No I think Nintendo SHOULD pack Mario in at LAUNCH, but only for a limited time to help sell those first few million systems to gain 3rd party support and build momentum, then sell the game seperately to those who bought a core system latter on. Because that way every one gets a rev right of the bat AND aa great Mario game to play, that will add to teh Nostalgia of the system since teh last time a system had a Mario bundle was SNES.
Including Mario as a packin will attract the retro gamers and the non gamers alike in addittion to the hardcore fans and gamers. I beleive this die hard because the non gamers will want mario cuz its something they can pick up and play, as long as its simple enough like the original Mario Bros or Super Mario Bros, because non gamers recognize mario and will want to see what its like especialy once they learn all the features the rev has.
Next the Retro gamers, my label for the older gamers who mostly buy compliations or childhood favorites, will want it because they will remember way back when they got thoer first NES/SNES and want to take a trip down memory lane. Coupled with the Demo disk and the Virtual Console ideah this will go over big time not just for people in their 20s but older people also, I knwoa LOT of grandparents who will still sit down and play thier old NES systems JUST CUZ of Mario bros and the many simple games for that system.
Then the hard core fans will get one also and have something to play along with whatever other titles they pick up.
The system shoudl also include a Demo disk and AT LEAST 1 free download, either built int or a card or whatever to chose a game. I would HIGHLY expect DUCK HUNT to be the retro game in addition to an updated version on either the Demo Disk or included as a seperate game with Clay Shooting and some other mini games that will 'emulate' Light gun games.
NOT inlcuding Mario as a pack n but making it a seperate purchase will make more money for Nintendo AT FIRST but if it doesnt sell systems and build userbase/hype all is lost. GC had HYPE and a pretty good launch, but it lost the momentum once sunshine came into the picture and realy turned a lot of people off. Not that it was a HORRIBLE game but not what most nintendo or Mario fans were looking for. I think teh CORE sysetm, just teh machine and 1 controller no accessories, well maybe a shell OR Nunchuck, should be priced at 149.99 LAUNCH.
The Mario Bundle witha Demo disk and analong attachment and shell would price 179.99 and
then the super value pack would include the Mario game, Demo disk, 2 controllers and both attachments plus a card for a free download for a retro game.
Also every system should come with a Demo disk packed in and a DL presintalled, preferable Duck Hunt or maybe Super mario Bros, cuz most people will already have that game for GBA by now, or on thier old NES and arent likely to DL it, plus they will just DL Mario ALL Stars anyways and get upated version that way.
Anyways if Nintendo has been working on this "Mario 128" since GC launch and if its true REV dev kits are so similar to GC kits it wont take them too long to get a game ready for launch.
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