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Are there any franchises you think Nintendo has made TOO many games in lately? [roundtable]
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There is a lot of talk about the NX and Nintendo's plans to rework their dev plan in some ways, make sure the droughts of the Wii U (and later 3DS I suppose) don't happen with the NX. It got me thinking, we're always talking about how Nintendo hasn't done enough, but are there franchises where you think wow, that's actually MORE than we needed? (Especially in the context of not getting enough of others?) I think Mario Party would often make this list for some of us in the past, but nowadays they don't really make a whole lot of Mario Party games. Despite loving them, I think we have probably gotten more Mario RPG games than we needed in recent years. Sure it is two different franchises, but they are kind of similar, and now they're crossing-over. It's already a bit weird that there are two different Mario RPG franchises as is, but did we really need three different Mario RPG games on the 3DS?! I can also say that despite loving Pushmo, I didn't expect or necessarily even need four games in the 'Mo series in such a short amount of time. It's great that each one tried new stuff (though in World the new stuff was mostly in a side mode), but it still felt like a bit more than needed. And again, three on the 3DS felt like overkill a bit. Don't get me wrong, not complaining about too many games here. Just thinking maybe in some cases I'd rather have seen the resources put into something else. What about you? URL to share (right click and copy)
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04/28/16, 00:26 Edited: 04/28/16, 00:26
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Mario RPG immediately comes to mind. I'd be surprised if Color Splash was anything but a whiff, critically and commercially. I don't think Fire Emblem is played out, per se, but it's curious that we got Awakening, three versions of Fates, and a ton of DLC while Advance Wars and potentially other franchises remain buried. Like @Hero_Of_Hyrule the franchise's apparent new priorities bug me, but I accept that I'm probably in the minority. It pains me to say it, but I agree with @cooliocuneo regarding Kirby. Kirby's Return to Dream Land isn't even five years old, and we already have two marginal iterations on that formula in Triple Deluxe and Planet Robobot. In that time, we've also had two (admittedly good) spinoffs in Mass Attack for DS and Rainbow Curse on Wii U, and a nice anniversary compilation in Kirby's Dream Collection. Plus the minigames included in Triple Deluxe were spun off into individual eShop titles, and I'm guessing the same will happen for Planet Robobot. I'll also put Yoshi in there. In just over a year we had two largely similar takes on Yoshi's Island. While I personally don't care for the Yoshi series at all, I can see why people were excited to get a new entry for the first time since Yoshi's Island DS. But I think most would still agree that two of them in such a short period was too many. |
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TriforceBun said:Animal Crossing. Not so much the main game, but all the spinoff stuff. Happy Home, Amiibo Festival, the huge amount of cards and amiibo for it...
Pokemon. I'm just tired of it. It doesn't grow, the battles are uninteresting, and The Pokemon Company is wholly unlikable.
Fire Emblem. We got two games on the 3DS that are technically four games, plus a mobile game coming out, plus over-representation in Smash Bros. I like FE but there really should've been an Advance Wars comeback somewhere this gen.
Seconding your Mario RPG series. I think Nintendo has really lost its way with Paper Mario, and they've pushed out too many Mario & Luigi games. We'd be good with one of each per gen, I think. All of these, and for the same reasons TBun stated. I am still a fan of Pokemon simply due to my addictive "collect 'em all" nature, but the games are very, very stale. I also agree that TPC comes across as an unlikable company. I will add Kirby to my list too though. Heck, the new Kirby puzzle panel on the 3DS made me cry rivers of sad, sad tears. MORE STREET PASSING for ANOTHER Kirby puzzle? BLAAAHHHH! I LOVED Triple Deluxe, but the last few "standard" Kirby titles have been very samey and way too close together. |
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