| RolStoppable said:
This is a pretty interesting article that I really liked. I hope it helps the, as I call them, silly Nintendo 64 kids to understand why everything is going so wrong with Nintendo lately. Among us Nintendo fans on this website we have quite regularly a clash of generations which is rooted in exactly what this article is about: Our definitions of Nintendo which are vastly different. For the old guard, Nintendo's moves have been disastrous recently. This is also why we lost our good friend noname2200 who decided to look for another hobby after this year's E3. For the young guns who had their childhood defined by the Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, the outlook doesn't look as grim. In fact, some (if not many or most) welcome the upcoming 3DS lineup and Wii U with open arms. This is because the Nintendo we see right now matches their definition of Nintendo much closer than the Nintendo that created the DS and Wii.
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This, Rol, is the main point I see fault with. Many believe that there are only two types of Nintendo mentality: The Wii/DS era and the N64/GC era. Speaking of the "old guard" you mentioned (like me), there is a very distinct third Nintendo mentality, which is the NES/SNES era, which consisted of great success (almost full market share in the case of the NES) and very healthy 3rd party support. This is the Nintendo that I think should re-emerge for the life cycle of Wii U and 3DS.
