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Nu-13 said:
Pemalite said:

* Nintendo can still release Mario Kart 10 for next-gen if they released a Mario Kart 9 now.
* Mario Kart 9 can reuse Mario Kart 8's assets.

Breath of the Wild is still selling fantastically, but even with good sales, Nintendo announced a sequel.

What you can do for one, you can do for the other.

Of course they can. But they won't because because it makes no business sense.

Botw2 doesn't make botw redundant. No comparison between the two examples.

Business sense means whatever makes the most money, and Mario Kart sells more than basically everything else. To make another game when you could have made Mario Kart means you're not making as much money as you could. That's definitely not good business sense. I very obviously am not saying Nintendo should only make Mario Kart games so don't even try to go there!

These arbitrary rules, excuses, and assumptions to say otherwise like cannibalizing and "but it's a kart racer so it wont be that new" are definitely not coming from a business perspective. Such things are irrelevant, only sales matter. Thus the comparison with BotW is totally accurate as they're both big sellers who's sales demand a sequel both to please the fans and Nintendo's wallet.