I Miss The Old Nintendo ...

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saicho said:

if big selling exclusives on other platforms can have sequels every other year (or even every year), why can't Nintendo release a sequel to a high quality Mario game after 3 years?

I don't get why people are calling SMG 2 the same old thing or rehash of the original but praising how good Uncharted 2 or new R&C or L4D2 or new Halo is... All those titles get sequels way sooner than SMG and it gets crap because it's Mario?

Only reason I figure is because it's a bit surprising, for Nintendo. As mentioned, there hasn't been a direct sequel to a Mario game, using the same engine, since SMB2, which didn't even come out in the US. Whereas people are used to EA, Ubisoft, Activision, etc taking a franchise and running it into the ground trying to squeeze every last penny out of it with yearly sequels, and then still continuing to pump out sequels well after it's been destroyed. (RIP Tony Hawk)

 

That being said, I'm really excited for the other M much because it's not being deveoped by Retro. Retro did AMAZING, but it will be very nice to see Team Ninja's take on Samus. :)