Random: Xbox's Phil Spencer 'Had A Blast' Playing Super Mario Bros. Wonder

^{Why does Peach look so goofy in that picture?}
Anyway cool that even XBox folk know the best when they see it!

This collaboration between Xbox and Nintendo is so clever. MS hopes to bring these 12-year-olds over to Xbox (instead of PlayStation) when these kids find Nintendo too „childish“. And when they reach the age of 25, they will come back to Big N and enjoy both worlds.

Game has all the hallmarks of Nintendo firing on all cylinders, a thankfully common sight during the Switch era. Don’t think we’ve seen so many first party bangers since the GameCube.

He prefers board games like Hungry Hungry Hippos and Monopoly.

Phil Spencer is a gem of a man. I hope he remains head of Xbox for a long time.

Phil keeps playing all these top end games from other studios etc, but he is not managing his own studios to produce games of that high exceptional quality all round.
His studios just get delays and extra time and still don’t manage to hit the big time, Starfield being the latest in case.
A good game, Jack of all trades and master of none.

I hope Microsoft can help Nintendo with their online infrastructure one day.

Don't follow the goings-on at Xbox but I gotta say,
Phil Spencer comes across as a pretty cool guy and a gamer at heart!

I really wish Reggie was still with Nintendo. I imagine he and Phil would be chumming it up these days.

‘Wow! A video game that doesn’t crash! And it didn’t have a deadline it missed!’

This is just the prelude for Xbox buying Nintendo. First step grease yourself into the goodwill of Nintendo players. Step two undermine the Nintendo player base. Step three buying Nintendo and integrating the games into the game pass ecosystem.

Funny how gullible people are as if he is nothing else than a wolf among sheep’s. This man only cares about money like every ceo of any company.

Wow who would have thunk that creating a game using your legacy characters featuring all new mechanics that expand upon the timeless gameplay style of that game while also no removing any of the things that made that franchise so memorable is a good thing. I just hope this is the wake up call xbox needs because they are sitting on gold but either are too afraid to go touching that gold or take that gold melt it down as see it go down the drain

Cmon phil, give us hi-fi rush 😃

Clown would LOVE a game on xbox even half as good🤣🤣🤣 he cant even BUY a good game🤣🤣🤣 all those (bought) studios and they producing nothing

Nintendo needs to buy Xbox from Microsoft then they could merge NSO with Game Pass for their next console.

High praise from who, a man who clearly doesn't know a thing about games and will lead the Xbox brand to another distant third in sales??

Phil is such a blessing for Xbox, at least PR wise ...Meanwhile at PlayStation, we have Jim Ryan who has done nothing but mess things up recently.

Third in sales...what amount of money Microsoft Gaming Division / X Box is doing ?
Will this increase in the future ?
Spencer has a strategy, it will pay or not, but it's not time for judging him. No matter who praises, a preaise is a praise.

@bluemage1989
Totally agree and that’s the bottom line.
And also manages to take Arkane and Bethesda release one poor game and one mediocre game after a year of delays and extra time to come up with a top job.
That’s the bottom line the games and quality and production there of, Is at best average.

@MrGawain "Don't have any deadlines for your game. Problem solved!"

I like Phil. Say what you will, but at least he is trying to create goodwill between companies. It’s a job, and he’s running a business, but at least he’s taking a route that’s attempting to create some warm feelings and unification.
Doesn’t bother me in the least.

İ do not know why but İ love Phil Spencer.
İt is a good thing Nintendo and Microsoft that the friendship it is getting better maybe Nintendo Switch will get the new Perfect Dark game to.

“Games don’t sell systems”
-Phil Spencer

Translation: “Xbox games don’t sell systems”

Sooo...what next from the Microsoft / Nintendo relationship?

Come on Phil, everyone on Switch wants a Rare Replay! Make it happen.

Mr Goodguy Phil.

Call me crazy, but it'd be nice to hear Phil say one day, "We're inspired by Nintendo to make a new Banjo-Kazooie game with the charm of SMB Wonder and sandbox gameplay of TotK" instead of "OTheR cOmPaNy GAme GOOD!"

@Selim MS has had the Perfect Dark IP for over 20 years and they still haven't gotten a single new game (Perfect Dark Zero doesn't count since Rare was making it before they got acquired).

Spencer is not legally required to have a blast with Nintendo games for 10 years as part of the Activition buyout .
Where is the switch version of Battletoads Phil?

@OldGamer999 Anything coming out of Bethesda has still hardly had any Xbox interference as far as development goes. When the dust settles, then you can start pointing fingers - but this game wasn't even exclusively developed for Microsoft's platforms until the near end.

@stinkyx Rare lost most of their best talent during that transition - they're just a shell of what they were, and PD Zero proved it.

@bluemage1989 Well, they do have over 25 million Game Pass subscribers, each paying $10-$17 a month (minus the deals which only last a month or so). I'd say they're doing fine.

Mario is always a good time. I am glad, he and others could already enjoy a little bit of it. Not too long now.

@DiggleDog yup. I think it might be Nintendos best ever. Its definitely my favorite console of all time. It's actually difficult to keep up with the great releases.

Xbox is super popular in Japan so of course it just makes sense for MS to buy them.
....yall crazy.

@GrailUK I would love that. It almost made having an XBONE worth it.

@Iconoclysm
And let Xbox and Microsoft excuses keep coming like with halo and last year and now this year.
Lalalala Phil Spencer.

He praises a lot of Nintendo's games and ideas, but sadly, the only thing we mostly see coming from XBOX are just the same shooters. Man, I wish they could take some inspirations from Mario and apply them to a new Banjo-Kazooie or Conker game.

How fair play of him.

I used to have the first Xbox, the controller was great, but I could find very few fun games. Splinter Cell, Quantum Redshift, Blinx the time sweeper (or something with a time travelling cat with a vacuum), Jet Set Radio ... that's what I can remember. Meanwhile I have over 70 games on the Switch and I could probably name them all.

Dose any one even care about the xdrop any more 🤔

At some point, Xbox is going to want something from Nintendo for this "partnership" to continue growing. It's been pretty one sided at this point.

@kingbk We all know how much they want Donkey Kong.

This makes me irrationally upset, because I'm a fanboy of either Xbox or Nintendo. You pick one.

@OldGamer999 Obviously they bought these companies because their exclusives and lack of studios were weak. These aren't excuses, this is the reality of it all. Phil here was willing to take the blame for Redfall, but that doesn't mean it's his fault.

@Iconoclysm
They did have other studios before the big purchases started.
Turn 10 and Playground games, which have done very well with FH5 and the soon to be released Forza.
But what the others been doing, the last main Gears is four years old about now.
343i did ok with Halo Infinite but that’s was no classic.

I just get the sense of a laid back not managed bunch of studios apart from a couple of them like Turn 10 and Playground games that probably manage themselves really well.

The higher up studios management team at Microsoft Xbox seem to be taking a very long vacation and not getting on top of these studios with project milestones and micro management.
Over paid and lazy comes to mind.

@OldGamer999 It's nearly impossible to be lazy at Microsoft. The constant push, churn, review, change, etc. don't allow for that.

My best guess is that most of those studios are empty. That employees have left or been laid off and not replaced.

@Iconoclysm
Who knows, I was a massive Xbox and 360 fan back in the day. And once they produce games as good as their golden age games, once again I will be there.
I just play what for me is the best games and not much else, so more recently GOWR and TOTK and Pikmin 4. My very longevity game is Mario Kart 8 deluxe, like playing online.

@OldGamer999 I don't think you'll ever see those types of games from MS anymore. They will be the go to platform for multiplatform games and have all the big Bethesda/Activision stuff.

@Iconoclysm
Of course that what they are aiming for a subscription service with average to slightly above stage games.
No big classic Halo etc.
As for multiplatform games we can already see low console sales and the series s is putting a little damper on those compared to the high selling PS5 and also not having a weaker series s in the way.
That’s why I play the other two really.

@OldGamer999 There’s nothing average about Bethesda and Activision. I think you underestimate the size of the library and what can be offered with Game Pass. The PS5 has maybe 2 exclusives a year that I play, Switch, Xbox, and PC are what I’m playing most of the time.

@Iconoclysm
I agree the size of the library can be massive but it’s the quality of the library that matters to me.

I would rather have 3 TOTK / GOWR level of game from Xbox studios a year than say 6 Starfield level of game. Having played all three of the above mentioned the difference is more than you may be lead on the internet to believe.

Quality over quantity for me, but I think the subscription service game pass will put quantity more first.

@OldGamer999 Add that library size to what you ALSO have on Switch and PS5. That's where MS belongs in my gaming landscape, it's the filler around the exclusives the other guys have.

I cannot stand Bethesda RPG's of any kind so that's a bad example. Doom and Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein, the occasional game like Hi-Fi Rush, that's what I look forward to from them. I love Nintendo and some Sony exclusives but Nintendo's hardware isn't the best for graphics heavy games and Sony's controllers are not what I would prefer for a serious FPS game - not to mention, the Xbox usually has the slight edge when it comes to power...and with third party games being so inefficient cross platform, it usually makes sense to pick up on Xbox if it's not already on Game Pass.