Did the Switch finally destroy Nintendo's "Kiddie" image?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

TheMisterManGuy said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:
Nintendo doesn't really want to completely shake off that kiddie image, for two excellent reasons, first, actual kids market is very important for it, second, it knows that many adult Ninty gamers really love to revert to childhood, although many of them won't ever admit it.

Yes. Nintendo still likes to portray itself as family friendly. But the difference here is that they now know how to sell that family friendliness to Adults in a cool and attractive way that they didn't bother to with the Wii U. There's family friendly, then there's familes with small children only, Wii U fell into the latter. 

Agree, marketing is far better, but design choices have been too, this time they invested their R&D money, and the money gamers too pay for the devices, in an exclusive feature, the hybrid design, that buyers showed to appreciate much, much more than Wii U's tablet controller. But yes, bad marketing could have partially crippled an excellent design idea too, instead they marketed it far better and they are enjoying the benefits of sinergy between good marketing and good engineering.