Topic: Mario Overkill

So so far in the Wii U there is:

NSMBU
3D World
Mario Kart
Mario & Sonic at the Olympics

Upcoming:

Yarn Yoshi
Captain Toad
Mario Party
Mario Maker
Mario v Donkey Kong

Mario also makes appearances in:

Nintendo Land
SSB
NES Remix 1 & 2

Plus Donkey Kong Country spun off the same game Mario did, Sonic is known to hang with mario at the olympic games and there are Mario costumes in Rayman Legends

On the 3DS there is

NSMB2
3D Land
Mario Kart
Luigi's Mansion
Mario & Luigi
Paper Mario
Yoshi's New Island
Mario Party
Mario Golf
Mario v Donkey Kong

Plus Donkey Kong Country which is a spun off the same game Mario is and Mario's playable appearance on SSB

I like Mario platforming, don't care about other genres of Mario but hasn't the amount of Mario related titles gotten a bit ridiculous? they are going to kill the franchise by oversaturating the market with Mario related titles...

So what's wrong with that? It's only title, what really matters is the game itself.

One man's Mario overkill, is another man's gaming delight! I'll happily take all the upcoming Mario

Mario is basically Nintendo's mascot. They practically make gold out of almost anything they put the little plumber in. I would like more Mario games, but not too much.

that seems like a fair ammount of Mario games, the DS and Wii had way more Mario games and I don't remember people who actually play Nintendo games complaining much.

That's actually been par for the course since the N64/Game Boy era...in fact, I'd argue the GCN/GBA had the biggest glut of Mario games. (I'd also argue that they had the best Mario games...)

Mario is by far the most successful video game IP of all time. Nothing else comes remotely close. The runner up, Pokemon, lags in sales by nearly 50%.

So if you don't want any more Mario, tell everyone to stop buying his games in ludicrous quantities.

He says in ludicrous quantities because he in a ridiculous number of games compares to any other character in the genre. I like Mario, so I don't mind so much, but I do wish some of the other Nintendo favorites could get a bit more screentime. Mario doesn't need to be in every single first party title Nintendo makes.

I don't mind seeing the "Mario World" in Nintendo software. That is what Nintendo is most about anyway, and it's a pretty big world to flush out. I only wish there was more variety like the "splatoon" type games. But, it's the market that speaks, and for some reason gamers seem to prefer the tried-and-true franchises from ALL the software makers....or perhaps it's the accountants that prefer that.

This also goes with movies, and movie studios, that prefer to 'reboot' an existing franchise instead of making characters from scratch.

Nintendo's mascot should be Wario they have far more in common with him.

Also, take a gander at this list.

This. Back on the Gamecube there were four Mario Parties, four Mario sports games, Mario Dance Dance Revolution (lol) and Mario even invaded NBA Street and SSX, in addition to the usual 3D Mario and Mario Kart. Then there's the insane amount of remakes on GBA. If anything the Mario glut is smaller now.

Donkey Kong is it's own brand by this point so it barely even counts.

Jeez, there were fourteen Mario games in 2005 alone.

Definitely. In fact, if you exclude spin-offs like Mario Kart and Mario Sports, Mario's numbers aren't nearly as impressive. But it's still #1. Just Super Mario platformers, no other form of Mario, have more worldwide sales than Pokemon's total 66 games.

Looking at average sales per game though, something like Grand Theft Auto is more impressive. Which is a little sad, in my opinion, but I digress.

looks at GTA sales

BRB going to pitch GTA Mario Edition to Rockstar and Nintendo.

It's a good thing that Mario isn't in the game I'm currently playing... How 2 Survive Mario

Judging by the sales of Mario 3D World, someone already did! In all seriousness though, one could look at the disappointing sales of 3D World and the massive drop-off in sales of the second two New Super Mario Bros. games from the first two as evidence that perhaps they have put out too many Super Mario games in quick succession of late and exhausted the market. Even though I don't entirely agree with fert's list as while a lot of the those game may feature Mario or Mario's companions, they're not strictly Mario games, just based in the Mario universe.

Amount of profit made per generation (With cost making the games taking off) is a better metric.

This is nintendo were talking about. They'll make everything interesting. And give Mario credit. Did save gaming back in the day. Was the first franchise nintendo made. Mario will never die. That day will be the end of nintendo's days. If your so worried about it. Buy more Mario games and make the moment last.

The only TRUE Mario games on the Wii U so far are NSMBU and 3D World. The rest are spin offs and doesn't really count imo. (Still, i'd like more NEW IPs as much as the next guy/girl)