Nintendo of America is convinced that the only way they can succeed is if they gurantee that have a permanently trusted relationship with parents with young kids
its a shame but its their perspective, they don't want to risk losing that market by having edgy adult themed things
I think they are making a mistake, if they are smart they will realize that their is no issue having a platform with a mix of child oriented games and adult oriented games, you just make it clear in the marketing what audience a game is intended for as to keep away from any issues with upsetting sensitive users
I don't think the main branch of Nintendo is really an issue in this department, after all we have them funding things like Fatal Frame and Devil's Third (even if that was awful)
I remember around E3 Nintendo of America just kept blah blah blahing about Yoshi's Yarn and the sad truth is they do seem somewhat obsessed with catering towards a younger demographic
I think that Mario and Donkey Kong games and such actually cater towards all ages, but things like Yoshi's Yarn and Animal Crossing obviously are not hitting adult markets
Nintendo of America needs to get on board with Nintendo of Japan in regards to attacking all demographics and not ignoring adult gamers or cutting out perfectly reasonable things from games (like what happened in Xenoblade apparently)
