BuzzyBeetleLover
Koopa Troopa
Just my opinion but I think it's time Nintendo actually tries to do more with Mario.
I love Mario but with the way Nintendo treats the series i'd say they don't. Take other video game franchises: Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Megaman, and even Pokemon
They try something new past the games. Pac-Man has frequent Collaborations with other games and what not and a Youtube series (Pac-Man: Snack Break), Pokemon has an on going anime series as well as an on going Manga and other such things. I couldn't care less about Megaman. And Sonic has a lot, an ongoing Successful comic as well as Manga series, Multiple shows and Movies with a brand new Short (Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond) and again Much More.
All of these Franchises have 3 things that satisfy and keeps Fans anticipating something new:
The only notable "new" things to point out is: Some shorts called "It's Me, Mario!" catered towards children, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie which actually has an original story, Re-imagines locations from the games making them completely new, and some of the best Fight sequences probably in the entire series (Not counting games), and The Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario Series Having not only original locations and characters but sometimes dark and serious moments (Though Paper Mario hasn't had a game since 2020) with Mario and Luigi: Brothership's final act being one of the darkest stories in the entire franchise (honorable mention to Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope for also having a good story)
but other than those we don't have the world building the other franchises have, what do you think?
I love Mario but with the way Nintendo treats the series i'd say they don't. Take other video game franchises: Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Megaman, and even Pokemon
They try something new past the games. Pac-Man has frequent Collaborations with other games and what not and a Youtube series (Pac-Man: Snack Break), Pokemon has an on going anime series as well as an on going Manga and other such things. I couldn't care less about Megaman. And Sonic has a lot, an ongoing Successful comic as well as Manga series, Multiple shows and Movies with a brand new Short (Sonic the Hedgehog: Memories and Beyond) and again Much More.
All of these Franchises have 3 things that satisfy and keeps Fans anticipating something new:
- An expansive Story
- Entertaining and overall New themes (Dark and Gritty, Younger audience, etc)
- Something new for the series
The only notable "new" things to point out is: Some shorts called "It's Me, Mario!" catered towards children, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie which actually has an original story, Re-imagines locations from the games making them completely new, and some of the best Fight sequences probably in the entire series (Not counting games), and The Mario & Luigi and Paper Mario Series Having not only original locations and characters but sometimes dark and serious moments (Though Paper Mario hasn't had a game since 2020) with Mario and Luigi: Brothership's final act being one of the darkest stories in the entire franchise (honorable mention to Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope for also having a good story)
but other than those we don't have the world building the other franchises have, what do you think?