| Tamron said: But why would it be bad for them to just leave the IP alone? does it really NEED mario or mario related stuff throwing in?, personally, I think it's good enough to do perfectly fine without it, I feel like it would be cheap for them to include it. |
It wouldn't be bad, but Nintendo has a massive history to draw from and they love to go right for the nostalgia jugular. Again, the Pushmo example. They've been mixing their IP together in really small ways for almost as long as they've had multiple IP to work with. Metroids in Kid Icarus, Kirby in Link's Awakening. The cast of F-Zero is a hodgepodge of Nintendo references. Does F-Zero X feel cheap when you boot it up and you see James McCloud and Mr. EAD?
This is something Nintendo has done for a long time. It's inevitable, they love to tie their franchises together with little nods here and there. It doesn't mean they'll replace all of the characters with Mario.
