Mon, Aug 20, 2012 | 12:32 BST

Nintendo: ‘We’re not milking Mario franchise’ – Iwata

Mario has starred in so many games that it’s hard to keep track of them all, and with two core Mario games currently on Nintendo’s slate, the company’s president Satoru Iwata has reminded gamers that both titles are different and that Mario still offers something you can’t find elsewhere.

The rebuttal comes after New Super Mario Bros. 2 launched at the weekend, and as New Super Mario Bros. Wii U gears up for launch at a later, undetermined date.

Speaking with Kotaku, Iwata explained, “Sidescrolling Mario has a special existence in that it really is part of the fundamental DNA of gamers.”

On the issue of producing too many Mario games in such a small space of time, Iwata explained, “We only create a New Super Mario Bros. title one per platform. I think we’ll probably go ahead and continue at that pace. That being said, that’s probably Miyamoto’s choice, so I can’t give you a 100% guarantee that that’s the pace we’ll continue at.”

But Mario isn’t being milked, Iwata continued, as both titles are very different, “They do share a name and there are some components that are similar. That being said, these are two very unique and separate titles.”

“We have a Mario you can play in the palm of your hand and a Mario you can play seated in front of your TV. I believe the two titles are unique enough that I wouldn’t say that I’m super-worried that people are going to be confused”, Iwata concluded.

What do you think about the volume and frequency of Mario games. Too much, or can you never get enough?

368 comments

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#351

Da Man
23/08/12, 10:47 am

Bill Gates once said that if Sony released a brick (for $599), people would still buy it. Unfortunately, that was true seven years ago.

#352

G1GAHURTZ
23/08/12, 10:50 am

@349:

It’s not #350 you want, it’s #351, because then your comment will be at the top of the page, like this one!

#353

Gadzooks!
23/08/12, 10:59 am

Haha! I bow down to your superior forum posting skills!

To be honest though, I just wanted a legitimate reason to say ‘treefiddy’. Opportunities like that don’t come along too often.

#354

polygem
23/08/12, 5:46 pm

@fin: …

#355

Bojangles
23/08/12, 6:08 pm

@343 Given as how it’s been proved more than once that you fabricated details in order to give Nintendo credit, you’re not really in a position to declare what is ‘true’ and ‘fact’.

#356

polygem
23/08/12, 6:31 pm

yea bojangles you made very clear already that ONLY YOU are in the position to declare what is true and fact in the internets. please excuse us minions lord. what do we know…

#357

manamana
23/08/12, 6:44 pm

Wowzer! Now who’s the ultimate fanboy and makes the 360 comment, huh? Show your face!

#358

ManuOtaku
23/08/12, 6:51 pm

Bojangles you are really running out of arguments right, because in my comment number 343 i stated the following that your opinion wasnt fact, and neither was mine becuase both were opinions in the last paragraph of my comment, which goes this way:

“And i know you want to have the last word on the matter, but like i said whatever you put next, it wont be the true or the fact, and for that matter neither do i, they are just opinions, fell happy becuase there are multiple opinions, but dont disregard the oppositte of your opinions, becuase you want it”.

Now based on the way you use words, and the constant man hunt, are you by any chance Joe Mushashi before known as Kerplunk?, because the similarities are striking in style and in actions, i know iam not a golden coin to be liked by everyone,everywhere, all the time but man it does get tiresome if you are him, but i do really hope you are not him.

#359

DrDamn
23/08/12, 6:57 pm

For goodness sake! Won’t somebody think of the children! (and their Nintendo games )