| Hedra42 said: So, as you can see, rather than there being a bias against the west on the part of Nintendo/Iwata, and rather than Iwata deliberately distancing Nintendo from Western developers, it seems to be the other way around. In fact, the only bias I'm seeing, is that of the OP against Nintendo/Iwata. The distance between Nintendo and western developers is, I realise, a fact, not a message, but it has been used to put forward the argument that Iwata is behind the chasm between Nintendo and western developers, and that it is entirely Nintendo's fault. There is plenty of evidence in this thread now to show that is not the case.
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You don't think Iwata has anything do with this, or that there is no visible shift in philosophy here ...
N64 era under Howard Lincoln/Yamauchi/Arakawa (1996-end of 1999):
Killer Instinct Gold
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire
GoldenEye
Diddy Kong Racing
Tetrisphere
The New Tetris
Banjo-Kazooie
NBA Courtside starring Kobe Bryant
NBA Courtside '98
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Jet Force Gemini
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB
Ken Griffey Jr. MLB Slugfest
Cruis’n’ USA
Cruis’n’ World
Pilotwings 64
Waiale Country Club Golf
Command & Conquer
Jet Force Gemini
Donkey Kong 64
Blast Corps
Star Wars Episode I Racer
Versus:
Wii U (2012-end of 2015 projected):
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
LEGO City Undercover
Wii (2006-end of 2009):
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Excite Truck
Excite Bots
Punch-Out!
BWii2
Mario Strikers
Then I'll just say ... we'll agree to disagree. I don't buy the narrative that Iwata is the poor vicitim here or this happened unintentionally under his watch.
The fact is Nintendo should have even MORE Western developed games today than even during the N64 era.
Between 2000-2001, the N64 would recieve another 8 Western developed games from Nintendo or tied to Nintendo, so in those dying years of the N64, it received the same number of Western developed games than the paltry eight we can list for the Wii + Wii U combined.
