Iwata Is Aware That People Believe That WiiU Is Underpowered And Says This Is A Misunderstanding

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Lafiel said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:
Why doesn't Nintendo try to develop hot new franchises? Always have to leave it up to third party. Its like they've gone stagnant in new IP development since the 90's. The N64 was the last great IP heavy console.

Hm.. I think they might be overwhelmed with all the games their fanbase expects to see from them and instead of taking the risk with a totally new IP they rather implement some new mechanics/slight twists in new games for an existing IPs.

Compared to the old days they've actually lowered development standards and the demands of newer technology and being a gen behind for two gens hurt their ability to develop faster. Nintendo left their trend setting new IP's to Rare in the 90's but in the 90's they took the reigns making Mario Party, Super Smash Bros, Wave Racer and plenty other IP's. Nintendo is lucky they bought Monolith, because they can pass that off as first party.