"Instead he says if the N64 launched with a 2d Mario game it would have won the generation."
He didn't really claim that one thing alone, even though it seemed like it. The context was that the mindset to make those games wasn't there anymore, and if they made games like that for the N64, it would have sold a hell of a lot better.
Carts just drove off third parties. Games people don't find appealing won't sell no matter the medium.
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








