Is there a need for Smash Bros. sequels anymore?

[MirrorTael]

Since the game first made it's appearance I've owned 64, Melee and Brawl (no PM). However, whenever I played them I never thought "Gee, I can't wait for the sequel" because of how awesome the replay factor is. But when the sequel does come out and get hype then it's "Of course I have to have it; it's a Smash sequel!" I've only learned on these boards that players highly favor certain installments (Melee/PM over Brawl and such). Does this mean that sequels are no longer looked forward to in this franchise? Would there be a point where a Smash fan would be disinterested with further Smash sequels?

 

[Spirst]

I don't see that happening for a while. Smash sequels will always be anticipated because, within the time gap between iterations, much change will have occurred wihin the Nintendo universe. People will always be clamoring for new characters/stages/items/modes and so forth. Also, the ever-progressing hardware would make each consecutive Smash game able to have more content than the last. Smash tends to represent a snapshot in time of the Nintendo universe during that era. It won't become stagnant for a long time.

 

[ImReallyFeelingIt]

I don't see that happening for a while. Smash sequels will always be anticipated because, within the time gap between iterations, much change will have occurred wihin the Nintendo universe. People will always be clamoring for new characters/stages/items/modes and so forth. Also, the ever-progressing hardware would make each consecutive Smash game able to have more content than the last. Smash tends to represent a snapshot in time of the Nintendo universe during that era. It won't become stagnant for a long time.

That's all you need for this thread.

 

[Booster]

Nice try troll.

I'm just kidding, Sakurai enjoys the Smash series, whereas he's mostly abandoned Kirby and deconfirmed another Kid Icarus game plus Smash sells more then Kirby (Though Kirby sales overall are alot stronger due to the game's 17 years of history or so)

 

[MirrorTael]

You think it'll get to the Mario Party and Mario Kart point? I abandoned Mario Party years ago, and I just realized Mario Kart is up to 8 now, but my interest in that series has definitely dwindled.

Nice try troll.

I'm just kidding, Sakurai enjoys the Smash series, whereas he's mostly abandoned Kirby and deconfirmed another Kid Icarus game plus Smash sells more then Kirby (Though Kirby sales overall are alot stronger due to the game's 17 years of history or so)

Oh I didn't mean would the developer stop making the game, just would fans start to lose interest if there eventually gets to be too many sequels.

 

[Twewy]

Sakurai enjoys the Smash series

Didn't Sakurai say someone that he's tired of making Smash Bros? Besides, what with your hard work being leaked to hell and back and many people across the Internet complaining about you for one reason or another, I wouldn't enjoy making it anymore.

On the topic of sequels, I guess it really depends on what happens to Nintendo down the road. In my opinion, Smash is running low on characters to add that will still feel familiar. Not saying someone lesser known like Wonder Red or Prince Sable won't make it in, I just feel we're running out of characters that will make people who don't play the more niche or obscure games say "Oh, hey! I know them!". 64 started out with the most well-known (Mario, Link, DK, Kirby, etc.) and then expanded on that in Melee with some more recognizable characters (Bowser, Peach, Zelda, etc.) and then added the recognizable faces that weren't in Melee (Wario, Diddy Kong, Olimar, King Dedede, etc.) into Brawl and with the announcement of third parties, we got the most obvious of them (Sonic).

By the time of 5/For New 3DS/Super Wii U/Kerfuffle/Battle Royale with Cheese, who would we have left that would be recognizable by more casual Nintendo fans?