Feelings are irrelevant when they fly in the face of fact. You only felt like you weren't Nintendo's target demographic because you bought into a myth perpetuated by people trying to attack Nintendo. The fact that you were still the target of their flagship games shows that you were actually a part of their target audience.
As for their finest hour. It's not 2017, but (so far) 2007.
2006 and 2007 saw far greater growth demand, and also saw Nintendo's market cap peak at an astounding 85 billion USD (https://www.cnet.com/uk/news/nintendo-market-value-tops-85-billion/). around the time they launched Super Mario Galaxy. Nintendo had a meteoric rise in popularity:
1. April 2005 to March 2006: 21.5 Million
(8M GBA, 11.5M DS, 2M GC)
2. April 2006 to March 2007: 34.5 Million
(6M Wii, 0.5M GC, 4.5M GBA, 23.5M DS)
3. April 2007 to March 2008: 50.5 Million
(18.5M Wii, 30.5 Million DS, 1.5M GBA)
4. April 2008 to March 2009: 58 Million
(26M Wii, 31M DS, 1M GBA)
Nintendo's finest hour was a decade ago.
If they can top that, it's to be seen in the future. They haven't yet.
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