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Exploiting Gaming Icons For Profit
The Escapist has up an article from the end of the week discussing the exploitation of favorite gaming icons from our past for modern day profit. From the article: "Every year, dozens of gaming legends are subjected to cruel and unusual treatment in the name of profit. Such animated icons as Mario are forced to perform tasks beneath their golden standards so their owners may earn a few extra dollars. Do you have a ridiculous game idea? Throw Donkey Kong in there and suddenly you're sitting on box-sales gold! I come to you today with a plea; a fervent hope for a cause that I hope many players will join: We need to stop the exploitation of gaming icons." Coincidentally, Gamespot has an article up entitled The History of Mario Sports Games. That's called synergy, folks.
At least Mario hasn't resorted to selling Peach for a couple hundred an hour, that just wouldn't be classy.
from the mostly-nintendo dept.
And the other companies are minorities? With the GTA games, Halo, Street Fighter, Sonic, EA sports games, Final Fantasy, more Megaman games than I can even count, etc.?
Between that and the actual article, it's just another example of people singling Nintendo out for something that everyone else does just as badly, if not worse.
At least Nintendo's franchises remain fun to play (with a scant few exceptions) in each iteration, which is more than I can say for a lot of games.
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