as DLC goes.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

Mario games aren't too frequent are they?

<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Mario>Riiiiight...

I suddenly find myself in even more agreement with Jim Sterling's last vid.

So two games is too much in 2012? I see only two core Mario games on the list for this year, and only one for last. You can't count every game he just happens to appear in, since he is more Nintendo's logo now then their.. um, logo haha.

I don't think people realize that this is incredibly infrequent compared to the past. You heard of Mario 1, 2 and 3? ALL came out on the NES.

I would love to see the day that we get three+ core Mario games a console again. We did get Mario Galaxy 1, 2 and new super Mairo bros. wii all on the wii. That was pretty nice! Still one of the only reasons to have one of those white bricks.

Look, I'm not gonna get into this again. I posted that link to lightheartedly poke fun at exactly what Nintendo will stick Mario's name to in order to make a quick buck. For the record SMB 1 was the reason I bought a NES, so yeah, I've heard of it. It's just possible to have too much of a good thing.

 

[AzrealMaximillion]

God dammit Iwata. I don't care if YOU think mario games aren't too frequent. Everybody else with a brainstem believes it should be smothered to death by now. Only the die hard fans look forward to the next shitty mario title.

I think he's speaking to investors. If he actually were speaking to gamers I'd hope to god he wouldn't be so stupid as to try and say that Mario games aren't too frequent.

Ah, that would indeed be a good point. But if he's actually gotten to the point of actually telling the investors this, then surely he must be starting to get desperate, or at least a bit hot under the collar.

I think even investors at this point in the entire console gaming business are thinking that the trademark monotony of Nintendo needs to stop. Nintendo hasn't had the best 2 years and the Wii U looks to be gaining very little attention overall. It spells trouble for anyone with money in Nintendo.

 

[Sean951]

Nintendo: they own [http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/22/the-entire-top-ten-in-japan-consists-of-nintendo-games/] the Japanese market.