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Originally Posted by neatoman
I too am saddened by the fact that Nintendo seems to neglect Wario Land in favor of Wario Ware...
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Unfortunately, Nintendo already has a lot of platformers:
Mario (obviously)
Donkey Kong
Kirby
Metroid (the 2D ones are platformers, even if they're more of action/adventure kind of games overall)
Yoshi
So, i guess, they felt like one had to "go". And it turned out to be Wario, since the WarioWare series and concept is pretty original and gives Wario a distinct identity. He was originally Mario's "evil cousin" or something. Notice how Luigi's games are also a Ghostbusters parody kind of game series instead of just another platformer series?
Also, the studio that used to make the Wario Land games is no longer around, I think. So I guess Nintendo needs to find a new studio, whether inside or outside, if they want to make another Wario platformer.
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Originally Posted by CyberCubed
Wario Land: Shake it on Wii (which was basically Wario Land 5), is amazing and the best 2D platformer of that gen. Shame most people never played it. It was the last game in the Wario Land series and its console debut.
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Especially odd since the Wii was a very high-selling system. In theory, any Nintendo IP game should have sold very well on the Wii.