How does Nintendo manage to do it so often

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jarrod said:

RageBot said:

How much NSMBW would've sold if it was the exact same game, gameplay-wise, but with different characters, brand, yet still on the Wii?

Oh, there's no doubt at this point that Nintendo's brands have a strength and life of their own.  But really, why is that?  Why isn't there a Sonic or Crash game that can even come close to Mario sales, like there were in each franchise's heyday?  Why have Nintendo brands weathered decades at the top, while few others seemingly can?

Because it's a brand that established itself, both by being a pioneer and inovator and both by sustaining incredible value and fun factor.

Nintendo are an amazing company, did I ever say anything other than that? But the reason that they sell for so long is for the exact same reason that dragon quest sell this amazing for so long (in japan), sustaining high quality and not saturating their markets.

I never said that Mario (and other Nintendo games) sell solely because of their name, but being called "Mario" gives the game incredible boost from the get go, and momentum that would've taken other games years to build