Does Nintendo get too extremely judged for sticking to a formula with their franchises?

[Chandler]

Ajescent said:
On the one hand: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
On the other hand: If there's nothing dramatically new, what makes it different from the previous one(s) that should force me to get excited?

I mean, we give EA and Activision (heat) for not changing anything drastic with regards to FIFA and COD, so why not Nintendo and Pokemon?

No, we don't. The outcry of some internet hipsters =/= professional review sites putting their horn rimmed glasses on.

 

It's simple. Nintendo is kiddy and thus not part of the cool kids club. Cool kids love to pick on kiddys to demonstrate their superiority. But it doesn't matter because Nintendo IP's like Pokemon and Mario have transcended the industry to a point where people don't even care to look up reviews for those games, because they are synonymous with quality. And they are right, because those games are good, just like Call of Duty or AC3 are good games. It's not the games fault that you played every itteration and are sick of it. I'll be playing Call of Duty for the first time this year and I have a felling that I will like it.