Why is "Nintendo" used as a qualifier for games?

[Areym]

the_dengle said:

Areym said:
Nintendo, as a whole, are very kid friendly on the surface.They stick to similar themes in their games and have become pretty damn good at it. They don't venture much outside of their comfort zone.

But we can see beneath the surface. This is a gaming website for people dedicated enough to that hobby to discuss it regularly with strangers. We shouldn't be so uninformed as to assume that Zelda, Fire Emblem, Metroid, Mother, Pikmin, and Xenoblade are all "kid friendly" and all share similar themes.

And I think most of us are not so poorly informed, yet some choose to bundle these games together anyway.

True. We, dedicted gamers, know better. While I don't agree with Nintendo's approach to their consoles and some of their franchises, I know they are more than just mario or kid games. The Xenoblade and the fire emblems are great but they aren't very mainstream so most casual buyers/gamers wouldn't know they are nintendo affilieted games.