Mario was created in 1981, hes first officail game was in 1983.
Donkey Kong was also created in 1981
The Legend of Zelda was created in 1986
Metroid was created in 1986
and it goes on
Thats milkage my friend
Nonstop-Madness
When do you think Halo's gonna end? When it starts to suck. What about COD? Same there. MGS? Final Fantasty? God of War? The thing is, the franchises will end when they start to suck. In the case of Mario, Zelda, and Metroid, they haven't started to suck yet, so therefore they're gonna continue to make them. Nintendo milks and so does everyone else.
Milking implies squirting the milk out of the udders of the same cow. So basically, any sequel, spiritual successor, or products made under that brand name is milked. Nintendo is technically the king of milkage due to the spin-offs with Mario and the fact that their games branch from console to handheld. However, Nintendo has been around longer, and with two platforms to work on they should not be the only ones accused of milkage. If Sony or Microsoft had been around this long, you cannot tell me that they wouldn't have milked their fair amount.
I also believe milkage includes companies creating a new IP that burrows too many elements from its counterparts. For example, if Bungie created what they claim is an all-new shooter series that has a lot of similarities to Halo, then it would basically be a new game in a different coat of paint, thereby being milkage.
So while Nintendo is the king of milkage, I hope nobody will foolishly claim other companies are not doing the same. Everyone is guilty of it, and do you know why? Because the public likes it. They want to see their favourite hero continue his journey, or see this imaginative world played out again, simply because they like these things. Like cows in the barn, some of us like to be milked, and it should not always be coined as a negative term.
ATW_machine
Nintendo isn't the only one to bring their games from console to handheld. But, otherwise I agree.
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