Nintendo "thinking" too much about things isn't necessarily a great thing.
No thinking: Lets just make a Super NES successor with a CD drive + upgraded chipset
Too much thinking: Nah, we're going to skip CDs and use cartridges only. We thought about it and load times are bad, mmm ky?
No thinking: Lets make a powerful disc based competitor to the PS2. It'll have sequels to Mario 64 and Zelda: OoT and more Rare games.
Too much thinking: And lets take that idea, and make the console purple, we'll use DVDs, but make them mini-sized instead. Oh and lets put Mario on a tropical island and cartoonize Zelda. Oh and lets sell Rare to a competitor. Oh and that SNES button layout that we invented? Yeah we're going to totally change that even though no one asked for it.
Nintendo's strengths are making great video games. Their decision making/thought process when it comes to the design/marketing of hardware however leaves *a lot* to be desired, they're often goaded into making bizarre decisions if left to their own devices.
