| cyberninja45 said: I don't if yall has been asked this question before, but what kind of home/handheld consoles yall would have released if yall had your way with Nintendo(slightly leaning towards the hardware apsects) so they could repeat NDS' and Wii's success? |
For their DS successor, I would not have felt the need to include the stereoscopic 3D at all; I feel that feature does far more harm than good. I agree and agreed with Nintendo's call to not have dual analogue sticks, but would have put more focus into practical concerns such as battery life. I'm also ambivalent about the placement of the analogue stick; generally, the games that use/demand it seem to be closer suited to home consoles than handhelds, a lesson which the PSP should have taught Nintendo.
The spotpass feature has a ton of potential as well, although I would have investigated how to make it more useful for regions outside of Japan; the idea of encouraging more local play is a good one, and handhelds generally would be well served by offering more encouragement to keep the system with you as much as possible. The execution leaves much room for improvement, but I find the idea to be quite sound.
I confess, I generally have difficulty thinking of anything but the most banal and obvious ways of improving upon the DS' hardware (software, another story). I mostly have criticisms for the changes that they did make. But even with those mistakes, I believe its fortunes can still turn around if there is more focus on the software (and software prices); I do not find it coincidental that its performance in Japan coincides with the fact that Japan has seen a much larger volume of releases to date. I will reevaluate this position though if 2013 does not have a marked improvement in the 3DS' (hitherto lackluster)Western performance.
I have a difficult time finding many good things to say about the Wii U, though. The Gamepad does lend itself to some neat concepts, and I fully anticipate there will be some good (Nintendo) games coming out based on the Gamepad. But overall, it just seems like a camel at best.
