There is the idea, that is rather plausible, that Nintendo did not grow with their audience. The ex-Nintendo fans are generally so not because Nintendo has changed, but because Nintendo has stayed the same in certain respects while they and the industry grew (though i have a theory that the focus of the industry has remained fixed squarely on the NES generation, since the kind of games they put out, and the kind of focus that each generation has had, has been in relation to the growth of that one generation of NES kids).
Despite the innovation of the Wii and DS, Nintendo themselves really haven't changed (indeed, it's really more of a revival of their original values, than them breaking fundamentally new ground). For better or worse, Nintendo has stuck with their classic formulas because they have continued to work, but in the process they continually lose touch with the industry (though that's not necessarily a bad thing at all)
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
