Why do you Love/Hate Nintendo?

[GuyDuke]

Michael-5 said:

No fanboyism, no flaiming. I'm making 3 threads for all 3 home consoles.

Basically I want you to list your reasons for likeing and disliking Nintendo. I am going to tally the responses, and see what the biggest successes/issues Nintendo has. Try to be general, so I can combine your comment with others more easily.

Love

XI - Great First Party games
VIII - Love of the Old Great IP's (Zelda/Mario/etc)
VI - Amazing Portable Systems/Industry
IV - Creative Games (Fire Emblem, Pikmin, etc)
IV - Excellent Reliability
IV - Affordable Systems
III - Innovative/Unique Consoles
III - Local Multiplayer Games
II - Great Graphics/Quality on older systems
II - JRPG's/Niche genre Galore
II - Family Friendly
II - Miyamoto
II - Evolving/Unique Controllers
II - Redefining games (e.g. Ocarina of Time, XenoBlade Chronicles)
I - Free Online Gaming
I - Amazing Inventory (Can still buy power/video cables compatible with NES)
I - Focus on Games, not non gaming extra's
I - Beautiful/Artistic looking Games
I - Amazing Consoles

Hate

VII - Lack of IP's, over-reliance Mario, Zelda, Metroid, &/or Pokemon
V - Lack of third party support on home consoles
V - Not a large emphasis on online gaming
IV - Not a fan of Wii/WiiU as a system
IV - Kiddie Games/Family Friendly/Games too easy
II - No Trophy/Achievement system
II - Region Locking
II - NoA turning down great exclusives (The Last Story, Earthbound 2, Fire Emblem's, etc)
II - Poor Marketing for smaller IP's.
I - Unfair pricing of old games
I - Bad 3DS Launch
I - Infrequent/irregular release schedule
I - Lack of recent Innovation (Wow Factor) -> Do you mean epic super duper realistic graphics?
I - Weak Hardware recently
I - Gimmicks
I - Early Axing of consoles/Exclusives migrating to next gen consoles.
I - Hypes Up Innovative features, but rarely implements them
I - No Major Pokemon Game on a home console
I - Try to make games for too broad of an audience
I - Systems only Game/No Multimedia