RolStoppable said:
Here's the order of bestselling Paper Mario games:
1. Super
2. Sticker Star
3. The Thousand Year Door
4. Original
Based on sales, the conclusion would be that non-traditional Paper Mario games are at the very least equally popular to traditional PM games (SS and TTYD are virtually tied).
Mario Party sales are more widespread, but the first game to feature the car (MP9) is among the top sellers while the lower sales of MP10 could be easily attributed to the Wii U's low installed base as the main reason, rather than the car.
I am not saying that Nintendo is making 100% correct decisions when designing new installments for these IPs, but based on sales it's hard to make the case that the changes have had a negative impact. People may complain about it, but when the games still sell well or even better than before, then nobody can reasonably expect that a company will address complaints, because the sales suggest that a lot of people like the games.
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MP9's sales could easily be attributed to the high installbase of the Wii as MP10 sales could be attributed to the low installbase of the WiiU, As the WII is much more of a party system than any other Nintendo console it's equally a reason it would have sold better.
But you're right, if the games still sell well they won't change, even if it's very rare to hear anything positive about the games online it's just a vocal minority such as myself complaining about the recent additions to these series.
The question is whether these games reverting to the old mechanics would hurt sales, or would it both please the fans, critics AND sell as well or even better.
But yes you're right the games are selling well and from a sales perspective it could be argued the changes were not negative, and at the end of the day as with any business sales is what Nintendo cares about.
