Give Us Back The Old Nintendo (Nowgamer article)

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LordTheNightKnight said:

There aren't any qualifiers, were talking about the Wii and not the DS, that's pretty much it. Every point I made was true and still stands, if I was to start listing off games that haven't been released yet or have only released in Japan, then my list would be much larger.

A new IP is vital when introducing new experiences. Despite what many people on this site may think, Mario Galaxy plays alot like Mario Sunshine, which played alot like Mario 64. Mario Kart Wii plays alot like Mario Kart 64 and Double Dash. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was just not as good as the last games in the series due to the controller. We have 8 Mario Partys and they lost their shine after the 4th. Twilight Princess is a port, Pikmin 1 2 are ports, Mario Tennis is a port and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a port.

You can tweak thing's here and there, but every Nintendo game stay's essentially the same. Nintendo are boring, they have such great talent and yet we see the same game over and over again.  I expect better from the greatest developers in the world.

What you are describing is sequels that don't change much, not because they are the same IPs.

Oh, and you can't judge Brawl due to one controler option. You can use the GC controller for that as well. Didn't you know that?

And your contention that Nintendo is boring loses validity, as that is a personal opinion, and not a good reason to insist they make new IPs.

Nintendo shouldn't create sequels that don't change much then, as I said before, every gen I expect new experiences and games that are similar to each other are not new experiences. 

I shouldn't have to spend more money on an extra accessory to fix the controls in Brawl, they are horrible on the Wiimote.

My opinion is shared by many people, just like the people who wrote the article this thread is based on and just because it's an opinion, it doesn't make it less true. Nintendo have not delivered this gen software wise, they have made no effort to fix this problem, they have taken advantage over their nostalgia addicted userbase and introduced the same product over and over again except in different skins.

Third Party support is lacking, yet Nintendo make no effort to fix that problem. Core software has been lacking and yet Nintendo have only now started to fix that problem. New projects and ideas are lacking and Nintendo have no reason to search for them. Being successful has made Nintendo greedy, there sick of being at the bottom and their willing to do anything to stay on top. The fans can keep on deluding themselves, but Nintendo have become the new Sony/Microsoft/Apple hybrid and they don't deserve half the devotion they get.