Old Nintendo was not as lazy.
Animal Crossing on consoles is lazy. 3D Marios are color crazy- using excessive round colors for the sake of it as opposed to effortless implementation. Console Zeldas have lost their emphasis on GOOD music, and the artstyle (while cool for a one-off Wind Waker) was embarrassing for Skyward Sword. Enemy variety was also trash and the story was forgettable.
They released one too many Wii Play-like games, and Flingsmash was obviously unfocused and rushed. Wii Music was abysmal, period.
With Wii they were extremely reluctant to be aggressive. That resulted in games like Xenoblade not being localized fast enough and a wide majority of 1st party titles after 2008 not being promoted AT ALL in America.
Overall, for some reason, while Nintendo succeeds at being accessible for all, they took it overboard for too many titles. There is a reason why Mario Kart Wii is one of their biggest games, and it is because they implement works of the past better into the game. The Wii U will benefit Nintendo greatly because for at least 1 year, their games will be the apex of graphical presentation. It won't be as easy to pass of their games as lazy when you are distracted by dazzling graphics. Shallow, but true.
On the handheld side I have no complaints; they are still bringing the same heat they've had since I had that diesel Original Gameboy in 1995.
Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. " thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."
