>>11516172
Mario is "just okay" imo. I played more DKC, Mega Man X, and Sonic as a kid. Even on the NES you had Mega Man, Adventure Island, Bonk, and Castlevania which had a lot more going on. Same with GBA and DS

80s Mario is peak 2D platforming but after that they are just alright to good games, nothing more nothing less. I think the Galaxy games are fun as fuck too though

Gran Turismo ruined the racing genre

in the '80s every American kid had a NES unless their parents hated them, and everyone with a NES had Mario and the sequels were safe bets for good games to buy.

These days, Mario is like Mickey Mouse. More of a brand icon than something modern kids actually want to play. Yeah, everyone recognizes Disney's Mickey Mouse but when was the last time you went to the movies for a Mickey flick?

>>11516203
In what way? GT games sell around 10 million copies while floaty arcade trash like Mario Kart does 30million. It killed nothing outside of your brain.

>>11516213
Right, how many copies did Mario Kart sell before the blue ocean strategy happened at Nintendo?

>>11516207
>when was the last time you went to the movies for a Mickey flick?

The question is: when was the last time when Disnoy have put out a Mickey flick in theaters? I don't think that was a thing even in 90s.
Goofy got three movies but Donald and Mick were out of luck (unless I have really bad boomer memory and there were feature films for them)

The way companies handle their old-timey mascots nowadays is kinda sad. Flintstones are guys from Fruity Pebbles box, Tom & Jerry are in the bunch of completely unrelated movies and Mickey is Kingdom Hearts villain slash hero and a meme template, thanks to that latest tv series with horrendously grotesque art style. Using them as a brand icon seems like quite a safe way to play without trying hard to find another place for those characters.

>>11516207
>Yeah, everyone recognizes Disney's Mickey Mouse but when was the last time you went to the movies for a Mickey flick?
Kind of an ironic way to make your point when Mario just had an extremely successful film less than two years ago.

>>11516207
>no one bought mario odyssey
>no one bought mario kart 8
>no one saw the mario movie
>no one played mario wonder
>no one went to marioland park

yeahhhh okay segashill. I talked to my little nephew the other day who is 12 years old and he's playing lost levels on his switch. I cant believe he even knew what that game was

>>11516172
>3D fighters are slow moving and janky
Play Dead or Alive

>>11517719
>I talked to my little nintendrone the other day and it is 12 years old and it is playing bingo Bing wahoo on it's bing bing wahoo machine. I can't believe it knew who bing bing wahoo was.
Nta btw