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  Reenee | June 18, 2007
  They totally neglected Mario Party.
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    Ameer | June 18, 2007
    Was Mario Party ever really alive to begin with?
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  Rinkydink | June 18, 2007
  It was a fair bit in the N64 days, I bet the N64 Mario Party games were thought out to be very good back then. At this stage though, the amount brought out is starting to turn into a joke, though the games aren't so bad I guess.
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  Gothic Girl | June 18, 2007
  Aren't there, like, seven Mario Party games now? I didn't even know they were still being made. I got quite a shock when I saw the seventh one being advertised.
  
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  I'm also surprised that the FFVII Compilations games weren't there. What's a good way to screw up an originally great game? Release an action movie, an average cell-phone game, and a sub-par shooter to "expand" a story that didn't need any "expanding" to begin with.
  
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  Can't say I agree that Tomb Raider Anniversary "saved" the TR series, either.
  I thought Legends did a pretty good job of that.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | June 18, 2007
    There's 8 Mario Party games.
    
    I know, its crazy man.
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  Miller | June 18, 2007
  How to Kill a Franchise - Turn Fallout into a FPS.
  How to Kill a Franchise - Make Oblivion into a mindless console gamer game.
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    Wolfwood | June 18, 2007
    Ouch that's mean! Indeed, there's always a time when the grognards fear their series goes "mainstream", whether it's on PC or console.
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      Miller | June 18, 2007
      Grognard, not heard that word in many a year. *Thumbs up*
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    Seeker X | June 19, 2007
    Oblivion worked wonderfully on the console, dunno what you're talking about.
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  Marcibanjo | June 18, 2007
  Mario Party was, it was a really good game, original and unique.
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  Linkin Park Fan | June 18, 2007
  There truely are too many mario party games. How do they not run out of ideas for those mini games?
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  Final Blade | June 18, 2007
  Hey i liked the new sonic games. I mean the new characters are cool. I dont see how getting rid of them will help. Though some stuff isnt the same as the classics but i still enjoy them. I think ppl complain to much.
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  Goyun SSJ15 | June 18, 2007
  Too many spin-off titles/mini-game games is what can kill a franchise.
  
  Not a spectacular example, but when they turned Pokemon TCG into an actual video-game.
  
  But that brings forth a good example- DBZ TCG. wtf?
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  Marcibanjo | June 18, 2007
  Linkin Park Fan, Mario Party 1 2 and 3 were the best. Later 4 become the best of the GC. 5 and 6 are really unoriginal. So i havent 7. But i will buy 8.
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  jeterocks | June 18, 2007
  What about 007 Games...Goldeneye was killer on the N64...then it completely DIED after that...nothing even came close to what goldeneye did for 007
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  bbb7002004 | June 19, 2007
  Yeah, but the James Bond franchise extends beyond the games into movies and such, which aren't in much danger.
  
  I was really hoping to get a descent Mario Party for Wii, with the advantages of the Wiimote. It is really disappointing Nintendo did such a crappy job moving a GC game over.
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  Team Xtreme | June 19, 2007
  You also have to take into account that Goldeneye was made by Rare, and if memory serves me correctly they were purchased by Microsoft after Perect Dark and Conkers Bad Fur Day. They didn't get a chance to make another 007 game.
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  Goyun SSJ15 | June 19, 2007
  You can kill a franchise by not knowing when to stop- an example being the Pokemon series. People only still buy them because they're hooked, not because they actually like the new games. Look at the rediculous Pokemon we have now.
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  Crystal Creation | June 20, 2007
  That's true. They are trying to make everything out of anything when really there is no need to.
  
  Poor Mario Party. I loved the first 3 of them, but when it turned all 3D on Cube, it felt really...un-natural, like it lost it's actual meaning. That's what I hate about Franchises sometimes.