This is what I'm thinking. Nintendo has many other franchises to work on and they don't have enough time for Mario.
About the other games, I'll mention again. Nintendo is trying, it's just that the third parties are the ones working on it most of the time. Not Nintendo. So don't blame them that much.
EDIT: I think that SMS is great.
EDIT2: Nintendo is trying. They have fear of their new games being the same format so they're trying to make Mario different all the time.
EDIT3: I'll say it again. Why do all of the members in FF perfer OldSchool over NewSchool?
EDIT4: Before someone complains, I just want to point out that I was born and was influenced by Mario games. When I became older I really became interested in MP and MK etc.
Edited by - Aarom11 on 11/10/2005 3:23:29 PM
Don't forget Donkey Kong. Mario Kart could probably be considered revolutionary, too.
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