Reggies Thoughts on Nintendo Going Third Party.

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Barkley said:

Azzanation said:
Reggie telling the fanboys who's boss. Good on ya Reg. Innovation is the only reason I'm interested in the Switch. Unlike the simple PCs like PS4 and XB1 which offer 1 or 2 good exclusives a years which can be played on any device if they wanted them to, due to there games lacking innovations. Maybe Sony and Xbox should go 3rd party that way Nintendo can continue to innovate.

That's kind of hillarious, how many of the greatest Nintendo titles actually rely on these "innovations".

Super Mario Galaxy? No

You use the IR pointer to collect star bits, you can shoot the star bits at enemies as well, you waggle the Wii mote to perform the spin attack, and you use motion control for the star ball levels and surfing on the manta ray. There's even more, but that's the general gist. 

Breath of the Wild? No

That's a launch game which is a Wii U port. It was going to make use of the two screens of the Wii U, but Aonuma decided to scrap that idea after they decided on a Switch port. The other Zelda games on the Wii U made use of the two screens though. 

Mario Kart? No

You can control Mario Kart with the motion control. 

Pokemon? No

Pokémon is made by Gamefreak, not Nintendo. 

Animal Crossing? No

Animal Crossing makes use of street pass. 

Fire Emblem? No

Almost every Nintendo game would be perfectly viable on ps4/xbo/pc.

If Nintendo had actually innovated in any meaningful succesful way in the past decade maybe Reggie would have some sort of a point, but regardless he avoided the main question and didn't address what's best for Nintendo itself once. The debate was a joke.

And you ignore many games that do make good use of these innovations like Skyward Sword, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Splatoon, Super Mario Maker, Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Warioware, etc.