My take on this.
The rehash argument.
There is a difference between MGS4, Halo 3:ODST, GOW3, etc. and something like Super Mario Galaxy 2.
In general sequels/prequels add to the story and thats what a lot of us want. The vast majority of Nintendo sequels really arent sequels at all they are the same game redone. Really nearly all the Mario platformer games tell the same story, just with different obstacles.
Then you look at what else Nintendo is releasing. All these new play control Gamecube games. This to me is simply trying to cash in with little effort. They are also releasing a 2.5D Mario game that many in the press that have at first look said is a DS game ported to the Wii. What if MS announced Halo 1 and 2 using the Halo 3 engine for Xbox 360. They would sell like mad, but they better not be the big releases or people would get angry.
Even the surprise partnership with Tecmo was using Metroid. So in the past few weeks we have a bundle of new play control Metroid games from Gamecube era and Metroid from 2 years ago packaged up as a new offering from Nintendo. Then a big announcment of a new Metroid game co-developed with Tecmo. I ask couldnt they have done a co-developed game with a new IP or at least an IP that hasnt been done so much over the last few years.
Its libraries that sell systems not a single game.
