Much of its popularity, at least initially, came about because of the characters it featured. The idea of a sort of battle royale between everyone's favorite characters to see who's truly the best is something that's made people fangasm over forever. Nintendo took that idea and made it into an actual game, one that through its simplicity, allows anyone to jump in and play without having to learn any advanced combos or controls, along with the gameplay being constantly varied by the stages and items. And, just like Mario Kart, its focus on local multiplayer and having fun with friends is something that anyone can get behind.
Whether it's a good game is a different discussion, but there shouldn't be any confusion regarding why it's become popular.
I have no interest in any feature of a game that is only available if I pay extra money beyond what I already paid for the game itself. This is a cash grab, plain and simple.
My potential issue with a feature like that is, just like with Journey, what kind of shelf life is it really going to have? Once the community is gone, that drop-in coop is gone too. Either you buy the game early with everyone else and get the full experience, or you wait a couple years until you can get it on sale and you don't.
No. There are many corporations with much more money than Nintendo. You're assuming a publisher would be the most likely to attempt a takeover, but few have the necessary capital. It would most likely be done by an umbrella corporation.
I can't decide whether or not I should care about that one. How open would you say it seems? How similar to Borderlands? How dependent on the co-op aspect?
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