04-21-2013, 09:31 PM
Also the illusion that Nintendo made more characters before is that there were no characters before (crazy, isn't it)
Nintendo churned out a shitton of new characters in the NES era because they didn't have any character to slap on it at the time. As their series became successful, the numbers of characters to pitch in a game increased, hence the spin-offs/sequels/etc. It's a double-edged sword: either they choose to use a well-known character, which they know it will give income, or a brand new one, which has yet to face the public test and pray to be successful. The game industry is a lot different from back then, the gamers are now comprised by a large amount of raging kids who deem games 'good' or 'bad' by looking at superficial things. Putting a familiar face will help introducing new concepts to them, and profitable characters will get expanded upon.
I'm not saying that is the right thing to do, and obviously Nintendo is not the only one to do this. Sometimes it's nice to see a new face, but all in all, characters alone do not make a game. If you have a godly character but shit game then your character will also be shit.
Also Dillon's Rolling Western and Pushmo did get a sequel
tl;dr new IPs and their success rely entirely on the consumers.
Nintendo churned out a shitton of new characters in the NES era because they didn't have any character to slap on it at the time. As their series became successful, the numbers of characters to pitch in a game increased, hence the spin-offs/sequels/etc. It's a double-edged sword: either they choose to use a well-known character, which they know it will give income, or a brand new one, which has yet to face the public test and pray to be successful. The game industry is a lot different from back then, the gamers are now comprised by a large amount of raging kids who deem games 'good' or 'bad' by looking at superficial things. Putting a familiar face will help introducing new concepts to them, and profitable characters will get expanded upon.
I'm not saying that is the right thing to do, and obviously Nintendo is not the only one to do this. Sometimes it's nice to see a new face, but all in all, characters alone do not make a game. If you have a godly character but shit game then your character will also be shit.
Also Dillon's Rolling Western and Pushmo did get a sequel
tl;dr new IPs and their success rely entirely on the consumers.
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