Day 16 - Too much Mario? I don't think so.

One thing I've noticed when people talk about Nintendo is how they constantly talk about how Nintendo is making Mario games all the time. And here's my problem with it... many people take all the games with Mario in it and put it in the same bag. Mario isn't a single game series. I can understand that you have something against the many games in the main platforming series, even though I myself don't mind since the games are always top-notch, but if also throw in Mario Kart and other titles with Mario... it's just dumb.

Mario is starring in many kind of games in completely different genres. The main series is a platformer, Mario Kart is a racing game, Mario Party is a party game etc. Sure, if you put it in a single bag, it would seem as if Nintendo milks the Mario horribly, but let's face it... Despite sharing the same characters, locations and artstyle, the different games like Kart, Party, Tennis and Strikers are actually their own series.

Taking the different games apart will suddenly make it look like less of a "franchise milking", though honestly... I don't care anyway... The games, with some minor exceptions, always feel fresh enough and are extremally fun to play. Even the main platform series has something unique for almost every game, especially the 3D Mario games. Mario Kart is released once per console, so you have a lot of time between them. Honestly, most Mario games have that special kind of gaming joy that no one does better than Nintendo.

During the winter break, me and my family are most likely going to have some awesome gaming moments with Mario Kart 8, Nintendo Land and Super Mario 3D World. So, I don't really understand why it's so popular to complain about the amount of Mario games... Especially considering how TONS of people buy CoD and Fifa every year, which actually have less new stuff than Mario games. And why complain when the games hold such high quality after all these years? Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 are in my opinion the best games ever aside from Mother 3 and many others are close to being as good.