It seems that they forgot how to do that with the WiiU. And even with the 3DS, Brain Age and Nintendogs aren't as big as they used to be.

I think a lot of people are overreacting in this thread. When any console maker is doing badly they get made fun of. Personally I think it's good that when a company gets arrogant it then gets taken down a couple of notches. It then forces them to come up with solutions and compete harder. Just look at Sony as the perfect example.

Sony launched a $600 dollar console which they expected people to get an extra job for if required to afford. Due to their hubris they were laid low until they finally were forced to become more consumer friendly and also made a massive investment into their 1st party studios and online network. All the while they maintained good 3rd party relations.

Even though I prefer Sony I like that there is competition as it benefits all gamers. We should have more solidarity as gamers and act less like tribals when it comes to the companies we like.

With regards to the guys on the panel some of their choice of words may have sounded anti Nintendo but in reality they are just pointing out the difficult position that Nintendo finds themselves in. I don't recall them saying anything which suggests that they want Nintendo to fail. It's as if constructive criticism automatically equates to people having an anti Nintendo agenda according to some people.

since when has a Nintendo console NOT been a joke to the industry and these journalist clowns? .. even when a Nintendo console is successful it was still a joke !  nothing has changed =)

I think he is talking about the Video game crash of the 80's which was the Western Developer's fault because of absolutly having no regulation on quality or quanity, which funny is the same stance Apple and Google are taking with their mobile stores.

WWII wasn't just the US, but the entirity of the Alliance forces of WWI. Plus the fact that no one seemed to notice the problems there were reports and diagrams of concentration camps as early as 1936.

You could also just blame it on the catholics like the titanic disaster.

@mythmaker1. The reasons they gave for laughing at it were stupid. The console does represent a leap for Nintendo, and as long as there are games to make it a viable product, there is no good reason to laugh. They dismissed the importance of games in the viability of a console during their troll moment, or anything other than graphical power, and that is really invalid.

There really wasn't that much of a different in 3rd party games for PS2, Xbox, and GC. I don't think Nintendo is doing that great with indy developers, maybe better than MS, but Sony is currently the leader in that field. Every indy developer has been praising them lately and they keep getting more and more games. 

That is not funny, man. Especially when the new pope just started this new bird flu epidemic. Reported.

I would laugh too, the Wii U is a joke of a console right now. 3rd parties have all but abandoned nintendo even after they said at E3 last year they said they had full cooperation of them. A next gen console already needing a price cut is bad news especially coming off the amazing Wii.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

To those people talking trash about Nintendo's relationship with indie developers... Do you want me to link about 20 recent articles that have indie developers praising Nintendo, articles that state Nintendo has pretty much gotten rid of all negative barriers they had in place for WiiWare, and articles stating they are handing out free dev kits and free patching?

I could but your arrogance would probably still shine.

There's a difference between being a joke, and the butt of a joke. The Wii was the butt of the joke because...it was called the Wii, and the controller was goofy. Not bad, but certainly easy to make fun of.

The Wii U has all of that, and stunningly underwhelming sales. The Wii was easy to make fun of, but it was sucessful enough that people couldn't ignore it. That's not the case for the Wii U.