Kasz216 on 21 December 2007
Famine said:
Using and reusing the same character? No. Can you name me one game developer that has used one character in as many games? |
Megaman isn't as many but it's gotta be up there. Mega Man soccer is still one of the better soccer games i've played. The problem with the Megaman games is that they don't alter them as much. Lets look at this another way though. Name one character who is bigger then Mario. Mario gets used more because he's that much above pretty much any character out there, aside from the few other Nintendo characters who don't lend themselves as eaisly outside of their genre and Master Chief who would just look silly in other games. Other characters have been greatly reused, however they tend to fail either because the characters don't have a wide enough aplicability or because the gameplay gets old. (See Megaman games.) When you think about it. Mario playing golf makes much more sense then mario fighting a giant dinosaur/dragon monster guy. I mean he's a freaking Italian Plumber from New York. The fact that the mario games are spread about among many genres is one of it's greatest strengths.
