I tell you..."fanaticism" should be a medical condition... :-/
I looked at the headline for the poll, "DKC is a mainstream game". This is utterly ridiculous. I think fans (& Nintendo) needs to take a SERIOUS evaluation at their place at the home console table, and WHY they're losing their seat. "Mainstream" doesn't buy a $300+ system for a niche genre (which platformers also has a stigma of being cheap) filled with characters that have been spammed for over 2.5 decades! An HONEST assessment and vision of the marketplace is what's needed. And that, I might add, usually comes from FIRING. By them NOT firing, Nintendo is saying they will keep doing more of the same. And that's fine. But that's not "mainstream". And won't bring mainstream sales. Bayonetta 2, Monster Hunter, and X are BABYSTEPS in the right direction, but ultimately...there's a PERCEPTION problem in the House of Nintendo, and it's fans, apparently...
EDIT: It doesn't matter if it's DKC, Mario Kart 8, another Kirby game, or making JackEFFinBlack a hidden character in Smash Brothers. A culture change is what's needed...
