If there ever was a licensed game…

[OssK]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xet13z_mario-25th-anniversary-trailer_video games#hp-v-v7

Came across this video, yelling at my face "look how we made billions of dollars doing the same game over and over"…*Why do I feel so insulted by this video ?

[Roderick]

The core Mario franchise is actually one of the least 'milked' things. Nintendo always made sure to space these out over the years pretty carefully and never seemed content with offering the same thing twice. Every core Mario game has different features and strives to bring something new to the series.

The same obviously can't be said for the endless stream of sports and party games featuring Mario, where it became a joke in itself how much Nintendo milked its mascot. Considering this movie was about the core games though, I don't know why it irritated you so much. Even from the perspective of a newcomer it should seem rather that Nintendo were quite conservative, releasing only 8 real Mario games over 25 years.

[elmuerte]

really? I thought Mario Galaxy 2 was pretty much Mario Galaxy 1 but with clouds instead of stars.

Anyway, it's quite a crappy trailer. They forgot quite some games: only 1 handheld mario game, no mario kart, none of the gazillion other mario spinsoffs (like tennis, smash, dr, & luigi, etc.)

[Roderick]

You're right that they forgot a bunch of core Mario games --as did I. Mario Land 1 & 2 belong in that list. The kart games not so much.

Galaxy 2 is probably the only direct sequel in terms of gameplay, straight-up. That's hardly a strong case for the rigidity of the series!