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Old news, but completely in line with Nintendo's previous actions. They've learned from the DS and Wii that pretty pictures aren't enough: for a console to be successful, it has to bring something genuinely new to gaming. The HD consoles failed to do this, and that is why they've failed in the market.

This is not to say that I have any illusions about Nintendo being innovative "for the good of gaming." They innovate because after the N64 and Gamecube disasters, they don't dare not innovate: it's evolve-or-die from here on out, and they know it. But then, frankly that's how I like my game makers: scared to death of not moving forward.



Complexity is not depth. Machismo is not maturity. Obsession is not dedication. Tedium is not challenge. Support gaming: support the Wii.

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What do I hate about modern gaming? I hate tedium replacing challenge, complexity replacing depth, and domination replacing entertainment. I hate the outsourcing of mechanics to physics textbooks, art direction to photocopiers, and story to cheap Hollywood screenwriters. I hate the confusion of obsession with dedication, style with substance, new with gimmicky, old with obsolete, new with evolutionary, and old with time-tested.
There is much to hate about modern gaming. That is why I support the Wii.