I'm slightly confused about whether this is serious or not

as SMG is on a bigger userbase than N64 & GC but it couldn't outsell SM64 (valid point)

cutscenes may to blame (typical rol jokes)

but what matters is that the GAME itself is superior to super Mario sunshine & SM64

@rolstoppable

I edited after I actually read more than the first paragraph!!!!!!

the wall of text was a turn off, just like SMG was a turn off cus of cut scenes!

I was hoping you'd get to making this thread sooner or later.

You do have a few good points, I admit. I can't relate, because I am a seasoned gamer and am used to cutscenes and the like, but newer gamers may well have been scared off by the slow start in Galaxy. Not a bad thread.

@darthdevidem01, that's impossible, since Super Mario 64 is the best game of all time.

EDIT: I realize that this may well be a joke thread, and if so, I have been had. I really can't tell with Rol most of the time.

Bravo.

 I'm an experienced gamer, and those cutscenes turn me off. I'm not sure if it's because of their existence, or because they almost universally suck. And I'm not just talking about Nintendo's games here.

thats impossible, since MGS4 is the best game of all time.

seriously?

Yeah SMG > SM64 for me

Fixed your post ;)

Hmm. It really depends a lot for me, in some games I absolutely love them and in some other games they annoy me to no end. In Nintendo games I usually enjoy them fine, mostly because they're pretty short and to-the-point for the most part, so even if I don't like them they'll be over soon.

60% of the people who bought M64 are probably not more into gaming this days or even don't own a console anymore. If later games of a gamefranchise sell less it is not the quality that makes people not buy it but a new generation that doesn't is interested in anymore.

oh well thats good deduction you made and yeah the cut scenes would probably lose the newer players... and i think that the mario flying in space in the boxart might make it look complicated too...

I liked the cutscenes, but I'm a tool. Rol's right. Cutscenes always hurt the idea of games, which is to play them. At least these ones were really really short. And a lot of the storybook plot stuff was optional, which was good.

I'm not sure how they'd affect a 3-D Mario's sales though, because they'd usually sell through eternal positive word-of-mouth. It could still get a Christmas boost each year with a larger userbase each year.