Nintendo Not Offering Annual Mario Kart And Super Smash Bros. Releases For A Reason

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patronmacabre said:

I have to imagine turning Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. into annual franchises would eventually cause franchise burnout among the casual Nintendo consumer. I would imagine the risk of consumer burnout exacerbates the cost of having to perpetually devote resources each year to those titles.

Furthermore, since both of those franchises only come out once per console cycle, Nintendo can maintain higher prices on their games for a longer period of time. Pokémon games tend to retain value and still sell well because Gamefreak puts different difficult-to-obtain Pokémon in each installment (with ORAS being the major exception, as it has a ton of legendaries), which encourages the purchase of older titles in the series.

Took the words right out of my month. Also allows them to make other games while their old ones continue to make money. Smart business all around.

Captain_Yuri said:
I hope they never do it cause the delay between them is a good thing imo

Agreed. Less time to work on a game for best results, and kills the hype you feel for the game as well thru time!