LordTheNightKnight on 21 December 2007
"but the fact still remains that you are not seeing Ryu or Iori outside of the fighting genre"
Ryu: Namco X Capcom, a strategy RPG, and Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, genre stated in the title.
Again, you aren't doing your research. You are just making assumptions about Mario being a special case, which is wrong, and that there is some rule about sticking in your own genre, which Mario is supposedly breaking.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
