So I don't think it's remotely unreasonable to say that it couldn't happen again with Odyssey. They were also planning on coming out with additional add-on content for Breath of the Wild and that spun into a sequel. So they already wanted to come out with add-on content for Odyssey, and that never happened. What we want with our evergreen titles is to maintain their values as long as possible without lowering the prices. We take the value of software very seriously. Going forward, we plan to incorporate add-on content and other factors that will keep these titles in the spotlight, so they will continue to sell alongside the hardware. The key is to figure out what makes these titles appealing, and how we can get consumers to understand that appeal. Titles released already in the previous fiscal years remain capable of driving hardware sales. Titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Super Mario Odyssey are what we call “hardware drivers” in that consumers are very often interested in buying these titles when making a new hardware purchase. In fact, back in 2018 Nintendo's President did a QA where he said: So what's preventing that from happening again? It's already happening with BotW 2. Galaxy is the realization of that goal.Īs you said, Galaxy 2 happened because they had so many new ideas it ended up being a new game. Miyamoto wanted the sequel to SM64 to have Mario walking on spheres, and he realized the obvious setting would be outer space. The game Nintendo tried to develop right after Sunshine was Super Mario 128, which eventually morphed into two games: Pikmin and Super Mario Galaxy. The system it was on sold 34% fewer units than its predecessor, and the game itself only sold 6.28 million copies. There were never any plans for a direct sequel because it wasn’t that popular of a game. The first one, Super Mario 64-2, was planned for the N64 DD, so obviously that had to be canceled. SM64 actually had 2 different planned sequels that were both canceled. We should also take into account the circumstances surrounding these games. So since the book isn’t closed yet on whether or not Odyssey will get a direct sequel, we only have a sample size of 3 games, and 1 of those 3 got a sequel. 2 of them definitely didn’t get direct sequels, 1 of them did, and the 4th one is Odyssey. I know you’re only using the precedents of 3D games, but there are technically only 4 non-sequel 3D Mario games. Wii, New Super Mario Bros 2, New Super Mario Bros. What about New Super Mario Bros., New Super Mario Brows.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |