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Sephiran on 07 February 2025
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Wman1996 said:
Sephiran said:

Mario spinoff franchises are doing well, Mario Kart games are the biggest sellers of course, but even Mario Party games are standing up well in terms of sales compared to mainline platforming Super Mario games.

Mario Party has exploded more than ever on Switch in terms of units sold and it's even doing well in terms of the overall attach rate. 

I do think Mario Party will continue its spot as the 3rd-biggest Mario IP behind Super Mario and Mario Kart. Even if future Mario Strikers, Golf, or Tennis get a lot of good reception, I don't think they'll touch the top Mario series. And I don't see any Mario RPGs around the top either. 

Even with Mario Kart now the top Mario series, I'd really like 2 3D Mario games on Switch 2 like we got on Wii. But the release gap can be bigger than the roughly 2.5 years between Galaxy and Galaxy 2. 3D Mario in 2025 (maybe 2026) and then another 3D Mario in 2030 or so would be good pacing. And obviously Switch 2 will have to have a 2D Mario game as well.

Even the Mario RPGs spinoff series are doing pretty well, Mario RPGs is actually a bigger RPG seller than some established JRPG series like Tales of, Persona.

List of best-selling Eastern role-playing game franchises - Wikipedia

Mario RPG spinoffs are in the top 10 best selling JRPG series, and the numbers in the wikipedia page isn't fully accurate due to Paper Mario Thousand year door remake and Brothership isn't counted.

Last edited by Sephiran - on 07 February 2025