Khuutra said:
God, just... just stop. You don't even try to know what you're talking about in reference to Nintendo. You're confusing series with intellectual property. Mario and Mario Kart arre separate series, even if thhey both share the Mario moniker. Shit, 3D Mario and 2D Mario are different series, too, with inherently different mechanics and levels of appeal, the latter illustrated irrefutably by sales differences. Secondly, I'm going to ask you what I asked another guy about Kirby Epic Yarn: Are you telling me that if they took this very unique visual design and very unique tie-in to play mechanics that the visual design has, but then applied it to some new mascot, you wouldn't have a problem with the game? Does the freshness and uniqueness of the game matter less than the character you play as? How do you reconcile this view with a medium where every meaningful classification is determined by mechanics? Lastly, you have no idea what kind of new IPs Nintendo has created this gen alone.
And this list is not definitive. Nintendo has been responsible for more new IPs this gen than either of their competitors, unless yo uwant to pretend that 3rd Party IPs (like Heavy Rain) somehow count for eithe Sony or Microsoft. |
The only new ips that Nintendo has put out have been Wii Sports and its sequel, Wii Fit and its sequel, Wii Play, Wii Music, and now Wii Party all games aimed squarely at the casuals that don't require any depth as far as storytelling go and that really don't seek to expand gaming as an art form in any way the same thing with Flipnote Studio and the Brain games.
Yeah, I'd be critical of a new 2d game like Epic Yarn featuring a totally new character because it would obviously be an attempt to give gamers another game that they will buy in such numbers as New Super Mario Wii instead of trying to develop a riskier new ip.
If Mario is in it, it's still a Mario game and they've put countless Mario games in all those genres across all of their previous consoles and they've been bringing out one or two a year on Wii. Instead of trying a new Mario Kart why don't they try to develop their own more complex car game so gamers won't have to buy a 360 or ps3 to get something with the depth of Forza or GT5?
You don't see Sony just putting out sequel after sequel featuring Jak, Crash, Spyro, Ratchet, or Sly this gen. Each studio that made those games has tried their hand at something new and for them fresh.
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