• Sawblade02@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Milking an IP dry for 40+ years like Nintendo sounds like an evil Easter egg to find in the game, not what to do with it.

    Otherwise, me and the wife love playing it co-op.

    • WalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]@reddthat.com
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      8 hours ago

      Idk. All 2D Mario games seem pretty similar. Of course people are hungry for new levels to play, but there’s hardly anything groundbreakingly different from one to the next. And releasing things like Deluxe version of Mario Kart, a game that already seemed particularly derivative of the last entry in the series also feels a bit like milking. Feel like they’ve been afraid of making changes since double dash.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        7 hours ago

        All 2D Mario games seem pretty similar. Of course people are hungry for new levels to play, but there’s hardly anything groundbreakingly different from one to the next.

        This is exactly why they put out Super Mario Wonder, which was pretty different (and pretty good imo)

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      2 days ago

      Nintendo doesn’t really “dry” their IPs. They actually innovate between games, making sure each installment is worthy of existing. They don’t just slap a new number on the same content as last time, like the EAs, Ubisofts and Actiblizzards of the industry.

      That’s why they’ve lasted. A game featuring Mario or Link isn’t so much a familiar IP, as it has become a seal of quality.

      Doesn’t mean they aren’t guilty of a bunch of other anti-consumer bullshit.