mario party 9?

[Joelcool7]

I beg to differ with those expecting Nintendo to stop releasing a MarioKart game each year. To my knowledge the series has never sold fewer then 2-million copies a game. That is a very steady flow of income and a very reliable source of income.

MarioParty is to Nintendo what Madden is to EA its a yearly cash cow that can be relied on for a steady flow of income to fund other projects. Infact I don't think Nintendo is over using the franchise at all, think about it for a second. Almost every MarioParty game from the beginning of GameCube to MarioParty8 on Wii innovated over the last one. These small changes much like the small changes made from one Madden game to the next are what make MarioParty successful.

Now also Nintendo doesn't have 100% say in the MarioParty series. Yes they own the liscense and they do observe the games development. However Hudson actually handles the games development. Hudson makes a fair share off of every MarioParty game and Hudson is a subsiduary of Konami now. So With the amount of money Hudson is wraking in off every single MarioParty game  I can't see why they would stop developing them.

So Hudson is going to want to make as many MarioParty games as possible which at the moment is atleast one a year. Nintendo publishes the games and makes the majority of the profit. So why would Nintendo stop allowing Hudson to make MarioParty games at the current rate?

Their is no reason for Nintendo to stop Hudson, no reason for Nintendo to bring the franchise in house. I expect one game a year just as it has been since the series began. I also suspect that the next game will sport online play with up to 8-players.  It could also use the balance board and maybe a return of the Mic!