Could Mario Odd. lead to a platformer resurgence?

[naruball]

LethalP said:

naruball said:
People tend to forget that first party Ninty games tend to do well on ninty consoles. Arms isn't doing well because of its genre but because of it being a Ninty Ip and Ninty fans knowing what to expect (the games they've bought haven't disappointed them so they expect this title to do well too).

Mario Od. will sell well no doubt. It will not affect platformers one bit. Even if it does, the copies or games with similar elements will fail miserably unless made and promoted by Ninty.

Agree that Nintendo is in it's own vaccum and rarely sets industry wide trends anymore. They are like if Pink Floyd released a new concept album in 2017, it's going to sell gangbusters regardless, but if some low key prog rock band released similar material it might sell 100,000 copies if they're lucky. It's brand power, and Mario is a massive brand.

Guess we'll never know, though. I still believe that had Tearaway (my favourite game from this/last generation) been a Ninty first party game, it would have done incredibly well. Over 1m at least. Brand helps, but I think it's more that Ninty fans know what to expect from Ninty first party games (so not just Mario).

But overall, I agree with you to an extent.