It’s-a me, Mario! - Ranked Games (1 Viewer)

[Galbreath34]

A lot of people would fork over $50 every couple of years for a Zelda game, and same for a Metroid game. I'd probably do that on PC. Not me, but others would probably buy two to three Mario games every year or so to play with the kids or as casual party games. I'm not much into the Smash and Kart games, but they're hella good IP as far as profit and market are concerned. They're pretty much why people buy Wii and other Nintendo consoles. I got some good fun out of Stardew Valley, and I'm pretty sure Animal Crossing (which it's really strongly based on) is all Nintendo.

Yeah, it's a lot of Mario and Pokemon, but it's not as thin a portfolio as it seems.

It'd be even better if they would reach back and reactivate some oldies with cult followings like Mother/Earthbound etc.

 

[antipop]

wait, people buy Nintendo consoles because they like crappy IP??

 

[Galbreath34]

Like Sony, but on a smaller scale in the US, but on a bigger scale in Japan.


BTW, weirder than cans of air and all the other odd Japanese stuff is the fact that Wii U outsells PS4 and 3DS has like 10 times any console sales. Makes zero sense.

 

[St. Widge]

Nintendo should probably capitalize on their Japanese fan base's love of bukakke.