noname2200 on 10 June 2009
| JTurner82 said: Super Mario Galaxy was hardly a failure in either Japan or America. As has been mentioned, it outsold Mario Sunshine. True, it didn't move hardware like Mario Kart Wii, but it was hardly a bomb by any means. Nintendo's terms notwithstanding, it was a success. |
The thing is, Mario (and Pokemon, and now the Wii ___ series) is not just another game; Mario platformers do not have the luxury of only having to sell millions of copies. to Nintendo, Mario has one job and one job only, and that is to move hardware units. They've got tons of other franchises which are meant to simply sustain momentum or make money, but Mario is supposed to act as Nintendo's Trojan Horse to get the system into your house in the first place. When he doesn't do that, he's like LeBron James sticking to playing just defense: h'es great in that role too, but that's not what you brought him in for, and it's certainly not living up to his real potential.
