DEAR VIDEO GAME JOURNALISTS......

[forevercloud3000]

RolStoppable said:

forevercloud3000 said:

Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 2, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario Land, Super Mario World, Super Mario Land 2:6 Golden Coins, Super Mario World 2:Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, New Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Galaxy, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2, New Super Mario Bros 2, soon to have Super Mario 3D Land and Super Mario bros WiiU

I count 17 Marios, not including the spin-offs.

I count 20 Pokemon games according to this list... 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_video_games#Main_handheld_series

There, I helped you out. You set the conditions and said "no blatant spinoffs". NSMB2 is #9 on the list, the fourth on a handheld, just like I said. On a sidenote, Super Mario 3D Land was already released in November 2011. Oh, and you are missing a spinoff I expected to on your list as well: Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land.

As for Pokémon, you get 20 games if you count each version as a separate game and include the remakes. But, for example, Red and Blue are the same game aside from about 15 Pokémon that are exclusive to only one of the two versions. But maps, dungeons, puzzles etc. are otherwise identical. Yellow is largely the same game as well; it's not a sequel, but rather a special edition of Red/Blue. The same applies to the Gold/Silver and Crystal combo. Here's a breakdown:

5 mainline games: Red/Blue, Gold/Silver, Ruby/Sapphire, Diamond/Pearl, Black/White
5 special editions: Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black/White 2 (the last two can be counted as sequel)
2 remakes: Firered/Leafgreen, Heartgold/Soulsilver (Why Leafgreen? Because the original versions in Japan were Red/Green.)

EDIT: Crossing out didn't work. The Mario spinoffs are: Mario Bros. (well, more of a separate game actually), Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land, Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy 1+2, Super Mario 3D Land.

For one Mario series of games I named are all in a continuous series where none of them are treated as spin offs, according to Wiki. Those are the mainline series and they put the true spinoffs like Mario Kart seperate. For example, Mario Kart 7 is on the 3DS and 8 will probably be on WiiU, the console doesn't depict their position in the series. Not to mention they are all based on the same rudimentary platforming mechanics.Same goes for Pokemon. I do not count them as groups because they actaully expect people to buy each iteration, and they do. Just because all the imagine games come out at the same time really doesn't make them less of a series. Regardless, the number is astronomical in comparison to most other series.

Main point being, he was right to call it mediocre because so many games in the same line with similar playstyles makes them nothing new.