How many games does it take to get Nintendo to stop doing the same things over and over again in the Mario franchise? The world may never know.
Super Mario Galaxy is one of the greatest games of all time. So when Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released, I was pretty hyped. When I finally got the game, "I thought I already played this." There were new things, (like new power-ups and playing as Yoshi) but those are just excuses that Nintendo is doing something new. The gravity stages were especially reused. In my gaming philosophy, it doesn't matter how good the last game was in a series, recycling is not allowed. Developers must innovate their series.
Keep in mind, Nintendo didn't grow up doing this in the business. Starting from the NES, and to the Super Nintendo, they were always cranking out new things. The only exception is Super Mario Bros 2; which might have been too different from the original. Yet Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario Bros World kept the franchise fresh and alive for so long. Can you see the connection? When they made innovation, they were on top. But now, it's seems clear they're on the bottom under Sony and Microsoft. It's not like Sony and Microsoft is innovative either. Maybe if the most anticipated franchise for each console wasn't a rinse and wash series (that's you Activision and Infityward), I might give more of an applause to them.
The final case which just engraves Nintendo as "recyclers" is the New Super Mario Bros series. The first one is quite possibly my favorite DS title, and it was a great reboot to the classic Super Mario Bros formula. In 2009, Nintendo must have been dead stumped on finding a game to establish on the Wii because of New Super Mario Bros Wii. If you think the title is lame, wait until you play the game. It is good, but it's almost like Nintendo copied the New Super Mario Bros DS file on the computer and pasted to a new game. But wait! There is 4 player multiplayer! Yeah, that was fun, but the game is still the same. Now New Super Mario Bros 2 on 3DS was great because it was different from the others, but New Super Mario Bros U on Wii U was just a sigh. Again it was good, but it really went green. I mean by Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
To finish this blog, I'm just going to say the title of a newly announced Nintendo game. New Super Luigi U. Why Nintendo?!
Super Mario Galaxy is one of the greatest games of all time. So when Super Mario Galaxy 2 was released, I was pretty hyped. When I finally got the game, "I thought I already played this." There were new things, (like new power-ups and playing as Yoshi) but those are just excuses that Nintendo is doing something new. The gravity stages were especially reused. In my gaming philosophy, it doesn't matter how good the last game was in a series, recycling is not allowed. Developers must innovate their series.
Keep in mind, Nintendo didn't grow up doing this in the business. Starting from the NES, and to the Super Nintendo, they were always cranking out new things. The only exception is Super Mario Bros 2; which might have been too different from the original. Yet Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario Bros World kept the franchise fresh and alive for so long. Can you see the connection? When they made innovation, they were on top. But now, it's seems clear they're on the bottom under Sony and Microsoft. It's not like Sony and Microsoft is innovative either. Maybe if the most anticipated franchise for each console wasn't a rinse and wash series (that's you Activision and Infityward), I might give more of an applause to them.
The final case which just engraves Nintendo as "recyclers" is the New Super Mario Bros series. The first one is quite possibly my favorite DS title, and it was a great reboot to the classic Super Mario Bros formula. In 2009, Nintendo must have been dead stumped on finding a game to establish on the Wii because of New Super Mario Bros Wii. If you think the title is lame, wait until you play the game. It is good, but it's almost like Nintendo copied the New Super Mario Bros DS file on the computer and pasted to a new game. But wait! There is 4 player multiplayer! Yeah, that was fun, but the game is still the same. Now New Super Mario Bros 2 on 3DS was great because it was different from the others, but New Super Mario Bros U on Wii U was just a sigh. Again it was good, but it really went green. I mean by Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
To finish this blog, I'm just going to say the title of a newly announced Nintendo game. New Super Luigi U. Why Nintendo?!