Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto

Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by zug_zug on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:03PM (#35446437)

Well I don't think it's a failure because it didn't generate enough money, I think it's a failure because it a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage to perhaps the premiere game brand in the world.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by asdff on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:25PM (#35446667)

I feel like brand image considerations went out the window when you could race a mercedes benz gle in mariokart.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by parker_mountain on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:27PM (#35446690)

It's a mild inclusion of a luxury car brand. I don't think it really hurt nintendo.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by asdff on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:31PM (#35446731)

My head is spinning trying to fit Mario's GLE purchase into the canon

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by nonethewiser on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:50PM (#35446913)

Mario kart canon?

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by neonnoodle on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:54PM (#35446944)

He's leasing

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by ytreyrty on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:23PM (#35447192)

Mario used his coins to purchase one at the dealer in New Donk City

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by fortissimohn on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:00AM (#35452615)

You don't remember the crossover episode with Dominic Toretto?

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by bobthepanda on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @06:18PM (#35446586)

Also, Nintendo famously maintains an iron grip over all its IPs, especially Mario.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by hanniabu on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:00PM (#35446988)

> microtransaction-centric game does brand damage

Now this is pretty crazy but hear me out.....they could have just not turned the game into microtransactions

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by brucethemoose2 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:11PM (#35447092)

Then it most certainly would have been a financial failure.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by pid-1 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:12PM (#35447098)

Really unfortunate how that was true for all Nintendo games I've played on mobile: Mario Kart, Pokemon Go, TCG and United. Seems mobile gaming is a lost cause.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by bakugo on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @07:39PM (#35447303)

> a certain class of microtransaction-centric game does brand damage

How? The target audiences for games like Mario aren't going to suddenly stop liking it because a predatory mobile game exists in the same series.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by brucethemoose2 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:03PM (#35447915)

They did generate some bad press, but I dunno how much of that translates to actual brand damage.

Maybe Nintendo didn't like the trajectory, or the potential for brand damage to their treasured IP, even if the mobile games weren't even denting the reputation yet.

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Re:Mario Is Moving Away from Mobile Games, Reveals Nintendo’... by AraceliHarker on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @10:25PM (#35448527)

Nintendo tried various ways of monetizing their mobile games, from gacha to pay-per-play to time-saving. But the irony is that their most profitable game is Fire Emblem Heroes, which uses the gacha system.

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