Im sorry but... worst. idea. ever. In my opinion of course. The Legend of Marth and Roy?
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This change can't do much I'm afraid on it's own. The leaders at Kyoto know this also, so whats the answer? Mascots, or rather...characters. see, Mario can't be changed, neither can Link (actually he did change in the Space World 200 demo but we all saw it as a OOT upgrade). These characters can't change either because the 'kiddie' thing has been stuck on them or because stupid PC gamers who have been playing the same variation of C&C for the past 6 years(?) say "Come on, Zelda, again? Same ol' same ol'". Nintendo has seen this and it pisses them off that they are the ones that have been innovative the most compared to any other company and at the same time they are getting the least out of it because of stupid reasons (the 'kiddie' thing is bad but dumb guys who are playing the same games with different graphics for years while accusing these new and innovative games of being the same thing is worse). So, Nintendo has to win these players with new stuff. Innovative? Maybe, but the goal is to win them over by selling them things that appeal to them more that the excisting arsenal and ensuring their (the gamers') 'image' by changing their own to a cooler one.
Well said. Every generation, EVERY SINGLE ONE, I have seen people say "OMG NINTENDO LOST CREATIVITY IT'S A NEW MARIO AND ZELDA!!". Every single generation, Nintendo has made new chapters in their classic franchises. Every single generation Nintendo has made entirely new games that go on (usually) to become franchises because people like them. Every single generation, a Nintendo franchise "episode" is an event. People expect a new Street Fighter, Resident Evil, GTA, Gran Turismo, and Madden every year. Sometimes multiple ones a year. Even if these installments are GOOD, it's still reasonable to expect some people to get jaded. Generally speaking, outside of cash cow Pokemon (and can anyone blame them, really, for taking care of a huge cash cow? Companies need money, die hard game fans), Nintendo does not do this.
The fact that a new Nintendo franchise entry is an event in fact can be a bad thing, as people tend to pin the universe on every single release. People shrug if the new Resident Evil isn't the ultimate game. But if they feel the new Zelda is shy a single dungeon, the world ends and Nintendo is d000000med. And the fact is, generally speaking, Nintendo simply tends to do more with their franchises, even if the changes or innovations are not to everybody's liking (FLUDD, Wind Waker, Metroid Prime etc.). When the next GTA game appears, people may go
"slightly better textures! Two new vehicles! A new kind of gun!". When the next Mario appears, people go "WTF?" over SOMETHING, a WTF of being caught completely blindsided by something they simply never would have imagined. (Love FLUDD or hate it, that was the reaction of virtually everyone to SMS.)
I think a reason why a lot of people are scoffing at "NINTENDO IS DOOMED THEY MADE SEQUELS" is because, arguing over whether the "masses" want this or that, and how popular Mario still is aside, Nintendo making a new game in a series still means something different most of the time than when Joe Developer does it. Some people may not want to accept that, but there it is.
Um yeah sorry for my rant, i just hate it when people bad mouth Nintendo for making sequals to thier franchises.
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