Paper Mario Sticker Star 3DS

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F0X said:

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Video games are commercial art. All forms of art follow trends. Trends change. If something doesn't follow or set a new trend, it will fail.

Lol. I can't even.

If a game of the original type would sell well, make that. If a new game with a different formula would sell well, make that instead.

The Mario RPG series has a history of poking fun at convention. To see it succumb to all but a handful of preset notions would be the bitterest of ironies.

Arguments from artistic motivation bounce off completely. Games are money. They have art value to the consumer, and maybe the dev thinks they are making art, but they are not funded because art.

I have seen franchises die because of lack of change, but decline is more common. Tekken, Tony Hawk, Dynasty Warriors, and others have failed to keep up with trends and are forever chasing the ghosts of their ancestors.

Oh sure, if the audience wants something different then the game company has to change. But they have to change into what the customer wants, not just trying gimmicks the lead designer is in love with.