Do they have a Mario game for the PS2?

FlipSwitch · 06-16-2009, 05:20 PM

DO THEY? If they don't, they should ask Sony if they can(if they hate Sony, then... well this topics a bust)

**Valigarmander** · 06-16-2009, 05:21 PM

Mario is a Nintendo franchise. Nintendo and Sony are big competitors. You will probably never see Mario on a Playstation platform, unless one of the companies pulled a Sega.

Robotazy · 06-16-2009, 05:22 PM

......

Is it really that hard to notice that Mario is a Nintendo Franchise which can only be made for the Wii?

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 06-16-2009, 05:28 PM

^ It is for a lot of people, unfortunately.

To answer the question, no there isn't, and likely never will be. Although I do wish that one company would win and assimilate all other systems games into one super-system.

And it wouldn't be Nintendo asking Sony for permission to put Mario on the PS, it would be Sony begging Nintendo to put Mario on it (which they know is a waste of time, because it isn't going to happen until Nintendo is destroyed).

Robotazy · 06-16-2009, 05:33 PM

And unfortunetley, Sony wouldn't beg for anything from Nintendo, given that Nintendo stabbed them in the back, which caused Sony to make consoles in the first place.

Also, Phantom

FlipSwitch · 06-16-2009, 05:39 PM

Ohhhhh. I just remembered that Sony and Nintendo are competetors.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · 06-16-2009, 05:40 PM

Yeah, Nintendo's biggest mistake, and one of the luckiest things to happen to video game consumers.

^ ...

The Flattest Pancake · 06-16-2009, 06:03 PM

Mariominister, Sony to Nintendo, is like Nintendo to Sega. THEY HATE EACH OTHER!

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-17-2009, 12:59 AM

YEAH THEY HATE EACHOTHER

That's why Sega made the last F-Zero game, rite guys?

Seriously, though, Sony and Nintendo are competitors, and Mario is the most-selling, most-recognizable mascot and game character in the industry. Putting a Mario game on the Playstation would cause more Playstation units to sell. If people could get Nintendo-franchise games on other systems, Nintendo would lose support, and that'd be it.

Nintendo was once guilty of cross-platform releases, but that was back in the days of the Atari 2600/5200 systems. Basically, they were about to make a deal to exclusively license rights to their games for Atari, but when the annual numbers came in - everyone saw that Atari was operating at a loss. Atari went ahead and released Mario Bros and a few other games that they'd begun production on, and I think there was a legal battle over it afterwards as they hadn't yet acquired the rights to release the titles. Through the same "license", the early Nintendo games such as Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong were ported across a good variety of systems.

Since then, however, Mario and friends have only ever made it to the PC market and the failed Phillips CD-i system, and none of those games were directly written by Nintendo.

The first Playstation was actually planned as a CD-drive add-on for the SNES, planned by Sony and Nintendo together. Nintendo did a double-take, though, and re-partnered with Phillips. Eventually, they backed out of the CD project altogether when sales results of other CD add-ons for systems such as the Genesis/Mega Drive and the Turbo Grafx 16/PC Engine were released to the public. System expansions are rarely successful, and even in the instance that one was - the Famicom's (NES in Japan) Disk System led to rampant piracy, negating most profits that expansion might have incurred.

Metal Man · 06-17-2009, 01:02 AM

Yeah, all those Sonic games on the Wii just show their everlasting hatred for one another.

The Flattest Pancake · 06-17-2009, 05:51 AM

A Sonic game on the Wii? Now that's just wrong.

**X-3** · 06-17-2009, 07:06 AM

You must have missed Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, Sonic Adventure DX, Sonic Heroes, those Sonic Collections, Sonic Riders and Shadow the Hedgehog for GCN, then.

Panfan · 06-17-2009, 11:20 AM

next thing you know crash bandicoot's gonna go multiplatform

Dizzy · 06-17-2009, 02:59 PM

^ZOMG TEH NOOOOOOOOOS!!!111oneoneonecow

FlipSwitch · 06-17-2009, 03:09 PM

Sega is an annoying company for a lot of reasons:

1: They put games on other consols.

2: They suck at making action games.

3: They're worse rivals with Nintendo than Sony.

4: Sony is better than them.

5: They're going to loose a lot of their money thanks to the ecomany.

That's why Sega is like liver and ice mixed going down your spine. Nintendo is like a hot tub that has a computer that's waterproof.

Dizzy · 06-17-2009, 03:19 PM

1. Well, they do NOW. If they'd just stayed on Nintendo systems instead of branching to multi-platform, they might still have an edge.

2. Actually, Sega alone is pretty decent. It's Sonic Team that's stuck in the sewers.

3. Really? I heard they were on friendly terms now.

4. ERROR.

5. They've already lost a lot of money on the DreamCast, which is part of the reason they co-opped with Nintendo. And I don't see how the "ecomany" affects their game sales in comparison to that of Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo.

FlipSwitch · 06-17-2009, 03:29 PM

Everyone is saying they're rivals. I've asked a nerd in 5th grade about how they were doing, and he said"Heh, it's like Superman #595, when Superman gained ray beams that come out of his eyes, and burns bad guys! Sonic is like Superman when he gets chryptonite and it weakens him! Nintendo is arch rivals with Sega, but I like Sega!" That nerd must've been high or something because he said SEGA was better! Holy**** I can't believe he said that!

Dizzy · 06-17-2009, 03:36 PM

Believe it or not, but some people actually like SEGA better. They're not wrong, but that doesn't mean we're right.

Personally, I like Nintendo/HAL better. But nothing beats LucasArts SCUMM team.

Speed · 06-17-2009, 06:42 PM

Namco for Soul Calibur.

Capcom for giving a damn about their fanbase (megaman 9)

anyway, back on topic.

Dizzy · 06-17-2009, 07:04 PM

^OK, yeah, I love that they made a Mega Man 9 in classic NES style.

That doesn't excuse all the crappy spin-offs, but it's a start.

06-16-2009, 05:20 PM	#1
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06-17-2009, 12:59 AM	#9
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	YEAH THEY HATE EACHOTHER That's why Sega made the last F-Zero game, rite guys? Seriously, though, Sony and Nintendo are competitors, and Mario is the most-selling, most-recognizable mascot and game character in the industry. Putting a Mario game on the Playstation would cause more Playstation units to sell. If people could get Nintendo-franchise games on other systems, Nintendo would lose support, and that'd be it. Nintendo was once guilty of cross-platform releases, but that was back in the days of the Atari 2600/5200 systems. Basically, they were about to make a deal to exclusively license rights to their games for Atari, but when the annual numbers came in - everyone saw that Atari was operating at a loss. Atari went ahead and released Mario Bros and a few other games that they'd begun production on, and I think there was a legal battle over it afterwards as they hadn't yet acquired the rights to release the titles. Through the same "license", the early Nintendo games such as Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong were ported across a good variety of systems. Since then, however, Mario and friends have only ever made it to the PC market and the failed Phillips CD-i system, and none of those games were directly written by Nintendo. The first Playstation was actually planned as a CD-drive add-on for the SNES, planned by Sony and Nintendo together. Nintendo did a double-take, though, and re-partnered with Phillips. Eventually, they backed out of the CD project altogether when sales results of other CD add-ons for systems such as the Genesis/Mega Drive and the Turbo Grafx 16/PC Engine were released to the public. System expansions are rarely successful, and even in the instance that one was - the Famicom's (NES in Japan) Disk System led to rampant piracy, negating most profits that expansion might have incurred. Last edited by Cosmonautical; 06-17-2009 at 01:31 AM.

06-16-2009, 05:21 PM	#2
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Mario is a Nintendo franchise. Nintendo and Sony are big competitors. You will probably never see Mario on a Playstation platform, unless one of the companies pulled a Sega.

06-16-2009, 05:22 PM	#3
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	...... Is it really that hard to notice that Mario is a Nintendo Franchise which can only be made for the Wii?

06-16-2009, 05:28 PM	#4
I REALLY HATE POKEMON! Goku lives on the Sun Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: California, U.S.A Gender: Posts: 12,717 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 275 Times in 234 Posts Blog Entries: 1	^ It is for a lot of people, unfortunately. To answer the question, no there isn't, and likely never will be. Although I do wish that one company would win and assimilate all other systems games into one super-system. And it wouldn't be Nintendo asking Sony for permission to put Mario on the PS, it would be Sony begging Nintendo to put Mario on it (which they know is a waste of time, because it isn't going to happen until Nintendo is destroyed).

06-16-2009, 05:33 PM	#5
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	It will win the Console Race in the future. And unfortunetley, Sony wouldn't beg for anything from Nintendo, given that Nintendo stabbed them in the back, which caused Sony to make consoles in the first place. Also, Phantom

06-16-2009, 05:39 PM	#6
FlipSwitch Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Looking forward. Gender: Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 20 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts Blog Entries: 12	Ohhhhh. I just remembered that Sony and Nintendo are competetors.

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The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Mariominister, Sony to Nintendo, is like Nintendo to Sega. THEY HATE EACH OTHER!

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Metal Man Fairy-Slaying Maniac Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: 1592 Miles Away From Here Gender: Posts: 18,062 Thanks: 148 Thanked 683 Times in 482 Posts	Yeah, all those Sonic games on the Wii just show their everlasting hatred for one another.

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06-17-2009, 03:09 PM	#15
FlipSwitch Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Looking forward. Gender: Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 20 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts Blog Entries: 12	Sega is an annoying company for a lot of reasons: 1: They put games on other consols. 2: They suck at making action games. 3: They're worse rivals with Nintendo than Sony. 4: Sony is better than them. 5: They're going to loose a lot of their money thanks to the ecomany. That's why Sega is like liver and ice mixed going down your spine. Nintendo is like a hot tub that has a computer that's waterproof.

06-17-2009, 03:19 PM	#16
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	1. Well, they do NOW. If they'd just stayed on Nintendo systems instead of branching to multi-platform, they might still have an edge. 2. Actually, Sega alone is pretty decent. It's Sonic Team that's stuck in the sewers. 3. Really? I heard they were on friendly terms now. 4. ERROR. 5. They've already lost a lot of money on the DreamCast, which is part of the reason they co-opped with Nintendo. And I don't see how the "ecomany" affects their game sales in comparison to that of Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo.

06-17-2009, 03:29 PM	#17
FlipSwitch Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Looking forward. Gender: Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 20 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts Blog Entries: 12	Everyone is saying they're rivals. I've asked a nerd in 5th grade about how they were doing, and he said"Heh, it's like Superman #595, when Superman gained ray beams that come out of his eyes, and burns bad guys! Sonic is like Superman when he gets chryptonite and it weakens him! Nintendo is arch rivals with Sega, but I like Sega!" That nerd must've been high or something because he said SEGA was better! Holy**** I can't believe he said that!

06-17-2009, 03:36 PM	#18
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Believe it or not, but some people actually like SEGA better. They're not wrong, but that doesn't mean we're right. Personally, I like Nintendo/HAL better. But nothing beats LucasArts SCUMM team.

06-17-2009, 06:42 PM	#19
Speed Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: If there's a bright center to the universe I'm on the planet it's farthest from Gender: Posts: 3,747 Thanks: 1,598 Thanked 320 Times in 224 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Namco for Soul Calibur. Capcom for giving a damn about their fanbase (megaman 9) anyway, back on topic.

06-17-2009, 07:04 PM	#20
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	^OK, yeah, I love that they made a Mega Man 9 in classic NES style. That doesn't excuse all the crappy spin-offs, but it's a start.