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Will game characters that we play as today still be around in 30 years?

Yes 10 15.87%
 
NO 32 50.79%
 
Maybe 18 28.57%
 
Yes, but in another form 1 1.59%
 
See resultz 0 0%
 
Other answer 2 3.17%
 
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NintendoPie on 13 February 2012

I don't think they will.
Mario is very well developed and VERY well viewed. He is known all over the world and he is fun to play as. Also! The Mario Franchise has several different categories; Sports, Karts, Platform, 3D Platform, HH, and Party. He won't ever be passed up.



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kain_kusanagi on 13 February 2012
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kain_kusanagi said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
kain_kusanagi said:
TWRoO said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I think Master Chief, Lara Croft, Sonic, and Gordan Freeman are here to stay. These games may not always be hits or have as many releases as Nintendo's but they have all proven their staying power and dedicated fan bases.

They are all pretty old already IMO. Obviously not quite Mario's age but Sonic is 20, Croft is 15, Freeman is 13 and Chief is 10.

I don't think they are here to stay in the same way Mario is (Mario own't die until Nintendo dies) but Sonic and Croft will almost definately reach Mario's current age of 30. Chief is very probable too. I don't know about Freeman. He'll definately still be popular but whether there will still be new half-life games then I'm not sure.

They age and staying power is proof they can stick around. Sure Mario and Zelda kind of have that timeless Disney feel, but that's not the only way to maintain popularity. I think there will always be Half-Life and Halo games. Tomb Raider and Sonic looked to be out for the count, but they bounced back. There's room in peoples hearts for more than Nintendo.

Halo is for a teen to adult audience as far as concept of character. It doesnt have the staying power of Mario.

People spend more time as Adults than children. I have a special place in my heart for Mario, but Master Chief appeals to me just a strongly, but in a different way. It's possible for both to be loved and last. Although I will say that because Halo/Half-Life/etc. is story diven and Mario/Zelda/etc. retell and reinvent that characters like Master Chief and Gorden Freeman may actualy die and be replaced while Mario and Link will live on as reincarnations of themselves.


People spend more time as adults than children. We keep creating children and spending on them. The highest consumerbase will always be women and children, therefore, mario wins. This is how Disney survives.

Mario wins? This is a discussion about the populatiry of characters not a competition. Mario is always going to be popular, but that doesn't mean more adult oriented characters can't be as beloved.



man-bear-pig on 13 February 2012

Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

NintendoPie on 13 February 2012
man-bear-pig said:
Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.

Yay! MBP sided with an un-biased opinion.



man-bear-pig on 13 February 2012
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.

Yay! MBP sided with an un-biased opinion.

I have never said anything biased on this site.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

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Mr Khan on 13 February 2012
TWRoO said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I think Master Chief, Lara Croft, Sonic, and Gordan Freeman are here to stay. These games may not always be hits or have as many releases as Nintendo's but they have all proven their staying power and dedicated fan bases.

They are all pretty old already IMO. Obviously not quite Mario's age but Sonic is 20, Croft is 15, Freeman is 13 and Chief is 10.

I don't think they are here to stay in the same way Mario is (Mario own't die until Nintendo dies) but Sonic and Croft will almost definately reach Mario's current age of 30. Chief is very probable too. I don't know about Freeman. He'll definately still be popular but whether there will still be new half-life games then I'm not sure.

I would question Croft's continuing relevance.



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NintendoPie on 13 February 2012
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.

Yay! MBP sided with an un-biased opinion.

I have never said anything biased on this site.

Sure you haven't... It doesn't matter though, almost all of us are biased to something.



man-bear-pig on 13 February 2012
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.

Yay! MBP sided with an un-biased opinion.

I have never said anything biased on this site.

Sure you haven't... It doesn't matter though, almost all of us are biased to something.

I'm not.

Oh, and congrats spurge! This is the 140,000th thread ever created on vgchartz.



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

NintendoPie on 13 February 2012
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
NintendoPie said:
man-bear-pig said:
Hopefully masterchief, but that is the halo fanboy in me talking. I doubt any current gaming 'heros' will have the staying power of mario.

Yay! MBP sided with an un-biased opinion.

I have never said anything biased on this site.

Sure you haven't... It doesn't matter though, almost all of us are biased to something.

I'm not.

Oh, and congrats spurge! This is the 140,000th thread ever created on vgchartz.

Are you sure? I thought you like M$ better than any other?



NightDragon83 on 13 February 2012

I own SMB the movie on VHS, as well as The Wizard, and a good chunk of original episodes of TSMBSS and Mario 3 / Captain N.

Whatcha gonna do about it?!?



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