| The Ghost of RubangB said: Nintendo doesn't need to create new franchises, because they're too busy creating new GENRES. Since Nintendo has already made the definitive platformers (Mario) and definitive adventure games (Zelda), in both 2-D and 3-D, dominated the RPG market with a single game (Pokemon), and dominated the racing genre by creating their own subgenre (Mario Kart) that outsells all other racers whether they're realistic racing simulations or other kart racers, they have decided to start dominating and defining genres that don't even exist yet. Enter Brain Age, Nintendogs, Wii Sports, and Wii Fit. Every game I've mentioned so far has spawned its own unending stream of cheap knock-offs, from the Giana Sisters and Commander Keen to Petz, Brain Boost, Deca Sports, and EA Fitness. I can not say this for Resistance, LBP, and Uncharted. |
Funny post. You forgot to mention how they dominated the fighting genre! It's bigger than their definitive platformer now, after all.
@BTFeather55: Still going on about Wii Sports being bundled? I don't know how many times it's been brought up that it sold 3.5mil in Japan... (that's more than the PS3).
Also, once again you claim these niche, Japanese hits would have done better on PS3/360. Guess what games they share most in common with - other niche Japanese games. See: Okami (PS2), Valkyria Chronicles (PS3), Tales of Vesperia (360), Odin Sphere (PS2). The Wii just happens to attract these types of games more than the other two consoles.
