In Dinocide, adventuring alone won't cut it, but luckily, you have a variety of
tame dinosaur friends that are willing... Read More»
I think just having
dinosaur friends would excite and surprise players as they go through the game, as well as giving them a bit of a diversion with gameplay.
It makes sense that Nintendo would want to capitalize on the character's popularity, and make a number of games that starred Mario's
dinosaur friend.