I recently noticed the opposite actually, that there honestly is a greater shift towards the public liking Nintendo again. Obviously there are still 120mil PS2s and only 9mil Wiis so the Nintendo kiddy perception is not entirely gone.
But I just joined a new job and in the past I wouldn't really bring up that I owned a Gamecube too much because there would be so much scrutiny. For some reason I brought up the Wii though and to my surprise almost everyone in the store was immediately like "Oooh, I love the Wii. Wii Sports is so much fun!" ect. With Nintendo being the butt of many a joke over the last few years, it was refreshing to be able to have a discussion about them with many people in a positive light. These coworkers ranged from 14 - 30 and included males and females so it was a pretty good crossection. I'm really happy to see Nintendo's image being turned around and hope they can keep it up.
