@Mr_NutterButter
One of the things, that I think really pushes Nintendo forward is, that they truly understand how to keep a franchize alive.

Ubisoft execs know, that everyone is begging them for a new splinter cell. Yet, all we got from Sam Fisher in past 10 years were... 2 cameos?

On the other hand, Nintendo put's Mario and Luigi into EVERYTHING. And even, when there was some series quite down (Like Metroid), they did push it HARD when they reviewed it.

@LukeAlmighty @Mr_NutterButter >One of the things, that I think really pushes Nintendo forward is, that they truly understand how to keep a franchize alive.
Unless you're a F-zero or Star Fox fan lol

@Ace66062 @Mr_NutterButter
I am actually quite sad from the way, that the entire racing genre has been dead for at least 10 years now.

And I mean, absolutely dead.

@LukeAlmighty @Mr_NutterButter I wouldn't say entirely dead as Forza is pretty much the big name racing game currently and there's a handful of indie racing games inspired by F-zero and Wipeout but yeah a new NFS or Midnight Club would be cool.

@Ace66062 @Mr_NutterButter
No, Forza is barely a game.
Wipeout was such a horribly made game, it didn't even let me change controls. And NFS is barely worth releasing.

I recently went into an oldschool arcade, and it was filled with racking games, and I had insane fun. But the thing, that surprised me was, that I already forgot, just how meaningful is the multiplayer tournament economy. Just the simple loop of "you get money to improve your car after each 2 min race" made the entire dinamic 10 times more enjoyable, then anything I saw in the last 10 years.

@LukeAlmighty @Ace66062 @Mr_NutterButter I had so much fun playing Project Gotham Racing 2 online back in the day

@LukeAlmighty @Ace66062 @Mr_NutterButter Racing games are all sim-y now so they're not fun. I emulated Gran Turismo 2 on my PC a few months ago and I had a BLAST on my very first race.