I don't think they'll ever need another mascot. I don't think that Nintendo themselve are going to be in the console wars for very long though, the Wii might be the last or second to it.
Time To Retire Mario?
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, Oct 11 2005 09:27 PM
710 replies to this topic
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Posted 05 February 2008 - 06:43 PM
The pudgy little bemustached italian plumber? He's timeless! They'll never get rid of him!
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Posted 06 February 2008 - 03:33 AM
Nah, Mario is a classic though it's not as popular as it was before; Mario has been there for ages and won't just die out outta nowhere.
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Guest_King of the pirates
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Posted 06 February 2008 - 05:15 AM
No, Mario IS Nintendo. You can't imagine one without the other ya know? What they need to do though is to stop whoring him out to every game under the sun while the fans are left waiting for another REAL Mario game. (Smash Bros. is nt included in my rant as that is AWESOME!)
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Posted 06 February 2008 - 11:08 PM
i dont really care much about mario at all, but he's a money maker for nintendo.
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Posted 06 February 2008 - 11:12 PM
Never! Mario's awesome, and I don't see why Nintendo would ever dump him.
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Guest_zapcannon99
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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:21 AM
take away mario, take away the long history of games
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Posted 07 February 2008 - 02:29 AM
mario should never retire, he is the symbol of gameing
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 02:50 AM
no mario's the best mascot ever.
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Guest_JagdOlL
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 08:17 PM
there's no need for a new mascot, but there's no need for a new mario game to..2D, 3D, he's still a mushroom-jumping-plumber...and that's what made him a legend.. dont ruin it..
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 10:48 PM
Mario's getting old, face it. Nintendo has held on to that fateful little plumber for a long time. And, as much as we would hate it, Nintendo has to leave him sooner or later. Lets just hope its later. We had fun with him. He had fun with us. By the time Nintendo DOES get rid of him they'll have Mario Party 78.
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Guest_deadlyretreat
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 11:17 PM
mario is like this rifle smiley, he shouldn't stop shooting.
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Guest_Keeper Takura
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 11:46 PM
A good example to take here would be Namco's 'Pac man' or Capcom's 'Megaman' franchise, they are classics that will most likely last forever and those of you who can't agree with that I can only assume are caught up in some RPG like Final Fantasy or Persona 3 >:
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Guest_tolgacan
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Posted 08 February 2008 - 11:59 PM
Yes, I think it's the time to retire Mario.
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 01:21 AM
they will never retire mario he a world icon
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Guest_horakles
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 02:04 AM
i think that it would be a stupid decision to stop mario series
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 02:09 AM
Exactly, if they were to remove Mario, they would have to remove Nintendo, its their icon. Mario is popular throughout kids, too. Most people who would say this are one of those, "Sony and Microsoft" Lovers who think all of the Nintendo games are dumb because there is no blood and violence, also. Meh.
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 04:19 AM
not up to us to decide, hehe
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Guest_jhoned
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 04:36 AM
neverrr!!!!!! mario is like God.. Forever!! and eternalll!
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 04:46 AM
I adore that plump, Italian plumber. He's timeless.
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Guest_kevinchan113
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 04:58 AM
I think mario is getting sort of old. Of course, he's a classic, and he's basically the Nintendo icon. The only thing I can say is, if Nintendo were to get rid of Mario, it would be really hard on the general public.
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Posted 09 February 2008 - 05:02 AM
i think he does need to be at least kept to his own games, rather than taped onto anyhting nintendo decide to produce.REAL mario games + mario kart only would be perfect, forget all the tennis, soccer and golf BS.
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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:46 AM
As cool as it would be for another Mascot to his the scene it'll never happen. Too many people love Mario waaaay too much to be cool with a changing up of mascots. Just like if they were to drop Link, or Samus. It would be one of the first signs of the apocalypse.
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Guest_tylerthenerd
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Posted 13 February 2008 - 03:49 AM
No way Mario is a legend it should never retire. Too many people will berserk on that.
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Guest_gloryforixseal
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Posted 18 June 2009 - 10:44 PM
Mario Kart has its own special friend code. Im not sure why you cant just link from your Wii address book, seems like that would make perfect sense.
