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Squilliam said:
alephnull said:
Squilliam said:
Cheebee said:
Hmm. Some fine thoughts there, but all that practically goes directly against everything Nintendo has been doing and saying so far... Still, you never know with them.

Nintendo is a company which tends to reinvent itself

Are they? Most of my memories of the NES involve Mario, Zelda, and that sports game with the powerpad.

They were originally a playing card manufacturer. They've had an interesting history over the years of trying different things. The Wii itself is almost a throw back to the 80s as much as Lady Gaga is leading an 80s revival. I did say reinvent itself, but not in terms of throwing away successful I.P. Who would throw away a more well known character than Mickey Mouse?

That isn't really an unusual thing though, I find many things like this seem to have a 30 year cycle. The 60s was similar in many ways to the 90s, 70s to the "noughties" and recently (just going into the 10s) has been similar to the 80s (though I would say the fashion is considerably better, there seem to be similar clothes now as in the 80s, but much better combinations. Though perhaps in 30 years people will laugh at what we wear now)