Nintendo is living in the past

[jarrod]

starcraft said:

lvader said:

Just because they are using known characters doesn't mean what they are doing with them isn't inovative. SMG2 is far more fresh and new than anything from Sony or MS.

No.

 

SMG was very fresh and innovative.  SMG2 looks like it is excellent, but it really isn't doing anything substantial beyond the innovation of the first title in the line.

It does play with new ideas though... many of them done through Yoshi (ballooning, wallrunning, eating mechanics, etc). There's other new gameplay concepts too though, like drilling into planet cores or cylindrical "endless falling" platforming.   It's actually far less of retread than most direct sequels, and there's substantial addition there (and more importantly, substantial polish too).