![]() ![]() Nintendo's only 3.5 years into their console, normally their console's prime time. Nintendo says they don't compete, but they do. Some of it, is no doubt related to the "-=NEW=- Switch" or whatever that's pending (which was delayed by COVID if the rumors are true), but I think a lot of it is due to what Sony and MS are doing. Fri 4th Sep I don't think the dysfunction is purely COVID19 related.Lots of the recent indide/3rd parties showcases/yesterday's 35th anniversary are the kind of stuff that could have been bundled as part of a single Direct in the past? On one hand, this make me ponder about future "full" Direct but on the other in recent months it -has- been a fair amount of these minis even if people still call for the "full" thing. To be honest, I half wonder if COVID is partly why all Directs have been minis this year, making me wonder if there's some organizational issues that are hindering the production of Directs longer than the 15min minis we're getting. Of course, in the year(s) of COVID, I have no idea when next to expect a full fiat Direct. Fri 4th Sep I expect the 35th anniversary stuff to be mostly all we've seen, but similarly I wouldn't be extremely surprised if a later full fiat Direct(let's be honest, at 15min in length what we got was just another mini-Direct) included it's own 35th Mario Anniversary segment with more announcements.We'd wager that the plan is to set them all separately-for, say, $15-20 each–from April 2021 onwards, and that Galaxy 2 will be magically added to the eShop lineup to soften the blow for everyone who jumped on the collection for fear of missing out. That Nintendo would prevent people who buy a Switch after 31st March 2021 from paying money for these games is unimaginable, though. We’ve seen this limited-time release strategy recently with tiny digital (and free) game Jump Rope Challenge, but a full-fat first-party physical release is a totally different ball game. So, as a ploy to bolster Nintendo’s 2020 financials, it's certainly cunning. With competition from a new generation of consoles, Nintendo wants to tie in as many people as possible for stocking fillers this year, and this limited-time tactic is one way to do that. The March 31st 2021 deadline to buy the game happens to coincide with the end of the financial year, and this approach will encourage anyone sitting on the fence to buy the game regardless, while also ensuring everyone pays full price for it - this one won't be part of any summer sales! Consumers are smarting from the economic events of 2020 and this Holiday season is going to be fiercely competitive between companies vying for your cash. The limited-time availability of the game-in both physical and digital formats, remember-is puzzling. Theory #5: It's all part of a cunning plan. Likeliho od: 7/10 (although it's not much of a reason why it's missing from 3D All-Stars.) Obviously, many of us gamers are completionists who want everything included at all times - if something's not mentioned, then somebody made a mistake! Something that seems like an oversight or an intentional snub was likely omitted just to keep the montage lean. ![]() Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and look back at the history of #SuperMario Bros.! What are your favorite Mario memories? #SuperMario35 /Z3xO3G1OEk- Nintendo of America September 3, 2020 On that evidence, perhaps the team passed over anything with a '2' in the title (or anything that rhymes with '2', eh New Super Mario Bros. 2 in Japan) and Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins. 2, The Lost Levels (the 'proper' Super Mario Bros. The nostalgic 'Medley' at the end of the broadcast also omitted several other mainline Mario games, including New Super Mario Bros. Theory #2: Nintendo wanted to keep the 'Medley' montage trim ![]()
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