The Nintendo games that were released on the Phillips CD-i are often seen by fans as some of the worst games of the Mario and Legend of Zelda franchises. While the titles live mostly in infamy, the executive producer of Hotel Mario, Stephen Radosh, said that the games were initially met with positive reception and actually sold really well. Radosh added that if Nintendo had a problem with any of the CD-i titles, they could have stopped their development at any time.

“The internet was around, there were bulletin boards – we got really positive responses. The games sold really well, especially Hotel Mario. Hotel Mario sold for years after the company went out of business. “I’m assuming [Nintendo Japan] saw it. They continued to be non-problematic, which to me was the indication that they really did like them. Because if they didn’t like them, they had every opportunity to throw up as many roadblocks along the way as they wanted to.” — Stephen Radosh

What do you guys think of the CD-i titles? Do they really deserve all the hate they currently get? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!

Source: Game Informer (via Nintendo Everything)

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