Analyzing Nintendo's yearly output over the last 22 years, shows they create 2.7 quality exclusives per year.

[Cerebralbore101]

VGPolyglot said:

Cerebralbore101 said:

Yeah, but where is Wii Sports as a franchise today? Meanwhile Smash is not only still around, but arguably a bigger franchise than Zelda/3DMario.

Wave Race isn't still around, neither is F-Zero, yet both of those are still on the list, I'd say Wii Sports has been much more influential than those two.

Including a game because it was influential =/= excluding a game because it wasn't influential. This would be like making an exception to let a convict go because he's dying of cancer, and then immediately asking why that one prisoner who got parole on good behavior, but doesn't have cancer got out. Remember we're discussing making an exception for Wii Sports, because it sold well, and was influential, like I did with Smash 64.