Malstrom: 'The Big Picture' problem underlying Nintendo's decline

[killeryoshis]

bobgamez said:

killeryoshis said:
This post is just summarizing what Malstrom said all these years so the content is stale for those who read this. While I do think he is right it kind of pisses me off. Not because he is criticizing Nintendo but because Nintendo knows what they have to do and refuse to do it. Sad part is that their are people in the company who grew up with Nintendo and want to make games like the ones they grew up with. Though instead they are told to work on some weird 3D collect a thon

While I actually enjoyed the Gamecube I almost quit because of it. I am more into the NES/SNES style Nintendo games

Why not just have both? There are a lot of people who buy nintendo consoles just for a 3d zelda and 3d mario. You can't just leave 1/4 of your audience, especially since they are so loyal(the gamecube would have sold as much as the Dreamcast if it wern't for the 3d games). I mean people say the sales of 3d marios are dissapointing, yet Mario Galaxy has 10 million in sales, and is very close to that "arcade" super smash brothers. And Zelda is a guarenteed 5 million and a system seller, which is also very close to donkey kong country returns.

And the sales of 2d Mario's are so good because of margin, you can't just release them constantly over and over and over again. It loses the novaltly of that old school feel after a while. The first two will sell great, the next two will be just ok, and then the series becomes stale and doesn't sell anymore.

I never said not to make then its just they shouldn't be seen as the main part of the show. 2D Mario should be made first then 3D mario and 2D mario desearve a second outing on the same console more then 3D mario.  In short Arcade>3D. 3D is fine but is not the big system seller that will make nintendo rise to heven.