Nintendo Q1 Earnings July 31st (Results Inside - Profit)

[Otakumegane]

Soundwave said:

Otakumegane said:
Everybody ignore Ninja's thread. Dude really hates Nintendo with a passion.

OT:Paper Mario alone for the holidays was bad.

It's too much freaking Mario all around.

NSMB2, Paper Mario, Mario & Luigi, Luigi's Mansion 2, Fire Emblem, Animal Crossing have been their big releases since last August, 4 of the 6 are Mario games ... it's overkill when the 2 previous big titles for the system are also Mario games (Mario 3D Land + Mario Kart 7).

Nintendo needs to relax, take a deep breath, because it seems like they're in a mad panic throwing out all these Mario games. Yes, iPhone/iPad has happened, yes the dream of 10+ more years of monster profits from Wii/Mii/Touch casual gaming may be crumbling right in front of Nintendo. 

They need to gather themselves and come up with a coherent response that isn't just "MariomuuuuMariommmmMariommmMarioLuigiLuigiLuigi".

Iwata needs to settle the company down IMO and find some kind of new creative vision that isn't so reactionary.

With their efforts to push purchases on PCs and the like, I wouldn't be surprised if Nintendo tried for more of a "service" like the App store/Steam.

What they needed to do during the Wii era was expand enough so that they could constantly make use of their IPs. HD gen and more dev costs and all, I can't believe they didn't see this need to expand faster.