Mario games are 12 for 12 this gen -- All million-sellers

[Kasz216]

Famine said:

Kasz216 said:

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.

And I forgot Mega Man Soccer, but that's all the way back during the SNES days. So let's say Mega Man appeared in a fighting game and a soccer game.

I shouldn't have asked:

"Can you name me one game developer that has used one character in as many games?"

What I should have asked is:

"Can you name me one game developer that has used one character in so many genres of gameplay?"

And from an earlier poster, Sonic most certainly would be up there.

I'm not questioning the popularity around Mario, nor am I discrediting it, I'm just saying that there are an abundance of Mario games out there, and more are on the way.

Isn't it better to have a wide variety of mario games then just 50 Mario Platformers like Megaman? That way each genre of Mario game stays fresh and the good majority of them are of a high quality. I mean Mario Strikers charged is all sorts of fun. If it came out every year with minimal changes aside from slight increses in the roster it would suck.