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Veknoid_Outcast on 03 February 2013
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RolStoppable said:
Veknoid_Outcast said:

They ARE the same series. Mario platform games are a single series. Why separate them? Would you separate A Link to the Past and The Wind Waker into two subcategories?

It's a hypothesis, that's all. It's a combination of sales data -- which demonstrates that Mario Kart is selling better than Mario (as long as you buy into the proposition that the novelty of New Super Mario Bros. skews the figures) -- and anecdotal evidence. I wrote as much in the OP.

Separation makes sense when you are dealing with different kinds of games. Separating ALttP and TWW wouldn't be a bad idea, because the former is much more focused on action (plenty of opportunities to die in dungeons and even on the overworld) while the latter focuses more on puzzle solving with the occasional battle inbetween. Not proposing a split between top-down and 3D Zelda here, because PH and ST would belong into the same category as TWW.

The novelty of the Wii wheel skews the figures in favor of Mario Kart Wii. You must buy into this. You must!

If anything we have far too much separation and compartmentalization in video games. Dividing 2D Mario platform games and 3D Mario platform games is exactly what we don't need. What is the usefulness in dividing up a franchise into these tiny parts based on minutia?