Mario losing to TES at the polls, sign of losing appeal among gamers?

Mario has just started turning into Sonic. A lot of fans still but the majority of people don't care for Mario as mush as before.

Mrmedia01

Generations was one of the best platformers of this generation, All-Stars Racing Transformed is a fantastic racing game, and Sonic Lost World is looking to be a highly unique, polished experience.

Don't see the problem, unless you're living in 2008.

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Sign of hermits flooding the polls like they did couple years ago

Jankarcop

PC has more gamers than consoles.  When they catch wind of polls this isn't an uncommon event.

If you count people playing farmville and the sims then yes.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"]What's really dumb is GOW is beating Final Fantasy. loco145

I agree , So releasing a GOTY candiate and another solid AA title is worse then FF?  FF hasbeen complete garbage this generation.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="Mrmedia01"]

Mario has just started turning into Sonic. A lot of fans still but the majority of people don't care for Mario as mush as before.

Think its Nintendo's fault for not diversfing gameplay experices enough. Every system comes out with the same games just updated.

MrYaotubo

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="m_machine024"]

While his games are still critically acclaimed, he's just not as popular anymore. Same for all platformers. FPS are where the popularity's at.

m_machine024

It's not hard to beat Super Mario in a "Best Series" poll since the series has been stale for a better part of a decade.

Ballroompirate

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

It's not hard to beat Super Mario in a "Best Series" poll since the series has been stale for a better part of a decade.

HarlockJC

Sad to see Dead Space losing this round. Very great IP. Atleast FF is winning. All thanks to FFXIII, easily the best FF game in the series.

total war is losing to tomb raider...

Armoured_Mage

Tomb Raider is a more established franchise then Total War. It's been around since the original PS1.

That game was pretty epic for its time. The Tomb Raider reboot seems to have sparked more interest in it.

[QUOTE="m_machine024"]

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"] He not popular on here, his games are still the best selling exclusives on any console. HarlockJC

CoD is the best selling FPS franchise, does that make their games good?, RE6 sold almost 5 million does that make it good?, FF13 is one of the best selling FF games, does it make it better than FF4,FF6,FF7 and FF9?

Sales numbers ain't ****, people will buy something solely cause of brand loyalty, not quality value.

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="m_machine024"]Oh yeah forgot about Mario Kart and NSMB. I only had Galaxy games in mind for some reasons.

Ballroompirate

CoD is the best selling FPS franchise, does that make their games good?, RE6 sold almost 5 million does that make it good?, FF13 is one of the best selling FF games, does it make it better than FF4,FF6,FF7 and FF9?

Sales numbers ain't ****, people will buy something solely cause of brand loyalty, not quality value.

Did you read the quotes? They were arguing about popularity not quality.

[QUOTE="Jankarcop"]

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

Sign of hermits flooding the polls like they did couple years ago

AM-Gamer

PC has more gamers than consoles.  When they catch wind of polls this isn't an uncommon event.

If you count people playing farmville and the sims then yes.

Because sheeps are dieing out. Or grew up. :|

Nobody wants to play kid games anymore. Not even kids. Kids want to play GTA and Mass Effect.

The only people who wants to play Mario games, are nostalgic adults :|

Nobody wants to play kid games anymore. Not even kids. Kids want to play GTA and Mass Effect.

jhonMalcovich

[QUOTE="jhonMalcovich"]

Nobody wants to play kid games anymore. Not even kids. Kids want to play GTA and Mass Effect.

bbkkristian

Too much rap, I guess :(

CoD is the best selling FPS franchise, does that make their games good?, RE6 sold almost 5 million does that make it good?, FF13 is one of the best selling FF games, does it make it better than FF4,FF6,FF7 and FF9?

Sales numbers ain't ****, people will buy something solely cause of brand loyalty, not quality value.

Ballroompirate

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"][QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

It's not hard to beat Super Mario in a "Best Series" poll since the series has been stale for a better part of a decade.

Nanomage

Nobody wants to play kid games anymore. Not even kids. Kids want to play GTA and Mass Effect.

 

The only people who wants to play Mario games, are nostalgic adults :|

jhonMalcovich

I would MUCH rather play another Elder Scrolls game then another mario, surely this didn't surprise anyone.jer_1

Skyrim was massive, and recent, and more important than any of the recent mario games. Might've been different if SMG2 had come out close to Skyrim, but even then I doubt a Nintendo exclusive game would have the appeal of a multi-platform RPG.

I would MUCH rather play another Elder Scrolls game then another mario, surely this didn't surprise anyone.jer_1

It isn't a surprise to me that mario is losing to something like Skyrim. I mean Mario isn't exactly the best Nintendo series to put up against something like skyrim. shadowchronicle

Skyrim was massive, and recent, and more important than any of the recent mario games. Might've been different if SMG2 had come out close to Skyrim, but even then I doubt a Nintendo exclusive game would have the appeal of a multi-platform RPG.

iHarlequin

Skyrim changed a lot of people's opinions about RPGs. I have a few dude-bro friends whose idea of gaming is Madden and CoD. They all really enjoyed Skyrim. Mario is still just for children aged 8-13 and a sad collection of Peter Pans who would do the world a favor by committing mass suicide like they all belonged to the same weird cult of losers.

I look forward to seeing Elder Scrolls and Fallout on opposite sides of the Final Four bracket, if for no other reason than to read the cries of all the edgy little kids running around here screaming how bad Bethesda games are. I know Fallout started off with another developer, and may indeed be getting votes bases soley on the strength of 1 and 2, but 3 and New Vegas were both good games too...

I am going to say it no other game, other than GTA come even close to Skyrim.

The amount of detail and intricacy that went into a game like skyrim.. its astronomical. People complain about glitches, but I dare them to try to make a game so massive, so open and so interactive, and do so flawlessly. Heck I implore you to point me in the direction of a game that can beat TES series .  The little details make the world and the interactions feel so awesome. I found a journal while finding the elder scrolls in blackreach indicating the preils of another party of adventurers that in my first playthrough never noticed, I was stunned at the vastness of blackreach. I found a suicide note next to a dead woman, who committed suicide as a direct result of my actions in the dark brotherhood. I've solved murders, and swayed the tides in a civil war-- Blotted out the sun with a bow belonging to a Deity. Delved deep into the bowels of an ancient dwarven city, and proceeded to steal the "eyes" a gigantic golden statue that consisted of gems bigger than your head. stolen everything of value from bustling capital city city. Assinated emporers, fought for and against demonic influence and corruption in the world. Forged armors and weapons from the bones of dragons and the hearts of demons. I've witnessed a dragon swoop down fromt he sky, grab a Giant's Mammoth and tossed it hundreds of yards a way, only to then witness a battle between Giant and Dragon ensue, I have called down mighty dragons to fight for me, summones demonic menions, did necromancy stopped time, and forught armies of bandits. I've stalked the roads at night as a bloodthirsty vampire, seeking my next unsuspecting prey, and travelled the wilderness on all fours in the form of a werewolf. Uncovered conspiracies, and aided rebellions. The Hundreds (thousands?) of books that are littered across the world are so entertaining, I feel like one could simply read books all day and have a wonderful time.-- And don't get me started on the expansions-- All quality. I have put well over 500 hours into this game through m,y "career" playing it and I am nowhere NEAR finished. And I can play this in BOTH FIRST PERSON MODE AND THIRD PERSON MODE NAME ME ONE GAME THAT DOES ALL THIS, AND ALL

THIS IS WITHOUT MODS just in the vanilla game. The mods make the game soo much more awesome, it was as if the engine was costom designed for mods..... OH!! WAIT is it custom made form the ground up with modders in mind.

Granted they simplified it and took a lot of the diversity offered by previous elder scrolls games, but that is an acceptable sacrifice. Fast travel, and Reactive FPCombat was already in Daggerfall, It was a betrayal to Daggerfall fans when Morrowind came and introduced tabletop RPG mechanics and had no fast travel and terrible journal and npc interaction system, I am happy with the new direction.

  The level of detail, interactivity, influence a player can have.. If it werent for the numerous glitches and bugs that such a diverse, wide, open, interactive world brings.. I would say this game was perfect. 

Come on you elitist whiners"I dare you" to make a game so astoundingly wide and free-range. I implore anyone to find me a game that has achieved such a level of "sandbox" openness as skyrim and done so without bugs.

Only one I know is Rockstar and they suck a PC coding (eg:GTA4) as much as Bethesda sucks at PS3 coding.

I haven't played a mario game in 10 years, I haven't owned a nintendo system since 2005. 

 

I am going to say it no other game, other than GTA come even close to Skyrim.

The amount of detail and intricacy that went into a game like skyrim.. its astronomical. People complain about glitches, but I dare them to try to make a game so massive, so open and so interactive, and do so flawlessly. Heck I implore you to point me in the direction of a game that can beat TES series .  The little details make the world and the interactions feel so awesome. I found a journal while finding the elder scrolls in blackreach indicating the preils of another party of adventurers that in my first playthrough never noticed, I was stunned at the vastness of blackreach. I found a suicide note next to a dead woman, who committed suicide as a direct result of my actions in the dark brotherhood. I've solved murders, and swayed the tides in a civil war-- Blotted out the sun with a bow belonging to a Deity. Delved deep into the bowels of an ancient dwarven city, and proceeded to steal the "eyes" a gigantic golden statue that consisted of gems bigger than your head. stolen everything of value from bustling capital city city. Assinated emporers, fought for and against demonic influence and corruption in the world. Forged armors and weapons from the bones of dragons and the hearts of demons. I've witnessed a dragon swoop down fromt he sky, grab a Giant's Mammoth and tossed it hundreds of yards a way, only to then witness a battle between Giant and Dragon ensue, I have called down mighty dragons to fight for me, summones demonic menions, did necromancy stopped time, and forught armies of bandits. I've stalked the roads at night as a bloodthirsty vampire, seeking my next unsuspecting prey, and travelled the wilderness on all fours in the form of a werewolf. Uncovered conspiracies, and aided rebellions. The Hundreds (thousands?) of books that are littered across the world are so entertaining, I feel like one could simply read books all day and have a wonderful time.-- And don't get me started on the expansions-- All quality. I have put well over 500 hours into this game through m,y "career" playing it and I am nowhere NEAR finished. And I can play this in BOTH FIRST PERSON MODE AND THIRD PERSON MODE NAME ME ONE GAME THAT DOES ALL THIS, AND ALL

 

THIS IS WITHOUT MODS just in the vanilla game. The mods make the game soo much more awesome, it was as if the engine was costom designed for mods..... OH!! WAIT is it custom made form the ground up with modders in mind.

Granted they simplified it and took a lot of the diversity offered by previous elder scrolls games, but that is an acceptable sacrifice. Fast travel, and Reactive FPCombat was already in Daggerfall, It was a betrayal to Daggerfall fans when Morrowind came and introduced tabletop RPG mechanics and had no fast travel and terrible journal and npc interaction system, I am happy with the new direction.

 

  The level of detail, interactivity, influence a player can have.. If it werent for the numerous glitches and bugs that such a diverse, wide, open, interactive world brings.. I would say this game was perfect. 

 

Come on you elitist whiners"I dare you" to make a game so astoundingly wide and free-range. I implore anyone to find me a game that has achieved such a level of "sandbox" openness as skyrim and done so without bugs.

Only one I know is Rockstar and they suck a PC coding (eg:GTA4) as much as Bethesda sucks at PS3 coding.

 

darius343

Bethesda sucks at making games and it's not just bugs.

im more suprised that max payne is wiinning against CoD....  O_O  suprised in a good way,   but to be on topic... i love mario.. but TES is TES, its a whole diferent lvl

Lots and lots of bitterness over this. :lol::lol:

Elder Scrolls is current, its now. It's not an over used character most people are getting bored of. People can try to points score just because it's popular just by claiming to be "above it" but the truth it, the series is awesome. It's bugged, but it's worth one million New Super Mario Bros.

The fact that Halo and Smash Bros lost in the first round negates any credibility this poll had.TheDidact

It's a poll. It is by its very nature a popularity contest. These lost.

It's okay you are still free to play and enjoy them as before.

The types of people that even vote in these polls hardly represents the playing base of the Mario franchise lol.

The types of people that even vote in these polls hardly represents the playing base of the Mario franchise lol.

ActicEdge

What do you mean?

[QUOTE="Mrmedia01"]

Mario has just started turning into Sonic. A lot of fans still but the majority of people don't care for Mario as mush as before.

Lucianu

Generations was one of the best platformers of this generation, All-Stars Racing Transformed is a fantastic racing game, and Sonic Lost World is looking to be a highly unique, polished experience.

Don't see the problem, unless you're living in 2008.

Lots and lots of bitterness over this. :lol::lol:

Elder Scrolls is current, its now. It's not an over used character most people are getting bored of. People can try to points score just because it's popular just by claiming to be "above it" but the truth it, the series is awesome. It's bugged, but it's worth one million New Super Mario Bros.

DocSanchez

I haven't played a mario game in 10 years, I haven't owned a nintendo system since 2005. 

Farsendor1

[QUOTE="m_machine024"]

[QUOTE="HarlockJC"] He not popular on here, his games are still the best selling exclusives on any console. HarlockJC

wtf is TES?Ratchet_Fan8

It's just because the worst Elder Scrolls game is really popular for some reason.

[QUOTE="DocSanchez"]

Lots and lots of bitterness over this. :lol::lol:

Elder Scrolls is current, its now. It's not an over used character most people are getting bored of. People can try to points score just because it's popular just by claiming to be "above it" but the truth it, the series is awesome. It's bugged, but it's worth one million New Super Mario Bros.

Shinobishyguy

To you, galaxy shits all over life. Nothing can come close. Guess what cupcake? Not everyone has the same taste as you, as the poll indicates.