And there are new Mario Boys born every day, so don't forget about that. 
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| theprof00 said: What I meant to write is that, the most logical assumption to come out of this generation is that Mario, like God, is dead.
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So how do you explain that Mario is bigger than ever? The induvidual sales aren't as impressive, but the total sold is.
Mario has sold more than 99M (but less than 100!) copies of games this gen. That's around 50% more than what Sony and Microsoft combined has sold. Yeah, Mario is 50% bigger than all of Sony and Microsoft's IPs combined. Mario is more than 1/5th of Nintendo's total software sales as well.
In 3rd gen, Mario sold around 90-100M through the entire gen.
In 4th gen, Mario sold around 80M through the entire gen.
In 5th gen, Mario sold around 80M through the entire gen.
In 6th gen, Mario sold around 60-70M through the entire gen.
In 7th gen, Mario is going to sell over 150M, heck - maybe even 200M.
If it's the same people who buy the 175M now who bought the 60M in 6th gen, Nintendo has done a damn good job making those people buy games.
When I write Fact: in one part of the post, and opinion: (or a similar word), it's not because I can then say "my opinion can't be wrong". It is to inform what part is pure facts, and which part I try to draw a conclusion in.
my older brother (31) said Mario galaxy was kinda effeminate. I (28) punched him in the face and told him don't disrespect your adopted parent like that ever again.
Its true, i am a mario fan and will always be a mario fan, even when i get too old or disinterested to buy the games.
@theprof00, MARIO WILL NEVER DIE. He will be like Joseph Stalin, Hitler, Jesus, The Beatles, Mohammad or anyone else who's old, dead and famous.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
my edited post answers that question. I realized i didn't answer it.
@megaman
like I said, kids in the future will think of wii sports and Miis not Mario. Therefore the nostalgia factor for Mario will be non-existant.
| theprof00 said: people like good games. As long as good games come out, people will buy them. Mario has always had good installments. SMG hasn't sold so well. Therefore Mii is the new Mario. |
Fuuny you just responded. Um, i think mii's are potentially going to have SOME brand recognition but not nearly as much as one single face/character who has been seen in so many countries for so long. This excuse that he is seen in amost every Ninty game and is the reason "all" Nintendo games sell, while disproven by those very Mii titles, basically proves that HE is still capable of killing every other mascot out there.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
| theprof00 said: my edited post answers that question. I realized i didn't answer it. @megaman like I said, kids in the future will think of wii sports and Miis not Mario. Therefore the nostalgia factor for Mario will be non-existant. |
Why would you believe that? Mario is the icon of gaming. 5 Wii games selling a lot isn't going to change that.
When I write Fact: in one part of the post, and opinion: (or a similar word), it's not because I can then say "my opinion can't be wrong". It is to inform what part is pure facts, and which part I try to draw a conclusion in.
| blackstar said: nah , it's just that mario has been getting free ads lately
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That's not just any Mario boy - tha's a Mario BIGboy
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Mii's are basically the equivalent of MasterChief, each user has their own face so there really isn't a "common representation or design". They are less likely to be remembered bcoz of this.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
Actually, since the first Mario came out, the World population grew, so we can assume the number of Marioboys changed with time. I reckon there's people that doesn't know they are Marioboys and only find out when they try Wii. They are called to the wii by some inner force and buy the system, finding out later it was the Mario in them.
This is why Wii is selling so much and we can never guess when it's sales will stop. But it is driven by Marioboys.
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It makes perfect sense
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