Mario Kart isn’t a mainline Nintendo game? I’d say Donkey Kong made the launch “window” too but that one is more debatable. I have no interest on spending that type of money on toys, but I understand the appeal.

Mario Kart is the definition of a spin-off game. Like, what?

I think you forgot about Mario Kart World. You can't really consider Mario Kart games not mainline when you see how much they sell compared to the install base. I do think this entry is rather underwhelming, but it was still one of the main reasons to have a Switch 2. After that, Donkey Kong Bananza was not a launch title, but close enough. Sure, Donkey Kong is not usually that strong an IP, but it's rather original and weird, and the closest thing to Super Mario Odyssey we'll have for a while. I know I was curious about it, and yeah, it's fun.

It smells like hot cakes on all Nintendo consoles. Starting as a spin-off means nothing. Persona is a Megami Tensei spin-off. Smash bros is nothing but a giant crossover episode. The whole Mario series used to be a freaking Donkey Kong spin-off.

All the gaming YouTubers I watch bought one (aside from maybe one or two who play almost exclusively PC). In fact, anytime I go to YouTube and see a major creator playing the Hot New Thing, it kinda kills me inside a little, because I know they're helping to perpetuate all this bullshit.

Mario Kart has reached the point where it actually outsells the platformers. It's Nintendo's biggest system seller.

I actually got 2 on launch day. 1 for me and 1 for anyone who wanted it at face value in my friend group. They all said no go, so then I was stuck with an extra console. I ended up scalping it on eBay. After the 15% or whatever that eBay takes, it was barely worth it. I think I made like $89 all said and done which imo was not Worth the hassle .

You know i was looking back at the GameCube. $199 brand new and a solid $100 cheaper than any other console new at the time. Played the games locally efficiently at a lower resolution than everyone else scrunging for the best 1080i they could get that didnt work well. Games were easy to develop for it and were awesome and the thick line and simple shapes make them hold up pretty well today. I just dont care about Nintendo going all in on the super powered hardware route. Its not like we got cool new features to take advantage of it and we have 2 games were one is just battle royal mario kart so that its at least got something to do when you are bored. I dont hear people being happy with it but saying they dont regret buying one to have it which means they had the money in the first place. Nintendo is best when its everybody's game device. This has felt like chasing the gaming hype and i guess we will see where it goes.

> since 2019 It's been going on _much_ longer than that, it's what companies do. If they can get away with it, they increase prices.

I will never buy one of these out of principle. If Nintendo is allowed to further erode game preservation and game ownership and the right to do what I want with my machine (as the sales imply), we will never own a game again.

Just like the 1st one, I'm not buying it until an un-patchable jailbreak has been found. Until then, its just an expensive brick, waiting to happen.

How is it confusing? It's a quality product with quality games. The numbers speak for themselves. There's a massive disconnect on forums like these about the popularity and demand for Nintendo products.

B-b-but I was ASSURED by Lemmy that Nintendo was shooting themselves in the foot with their pricing and business practices. That they have lost everyones trust and will soon feel the sting of customer dissatisfaction. Or maybe it's just time to admit that Lemmy doesn't have it's hand on the pulse of society, but rather just its own dick.