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KrspaceT on 25 April 2018

Let it be said that Nintendo's major franchises survive: unlike Crash or Fable they don't crash and burn even with how much they are or are not used.

(F-Zero is not a major franchise. Star Fox never quite got to the point of being major).



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bigtakilla on 25 April 2018

People may say Mario is an over saturated character, but look how well games with him sell. Why would they stop?



Aeolus451 on 25 April 2018

That's because it's true. Nintendo doesn't really create that many new IPs in a gen. They make new additions to their main IPs and make off-shoots of those. It works for them but it alienates gamers who want new IPs or more mature games.



KLAMarine on 25 April 2018

OP is freaking me out man! No name, no avatar, started posting in 69.



KrspaceT on 25 April 2018
Aeolus451 said:
That's because it's true. Nintendo doesn't really create that many new IPs in a gen. They make new additions to their main IPs and make off-shoots of those. It works for them but it alienates gamers who want new IPs or more mature games.

And yet how many I.P's that are created by the other companies have healthy lifespan? Half the new I.P's created are never heard of again or die off within two generations. 

And yet even something like Metroid chugs along pretty well, and there is interest in things like F-Zero (They did try to set up a game with Criterion at the early days of the Wii U), and Star Fox (Star Fox Zero was a thing, even if it wasn't super successful it was an attempt to bring it back up).



The Democratic Nintendo fan....is that a paradox? I'm fond of one of the more conservative companies in the industry, but I vote Liberally and view myself that way 90% of the time?

The_Liquid_Laser on 25 April 2018

Sometimes people milk old threads.



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Baddman on 25 April 2018

creating new ips are overrated especially as 90% of new ip are new in name only and bring nothing new to their genre but meh thats just my opinion



freebs2 on 25 April 2018
Aeolus451 said:
That's because it's true. Nintendo doesn't really create that many new IPs in a gen. They make new additions to their main IPs and make off-shoots of those. It works for them but it alienates gamers who want new IPs or more mature games.

It's true. Only Nintendo has the conceit to take an old character , change the setting, add a sidekick and pretend it's something new.



AlfredoTurkey on 25 April 2018

Because they're still using characters and IP that they invented before most of you were even born.



Aeolus451 on 25 April 2018
KrspaceT said:
Aeolus451 said:
That's because it's true. Nintendo doesn't really create that many new IPs in a gen. They make new additions to their main IPs and make off-shoots of those. It works for them but it alienates gamers who want new IPs or more mature games.

And yet how many I.P's that are created by the other companies have healthy lifespan? Half the new I.P's created are never heard of again or die off within two generations. 

And yet even something like Metroid chugs along pretty well, and there is interest in things like F-Zero (They did try to set up a game with Criterion at the early days of the Wii U), and Star Fox (Star Fox Zero was a thing, even if it wasn't super successful it was an attempt to bring it back up).

I wouldn't say that Nintendo's games in general have a healthy lifespan considering that there's not many new IPs and 3rd party games to compete against on Nintendo's consoles. They might not do so well against alot of competition. Also, Nintendo likes to cater to gamers who are more nostalgic. 

Alot of established IPs on any console were once new IPs. It doesn't matter how many new IPs fizzle out or put in the storage closet for later. They have to start somewhere. Alot of the best games and game mechanics/features have come from this.