Soundwave said:
The mental gymnastics some Iwata defenders have to jump through to say that there isn't a dramatic decline in Western funded/developed games (particularly games that don't feature Japanese created character IP) is hilarious.
Nintendo 2nd Party 1994-2001 (Lincoln/Arakawa-era)
GoldenEye
Perfect Dark
Banjo-Kazooie/Tooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Mario Party 1/2/3/4
NBA Courtside
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB
Starcraft 64
Killer Instinct/Gold
Jet Force Gemini
Excitebike 64
Pilotwings 64
Donkey Kong Country 1/2/3
Eternal Darkness
Various Star Wars titles
Tetrisphere
Mario Tennis/Golf 64
Iwata-Era (2002-today):
The Last Story
Pandora's Tower
Line Attack Heroes
Endless Ocean 1/2
Excitetruck/bots
Metroid Prime 1/2/3
DKCR/Tropical Freeze
Bayonetta 2
Fatal Frame IV/V
Hyrule Warriors
Punch-Out!
The Wonderful 101
Devil's Third
Dynamic Slash (Zangeki no Reginleiv)
Mario Strikers
Donkey Kong: Barrell Blast
We go from about 90% of their 2nd party production coming from the West to it being reduced to like 20% in the Iwata era (must be a coincidence though right?).
At a time when the Japanese market shrinks and the Western market rises. It really makes no sense on Nintendo's part.
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it's funny how you failed to mention the paradigm shift of nintendo's focus on a blue ocean market under iwata. You know the casual market. There is no bias, just a different focus in a changing market from the 90's to today.
And it's funny how you fail to address my other two comments
