It’s-a-me! Mario!
Recently, Nintendo has come under fire about their ability to compete with bigger companies like Sony or Microsoft. Since the new millennium, we have not seen many new IPs from Nintendo but rather, a lot more spin offs of older IPs. Nintendo is also letting a lot of big game titles slip by it’s latest console. Games like Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Dishonored and Borderlands 2 all did not see a Wii U release. And with Sony and Microsoft’s next generation console on the horizon, the Wii U might suffer even larger losses if it’s hardware cannot support next generation games. With it’s motion controls, Nintendo managed to introduce a whole kind of game to the home entertainment system. A slew of sports-centric games began to be released where players can actually “play sports” in the comfort of their own living room. It also mainstreamed party games as many of the Wii’s games support 4 people gameplay. But that being said, Nintendo also constantly pushed spin-offs of Mario games while never really having a new IP taking off. Nintendo has this weird obsession with it’s glory days and is constantly trying to sell old IPs. While it is nice to see Nintendo giving attention to the Mario fans out there, it has been too long since we saw a new and exciting IP from Nintendo take the world by storm.
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