Quote Originally Posted by feioncastor View Post
I don't see why a game deserves a sequel just because it's good.
But a follow-up just seems like it wouldn't be faithful to the game.
In short, SMRPG is an awesome game, and is not in need of anything further. It's already great, so let's leave it at its greatness. If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If someone bakes you a chocolate cake, and it's one of the most delicious cakes you've ever tasted, will you think, "I'll never eat another cake again, because doing so would be unfaithful or ruinous to this cake I have just eaten, since another can't possibly be as good,"? It's the same, whether it pertains to cake, Mario, Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, etc.

(^ That makes sense in my mind, anyway.)

While there are many Super Mario games for NES and Super NES, I don't think that any of them are connected, storywise. They all seem to take place seperate from one another, and it works out well. They're really more "follow-ups" than "sequels".
I like to think they're connected when I notice a character say something like, "Bowser is at it again," or Bowser say, "I won't fail this time, Mario!"

People tend to think that they'd love to see a sequel or follow-up to a game they really enjoyed, but in my experience, I find new title actually seems to cheapen the awesomeness of the original.
How can anyone say that a sequel has ruined or cheapened its predecessor(s)? That's just silly. Even if the original story is altered, it's only altered within that particular sequel (and that's not always a bad thing anyway).