Look I can see you make some very good points, I wouldn't be honest if I said that your observations aren't somewhat correct, the only thing that troubles me is that you make it sound as if what Nintendo is doing is wrong, the way I see it is that Nintendo knows it has by far the most loyal fanbase and a big part of that fanbase are grownups, some of those grownups are the ones buying games like NSMBW for their kids therefore creating a new generation of Nintendo fans, Dude all they are doing is pleasing that crowd with their classic IPs(which Nintendo has more that anybody). For example I currently drive my fourth Mustang, am I living in the past? is EA living in the past with Madden series? FIFA? is Capcom living in the past creating 2 new versions of Street fighter in the last year? should we say goodbye to Mortal Kombat? the Capcom vs series?? you cant possibly tell me that you don't think the core Mario series hasn't evolved more than Final Fantasy, street fighter, in just 7 installations Mario has evolved more than any other franchise and you make it sound like this is something that damages the industry, I mean let's look at the "hardcore" franchises Halo, Medal of Honor, Call of duty, God of war, has there been much innovation in thier Installments over the last 5-6 years? I mean Isn't the so called "hardcore" community begging Sega to make a new 2d Sonic? Isn't Sony bringing back twisted metal? and something tells me that we rae not going to see much changes to that franchise other than online gaming,
Look If you expect Nintendo to give up their well established franchises that makes them money and make their fans extremely happy, Forget it That just plain dumb. and when it comes to Trying new things Nintendo has done something in everygenre known to gaming from Metroid to Metroid prime, Animal Crossings, Pikmin Fire emblem, Paper Mario, Illusion of Gaia(thats some old school right there, who remembers that?)Mother, Sin n Punishment, Zelda, Brain age, Punch out, Pilotwings,(which we need a new one btw), Waverace, Nintendogs, POKEMON!!!, nintendo HAS DONE IT ALL, AND you are mad because they didn't mention anything new??? Really??? I wonder if you would say the same thing to Epic when they release Gears of war 3 instead of "something new" or Capcom when they release a new resident evil, or Namco for a new Soul Calibur, or Bungie for Halo Reach.
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