We have had basically the same Pokemon games come out regularly for the past 15 years. I know it is a Gamefreak developed game, but I think more people these days might identify Nintendo more with Pokemon than some of their other franchises. Not saying Pokemon are bad games, been playing White for a little bit now (though my enthusiasm is waning around the fifth gym as I'm starting to see evolved forms of pokemon in the wild rather than new pokemon) and each game on its own is Okay, the franchise hasn't really developed much at all.Dorkmaster Flek said:Mario Galaxy 2 was a straight up sequel, yes, but that's still fairly rare for Nintendo to do. Yes, you could argue that every new Mario and Zelda game doesn't do much new, but there's enough differentiation and they're spaced far enough apart (mostly) that they can still feel fresh. I know I'm looking forward to a new Zelda game (hopefully) this year. We haven't had one since Twilight Princess in 2007, and I like a regular Zelda fix. Four years is a very good amount of time between sequels. Contrast this with, say, Call of Duty. You're talking literally a new game ever year. Hell, Guitar Hero took it even further during the height of music gaming madness in 2009 with 5 separate console titles. Galaxy 2 was easily the closest they've come to something like this, but it was an anomaly for Nintendo. It's a regularity for a place like Activision, which is the mentality he seems to be talking about.HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Well, since they're discussing craftsmanship as much as innovation, that isn't really much of a point.HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Considering that they brought the video game industry back from the dead, and almost 30 years later they can release a game that isn't terribly different from their mother ship title on the NES and have it sell?ThePeaceFrog said:Nice to see Nintendo remains as arrogant as always.
I mean that really rounds like something Nintendo would say about themselves.vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
Exactly and Rare weren't even American. I'm not sure how much recent experience Nintendo have had with European developers.ENKC said:I'm going to nitpick here - wouldn't the title of article make sense with the word 'Western' instead of 'U.S.'?
And the collaboration with Rare up to about 2002 was one of the hottest 'streaks' of any developer/publisher combination ever. Too bad they've not recaptured those glory days.
That's the best example? House of the Dead: Overkill, Battalion Wars and Geometry Wars are great, more memorable titles.vansau said:as well as Headstrong Games in Britain, which collaborated on the Art Academy DS titles.
Counter-attack!HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 is developed BY NINTENDO and has nothing to do with third-party Western Studioszombie711 said:Counter-attack!HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Super Mario galaxy 2 is the highest rated platformer game of all time, so their point still stands.
Shirokurou said:Super Mario Galaxy 2 is developed BY NINTENDO and has nothing to do with third-party Western Studioszombie711 said:Counter-attack!HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Super Mario galaxy 2 is the highest rated platformer game of all time, so their point still stands.
So point invalid.
Mega Interception!HankMan said:Hail Mary Pass!zombie711 said:Counter-attack!HankMan said:Super Mario Galaxy 2vansau said:Apparently this difficulty is due more to the fact that studios aren't interested in producing quality games, but are instead only interested in making money:
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Super Mario galaxy 2 is the highest rated platformer game of all time, so their point still stands.
Super Mario galaxy 2 is the highest rated platformer reboot of all time.
?zombie711 said:No the point was that Nintendo said that most developers in the west make games 4 money, and Nintendo themselves made a sequel, which often made for money. SMG 2 is an exception because it more well received than SMG and the ideas that were put into SMG 2 were supposed to be in the original but didn't have the time or space to put it.