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Volterra_90 on 06 November 2016
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Kai_Mao said:
Volterra_90 said:

Yep, that's what I mean. Honestly, I don't know what was the thought process of the developers while working on these games. That's one of the reasons I don't tend to use the term "cashgrab". Because I'm not sure what was the intention behind the releases. Being legitimately what they wanted to do, artistically speaking, or being an easy way to make money. I can make a wild guess, but it would be probably unfair. It's hard, or impossible, the attention that people involved in those games put into them. 

My point is that we don't really know if those games were made because they feel like it as developers. If that's the case, good for them. If they were made as easy cashgrab, shame on them. We can only value their quality in the end. I'm not happy with some games Nintendo has released lately, but if that's what they legitimately wanted to do... I can't really say anything. Just criticize the games, since I think some of them don't meet a minimum standard of quality. 

Nevertheless, I think this gen proved that Nintendo fans are actually pretty vocal and critic with the company, which is not bad if it's constructive. I already knew that, but it always pisses me off when I read the opposite.

And I get it, not EVERY game Nintendo has made has been hits. They're no different to every other company. They've had their share of duds like Ice Climber, Yoshi's Universal Gravitation, amiibo Festival, etc. This gen has not been the kindest to Nintendo. Its unfortunate, but what's done is done. I also don't mind fans being constructive as long as its not trolling, hating, or "I'm glad they deserve this" type of attitude.

If a bad game got bad sales, it is what it is as fans voted with their wallet. The same fans sometimes also vote with their wallets when low sales happen to even good games as I mentioned so its not always one way or another. Another example of a great game with low sales was Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE. It's been like that for every generation.

Also, it's Nintendo way of doing things. They're always shaking things in its most famous franchises, despite of the somewhat... unbelievable believe (he) that they're conservative. They've suceedes at times, but they've also failed. I appreciate that they try to do different things, even if the results are sometimes questionable. I think that the times they hit the right spot kind of compensate those times when they earned Nintendo's fandom anger. Not blaming the fandom since the criticisms are understandable most of the time. But I think that the same spirit which gives them the balls to make a game no-one asked in the fandom, with a not great outcome like Color Splash; is also the same that gave us games like Splatoon.