Should Nintendo bring back the Wii-style marketing?

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happydolphin said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

The Wii was a fad which helped Nintendo profit greatly for its times, but third parties barely respected it and didnt see it as a stable way of gaming in the future and obviously Nintendo didnt either as they moved onto the next fad, which is tablets. Controllers are it until it can be thrown off by a new way to game. Kinect, Wiimote and the move are all gimmicks. The Move is the most accurate of them all and can play a blend o both the Wii and Kinect games but having no games to prove its point. Lost cause because that would've been the only device to prove its worth in the long run but fail...so all of them fail.

@underlined. Nintendo is still strongly supporting the Wiimote in the U, they never abandoned the tech....

I can't believe this.

It's also way too early to call it a fad, as these technologies are still in use. Pokemon was being called a fad after its first iteration as well, and was not respected by the gaming media (I remember I was there). It is still selling boatloads.

Also, whether 3rd parties respect it or not does not make it a fad. 3rd parties don't respect Nintendo as a whole, let alone the U itself, so is the U a fad? It incorporates everything a console incorporates, plus new methods of control, after all.

The move was to prove its worth in the long run but not the Kinect (with its upcoming 2.0) and not the Wiimote, with its plus upgrade? You make no sense and are utterly biased. This is not an insult, it is just a constatation of facts. The above post proves it.

The Kinect has not proved its ability to play hardcore games no matter how powerful the camera becomes. The Wii did very well but is still limited without a camera to add your essence into the game you are playing. The Move does both and can play hardcore titles  accurately without having to have a controller pad. Yes....stating facts makes me biased. Sony has been working on using altenrate devices to push the casual experience and make gaming easier for them since 2001 and the Move/PSEye combo was the culmination of their efforts. When they made the Eyetoy it was only about as good as the Kinect, which is powerful but cannot control the 3D space. In 2004 they started working on the Move.

Secondly, Pokemon is not a fad, its a culturally Iconic brand. Iconic brands are not fads...fads fade off into the sunset after a gen or less, true trailblazers stay in the game and influence stable development, like when Nintendo added the analog stick. Without it Camera movement would not be able to replicate the movement of a mouse on the X, Y Axis. That is adding to the overall experience and is not a gimmick. It is here to stay and still going strong.