Will there ever be a really bad Mrio game?

[mechagouki]

I've been chasing down a few missing Shines in SM Sunshine recently and have constanttly been impressed by how great this game looks 8+years since its release. I also regularly play most of the older Mario platform games going back to the original NES Super Mario Bros. For me the low points have been SMB 2 (USA) and New Super Mario Bros. DS, both of which were well reviewed games that just didn't do it for me personally. My question is - will there ever be a really bad game in this long running series, or will Nintendo continue to produce quality installments ad infinitum?

 

[Slyakin]

How can we answer that? We really can't look into the future.

But, you're probably not gonna have good luck finding a bad one. Nintendo really knows how to make a great game. Look at Galaxy 1 and 2. They have graphics that were originally thought to be impossible for the Wii. Nintendo knows how to use its own console very well, and they're gonna continue to churn out quality games (as far as I'm concerned).

 

[mechagouki]

Most long running game series have a bad entry or two, I want to know why that won't happen with Super Mario Bros.

 

[machomuu]

Well if you've ever heard of the 3rd party Mario Game "Mario is Missing", that game is awful. That said, it's a third party game. As for the mainstream series, we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

There's plenty of bad Mario spin-off games (namely a lot of the later Mario Parties).

I didn't feel like Super Mario 64 was all that great either, pretty easily outdone by Crash or Spyro games.

But this isn't really a question.

 

[Snailface]

IGN wrote a long, boring article about the subject if you care to read it.

http://retro.ign.com/articles/954/954165p1.html

 

[_Chaz_]

Hotel Mario and Mario is Missing. Play them and find out.

 

[8BitWalugi]

I'm not so sure about Mrio games, but there have been a fair few terrible Mario games. Hotel Mario is THA BESHT GAYAM EVAR IN TEH SEEREES!!

 

[blackdragonbaham]

don't he rather ask mean mario games with classicle gameplay elements? ones that remain in the jump n run genre, no spin offs. for those i would say that there probably won't be really bad mario games coming anytime soon, but because nintendo is always experimenting with the elements within the game there might be some coming that won't be satisfying everybodies taste. its a matter of taste after all, like there were a bunch of gamers who didn't like super mario sunshine.

 

[stanleyopar2000]

no...but this is what will happen if they make TOO MANY MARIO GAMES!

*see Attached link*

uhm.. Mario is Missing is one...even though Lugi is the main "star"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT5F6LcwNEw