Nintendo/Iwata's Bias Against The West

[Hedra42]

Soundwave said:

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.  

 

 

 

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  Not exclusive to Nintendo

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 (duplicate)

Donkey Kong 64

Blast Corps

Star Wars Episode I Racer Not exclusive to Nintendo

 

Versus:

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

LEGO City Undercover

Metroid Prime 3: Corruption

Excite Truck

Excite Bots

Punch-Out!

BWii2 

Mario Strikers

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Geist,

Donkey Kong Country Returns

Exite Bike World Rally

Bonsai Barber

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon,

Art Academy games,

Battalion Wars,

Pilotwings Resort

Quote as many lists of games as you like, they are only symptoms of the various breakups in partnerships. (Some corrections to the list have been made, nevertheless)

However, the issue here is that you claimed in the OP that those various breakups in partnerships is down to Iwata/Nintendo bias against western developers. Hell, just look at the topic title. Did you actually read any of the links I put in my post? Evidently not, because in them is a slew of evidence proving that it is not down to bias as you have tried to claim.