So it's widely known as a fact that many Nintendo games have ridiculous legs. But here's the question that no one really bother to ask...why is this so?

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DevilRising said:

Troll_Whisperer said:
IPs that are more popular among a more casual, less informed audience have better legs (e.g.: Gran Turismo).

Most Nintendo's IPs are like these, with some exceptions like Zelda, that have more core followers that know when the game is releasing, want to play it asap, etc.

No offense, but you people REALLY need to quit talking in "casual" and "core" terminology. Those terms were fucking annoying when they first started being used, and they're still fucking annoying now.

 

How about this? Most big Nintendo franchises "have legs" because they happen to be GOOD games? Or is that not a good enough answer in today's "overanalyse everything" world? lol

Ok, change "more casual" for "wider" audience. 

Plenty of good games are very frontloaded because their audience is different.