donathos on 20 November 2008
If Nintendo could sell these huge amounts of games via name alone -- slapping Mario's face & "Wii" on the cover -- as seems to be the consensus, I wonder why they bother spending all that time, money & energy to create quality products.
Galaxy was many people's pick for GOTY last year.
Big name franchises get to be that way due to quality early in a series, but it can go either way from there. If Nintendo phoned in a franchise, then current sales & (more importantly) future games would feel the impact.
Nintendo knows that, for many, Galaxy will be their first-ever Mario game. They want that player coming back for more when they release whatever Mario will be 10-15 years from now.
