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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

You underestimate how many people literally cannot stop themselves from playing Mario. I'd hope it's mostly children begging their parents, but I have a feeling there's a decent amount of 30 year olds with disposable income and zero impulse control in there.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm going to try very hard not to be, but I'm definitely the type of person you're describing. That Nintendo direct had me drooling at the new Mario kart and donkey Kong games, and nothing hits like a zelda. Super mario wonder was a delight.

I only hope I can emulate this system relatively quickly. I am not a man of strong willpower.

[–] Walican132@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

Don’t feel bad for liking things. Your post kinda bums me out. Don’t let all this negative hype impact what will make you happy. If you can afford it. Do it. If you can’t then yeah don’t, but we as people are allowed to enjoy things.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you play many indie games? I feel like they've taken most of these formulas and really expanded on them, way more than Nintendo will do.

[–] Alk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

I do! Many of my favorites are indie games, I'd say more than not. But I guess there's some things that you can't do without a massive budget or many many years in development, because many nintendo core franchises just aren't beat in quality in my opinion, at least for some entries.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why I'm just not looking at these new games. It would be interesting to know how they're tackling an "open world" Mario Kart! But I already know it's too expensive for what I'll get out of it, so taking a look will only be bad for me in the long run.

[–] smort@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds like they’re doing a Forza Horizon kind of setup, where you drive around the open world to get from one structured race to another.

It’s kinda cool in that it keeps you in the world, but also annoying if you just wanna bang through races

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Switch was the generation where I really started to have adult money, and while a lot of the games I got were lower-priced indie titles, I did get pretty much all of the big 1st party titles.

There's a reasonable chance I get a Switch 2, but I'm not gonna be buying a lot of games over $70, and the ones I do will probably be when they go on sale for like, 10-15% off. I suspect I'll be buying fewer games this generation, and I'm okay with that.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

the ones I do will probably be when they go on sale for like, 10-15% off

Which is almost never.

[–] nickhammes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's uncommon, absolutely. But I bought Super Mario Odyssey around the third time I got an alert that it was on sale, for $50 or so. This took a couple years, so it's reasonably rare, but if the future looks like the past, it will happen

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

The fact that you have to have alerts to be able to get the games at a discount is pretty bad, but you're doing it the right way!

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Streamers.

Streamers and YouTubers are mostly who I blame for this. They are influencers who showcase the games and it makes their fans want to buy it.

I can't count how many times I've read online that so many people refuse to buy some game, then I go on YouTube and see like 5 YouTubers playing it day one, because they (or maybe even a fan) bought it.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I introduced mine to undertale and other stuff like cuphead, old school sonic games and SNES emulators. We dont care about latest Mario's, but he does have odyssey.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

me! I'm that guy pre ordering the switch as soon as I can lol