what should nintendo spend their wads of cash on?

[Nick]

HappySqurriel said:

I'm certain Nintendo is doing this already, but if I was Nintendo I would have dozens of small development teams (10 developers or less) producing unconventional game concepts with no real considerations of marketability. Essentially, this would be a form of "pure" videogame research and development. Being that there is no focus on producing anything polished or professional, most of these game concepts could be completed and demonstrated in 6 weeks to 6 months.

After a few years and many iterations most of these concept teams will be cranking out interesting and unique gameplay ideas at a steady pace and Nintendo should be able to farm them for great profit. Being able to constantly redefine gaming would put Nintendo in a unique and very powerful position in the industry.

This is a brilliant idea and one that's probably already happening.  I'm sure this is already taking place and is the reason behind some of the unusual games we've seen recently.  This is the kind of production I'm expecting with wiiware. 

Actually now that I reread that last paragraph... isn't this exactly what is happening now?

 "After a few years and many iterations most of these concept teams will be cranking out interesting and unique gameplay ideas at a steady pace and Nintendo should be able to farm them for great profit. Being able to constantly redefine gaming would put Nintendo in a unique and very powerful position in the industry."