| Dno said: how is mario not on everyones list? |
Because the games are still quite good for the most part. As long as they are making them different enough and fun enough, it's fine to release a lot of games.
So Mario for instance:
3D Mario games: Super Mario Galaxy last year in 2008, Mario Sunshine in 2005 (I think), and Mario 64 in 1996 so 3D Mario games aren't over saturated.
2D Mario games: New Super Mario Bros Wii this year that introduced 4 player co-op, New Super Mario Bros on the DS in 2006, and the last 2D Mario before that was mid 90's so 2D Mario games are fine.
Paper Mario series: Super Paper Mario in 2007, Thousand Year Door in 2004, and Paper Mario in 2001 so those are fine.
Mario RPG's: Bowser's inside story this year, Partners in Time in 2005, and I think there have been others but those have been spaced out too.
So while there have been 10-ish Mario games in the last 10 years, they are different enough and significant enough that I would call them oversaturated and milked.
Even with something like Pokemon where they are all pretty much the same game with the same story but just different names, they are still fine because they are very well spaced out.
Now if you look at something like Guitar Hero, in the last five years there have been nearly 20 games that are all pretty much the same thing with minor improvements. That is oversaturated.
