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Originally Posted by thatmariolover
Meh. It's always been this way, and yeah I'm frustrated by it. And yeah, I think Nintendo needs to branch out. However, I also like Link, and Mario, and Samus. I mean, I understand that you guys want something new. But When it comes to those titles, I've not disliked one of them. Yeah, they hit me with them a million times, but I still keep buying them and I still keep enjoying them. So I'm not going to bitch. Nintendo needs more 3'rd and 2'nd party support to pick up the slack while they still do what they do.
In all reality, I think people forget that Nintendo is a software company as well as a hardware company. And if you think of it objectively like that, they come out with as many new games that aren't based off of previous franchises as any other software developer. Which is to say, not very often. Capcom will always do Resident Evil, Konami will always do Silent Hill and Resident Evil, and Nintendo is always going to do Mario and Zelda. And I am still going to buy their stuff as long as I enjoy it.
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I completely agree. Every developer has their key titles and franchises that gain sequel after sequel. I mean, Capcom is more guilty of the crimes you guys are blaming Nintendo for. Sure, they may have more franchises, but they also milk those individual franchises far more than Nintendo milks their's.
The only difference between Nintendo and Capcom (or Nintendo and any 3rd party developer) would be that Nintendo also is the company behind a console that has very little 3rd party support. Most of the titles on the GCN are actually made by Nintendo. Thus, most of the games are going to be Mario, Zelda, or Samus.
With the PS2 or XBox, any one first or second party game has 10 third party games backing it up. With so much variety, its easier to ignore the lack of originality.
Nintendo is no more guilty of rehashing their franchises than any other developer; they just happened to get caught.
On another note, I, for one, don't mind them using the same franchises so long as those franchises are used well. The Metroid series has so far been better than ever; Zelda's still the greatness it has always been; and even though the Mario "series" has ceased to become a part of the platformer genre, his games are still generally good.
I can't see how anyone could call this stuff "crap."
*shrugs and walks away*