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Just because they make games in the same franchise doesn’t mean they don’t innovate. Mario Kart World has an open world, new mechanics that were never seen before in a racing game let alone a kart racer, and a completely new and fun game mode. Echoes of Wisdom is a completely unique game about copying and pasting items found in the world to solve puzzles and combat. Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave doubles down on the social aspect from Three Houses and introduces a multiple playable characters with their own stories that intertwine with each other.
They innovate a lot more than you think. Especially compared to Xbox and PlayStation, who just seem to release the same shit under new IP. I do wish Nintendo would release more new IP, and that they would stop releasing things like Mario Tennis at full price, but to say that they never innovate is just plain wrong.
Nintendo hasn't innovated anything since the Super Nintendo. It's been the same schlock over and over again, just with variations on a theme. Open-world games aren't inherently innovative, and there are multiple better open-world games than freaking Mario Kart.
And that puzzle game was basically a rehash of something they made back in the early 2000s. Nintendo is the king of rinse and repeat.
I remember everyone shitting their pants over Breath of the Wild. I literally bought a Wii U just to play it, and I liked the game. I thought it was very, very good. But then I played Horizon Zero Dawn and realized just how comparatively lazy Breath of the Wild felt.
Nintendo knows exactly what they have. They understand their fanbase, they know nostalgia will carry them a long way, and they take advantage of that in much the same way Apple does. They don't necessarily have to reinvent the wheel when they know people will happily buy the same wheel with a slightly different hubcap every few years.
I’m sorry but Horizon Zero Dawn is literally the most cookie cutter game of all time (I like the robots tho)
It wasn't for its time. It feels like that now since so many tired to copy it's formula.