happydolphin said:
Easy. Nintendo were the first to market the Wiimote on a leading dedicated videogame platform. The risk was huge, and so was the market disruption. None of which you can deny, and that already is a feat on its own. Same can be said about the DS' dual screen and the 3DS' native 3D screen, as well as the N64 thumbstick (not an analog stick, so that actually was a Nintendo invention). Give credit where credit is due, people. |
Nice, i was waiting for someone to keep it real. I forgot about how the n64 thumbstick was actually digital, not analog. It was the first 360 degree thumbstick on a home console controller. The other noteworthy thing about nintendo, they innovate in order to evolve gameplay - n64 controller for mario 64, it wasn't the first 3d game, but it basically created the genre of free-roaming 3d gameplay. the n64 thumbstick was implemented with 3d gameplay in mind, which helped reshape how we play. nintendo did the same thing with the original nes controller d-pad, creating the genre of the platformer- super mario, and creating the idea of saved games - zelda. they utilized touchscreen controls on the ds to create brand new genres, such as nintendogs, brain age, etc. they were first to get us off the couch with the wiimote and wii sports (my 90 year old grandmother even enjoyed it). the 3ds has games like mario3d and pushmo, which literally couldn't be played correctly on a standard 2d screen. nintendo innovates both hardware and software, reshaping and evolving how we can play video games. i'm not trying to say nintendo invented everything in the gaming world, but they certainly innovated and pushed the market forward time and time again.
