Love:
- Evolving controllers. Nintendo don't just rehash the same controller, with every gen they give us new ways to interface with their games, ensuring that their consoles FEEL new instead of just looking new.
- Reliable hardware. Nintendo consoles are built to last, and can withstand things that would destroy most rival machines.
- They focus on gaming first and foremost instead of making me pay extra for unnecessary extra non-gaming features.
- Incredible first party games. I'd go so far as to say that collectively they're the best software developer in the world. Not a gen goes by without them adding games to the "greatest of all time" list.
- They do things very differently to Sony and MS, adding variety to the industry.
Hate:
- Pulling the plug on their consoles too soon. The N64, Gamecube, and Wii should all have been better supported in the years prior and following their replacement.
- They have a habit of making putting up barriers to third parties that scare them away from their systems, such as the N64's cartridges, the Gamecube's mini discs, and the Wii's TEV unit, and as a result haven't had strong third party support (on home consoles) since the SNES.
- They haven't made enough high profile new IPs over the last decade.
