| Rafie said: You're missing the point. It's not about what what the character himself represents, it's seeing him/her on the forefront constantly. People will get tired of seeing that said character. I'm not speaking about not having Mario at all. Of course he should be there with Nintendo. He's the mascot! However, people do get tired of seeing him sometimes. Even Nintendo fans have admitted that. Nintendo has THEE most robust 1st party franchises out of all of the others, yet they continue to use Mario every chance they get. It's time for them to start using their other characters for games and such.
Now you said one of the Smash games is the best fighter of all time. No it isn't. I told you already Street Fighter holds that record. Wait I take that back....Tekken holds that record, then Street Fighter. The SF series in all total sales are more than Smash, let alone Tekken. Smash sales are impressive with only 3 games making about 21 million between the 3 games though. |
We're gonna have to disagree on the Mario thing. Fans want more Mario as seen by the Splattoon + Mario reaction. They just don't want the same things to be repackaged.
Smash only has 3 releases. Tekken has more than 10 entries. Of course as a franchise it has sold more. However, Smash has gone up in popularity over the years while Tekken has declined. Brawl is the highest selling fighting game, and Melee is so close to Tekken 3 that it's well within the margin of error that it could have sold more copies. Tekken's last few entries have been dropping off. Smash is currently the most popular fighting game franchise in the world.
