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Nintendo is so accessible because they are very, very good at what they are doing. When you play a game with excellent game design, you don't notice that the game is there, it just flows. You pick up the controller, and run and jump without having to read a manual.

You might have heard people taking shots at Nintendo for being 'simplistic' or similar. It's always laughable, because what elevates Nintendo as the best video game developer in the world is just that. Their ability to make games that are very easy to pick up, yet keep you entertained for hours, weeks, years and decades.

As Albert Einstein put it: “Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius-and a lot of courage-to move in the opposite direction.”