> On 20 Jul 2006 14:42:29 -0700, "bluecrabfive"
> hotmail.com> wrote:
>

>> Oh wait, Nintendo already did that. They give Capcom a hard time for
>> milking every last drop out a franchise but IMHO the N is the king of that.

>
> How is it bad to keep a franchise alive as long as the games are new
> and fresh, and not just rehashes of older games? Street Fighter II
> became a joke. Mega Man too. You don't see Nintendo pulling that crap
> on people. Just look at SMB -> SMB2 (non-JP version) - > SMB3 -> SMW
> -> M64, etc. They all offered something completely new and interesting
> even though they were "just Mario".

> I'm not saying that Capcom isn't bad about it, they are very bad about
> it. Hell just look at how many of those damn Mega Man Battle Network
> games they have come out with just on GBA! But Nintendo is certainly
> no better

> you have all the platform Mario games and then you have all the other
> Mario games, the sports, the Mario Parties, etc.

> Its too bad they can't come up with a decent 3d Mario platformer
> instead of some fetch all the damn stars or coins borathons the last
> two have been.