Barry Aldridge Asks (2) - Should Mario Retire?

Originally I was going to ask "Who is your greatest Inspiration In Life?" but then when I signed in to MSN and saw the Live today I found this article below

Heres the Article in question - http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/article.aspx?cp-documentid=9277714

Patrick Goss: Columnist - Tech & Gadgets, he wrote saying that Mario should bow out of the world of computer games without losing any intergrity.

OK The question I am asking is Should Mario Retire from the world of video games?

My Opinion is that most Mario games like Mario Kart and Mario Brawl are too similar between each console, but Mario Galaxy was a new revolution within computer games. So I am very mixed in this question.

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[TRDPaul]

nintendo will never let mario go, they would die without him

[BarryAldridge]

Hmmm true but I think they could survive.

[Exus11]

mario games still sell well. So i dont think he is hanging up his suspenders yet

[BarryAldridge]

The selling is the key but it depends on how they can move forward with the Mario Games.

[xlilxroxix]

mario is like the whole nintendo selling point.

without mario what games are there that are taht well known by pretty much everyone.

[BarryAldridge]

True but Nintendo may need to find other ways to keep their audience which they have done with Wii Fit and Wii Sports.

[surfingboobs]

the begining kind of looks like something you would see on your pip-boy

[jasanimans]

mario is the king of gaming! he started it all and he will never die

[Nintendude4life]

Mario can NEVER retire!

He is to big in the gamng industry and his games are the best out there (although not all of them).

[THEENGLISHGHOUL]

mario needs to back to 2d platform games ,imagine how huge a game they could make if they went back to old school mario,3d mario just isnt as good imo,galaxy was ok,but i still play mario allstars on the snes if i want to play a mario game *****MARIO 3 IS STILL AWSOME !! ***

[gtaglasgow]

mario should never retire , he is a true gaming icon and wen people are sad , people can play mario games and treat him as a freind :)

[duckduckyIII]

NO mario is a classic he is the father of all modern video games he was the first video game with a real story tied into it but he needs to slow down some of his games are juzt plain wierd but no!!!!!!! mario will never retire

[halfmanhalfman]

Mickey is less known then Mario. I think that if they keep the every three-five years gap between games it's ok.

[joshch4]

Be honest mate , Mario is a legend , And as mario kart , It would not be mario kart if it did not have karts , It would not be smash brothers , If you did not get your favourite nintendo characters , And fight , My opinuion

[FuzzyResuke]

If Mario Retire, all games system will break down.

Mario never retire. WE NEED YOU!!!

[flashcomedy]

I don't think that Mario should retire, Although i do think that they should stop creating the mario classic games such as 'mario galaxy'. Whereas the more innovative games such as 'Mario Kart' should carry being made because these game will appeal to people no matter how much graphics and gameplay is improving on other games.