Future Mario Games will have Downloadable Stages

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RolStoppable said:

JEMC said:

RolStoppable said:
Why don't they just make a full new game instead? That would give Nintendo's hardware more exposure to the public than downloadable stages that most people don't know about. Selling more hardware means selling more software means more profits for Nintendo.

Because that could harm them in the long term. You have seen here (and in many other places) how people complain "another Mario game". If they launch many Mario games of the same genre, in this case platforming, in the same console that could cause fatigue among the buyers and mean lower sales for future Super Mario games.

By launching only 2 Super Mario games during the console's lifespan but with DLC, they can avoid that danger while increasing their income. After all they won't force you to buy it, it's your option.

Except that something like a 2D platformer fatigue never existed in video game history. Back in the 8- and 16-bit days there were countless 2D platformers (including several Mario platformers per system) and the good ones were all successful. The thing that put an end to 2D platformers was the widespread misbelief in the mid-'90s that from then on everything had to be in 3D. The gaming industry decided that the era of 2D platformers is over, not the market.

So excuse me if I find your argument of a handful of people on the internet complaining about another Mario game laughable at best and downright stupid at worst.

The NES had 3 Super Mario games (two if you exclude that thing they sold as Super Mario Bros. 2) and the SNES also had 2, and the second one with Yoshi as a central character. And that was in the golden age of platforming. Even the Wii, which has 3 Super Mario games, only has one 2D Mario.

And don't dismiss the fact that people get tired of games/franchises if they get overused. We have seen it a lot of times, and if Mario has avoided that fate is simply because Nintendo has been smart enough to separate its games long enough. Adding DLCs is their new way of doing that.

Mind you, I don't like DLCs, but simply because most of them are rubish and expensive. If done well (the Episodes of GTA IV are the best example) they can be not as bad as we think.