Among the big Japanese publishers, is Nintendo the least creatively risk-averse?

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shikamaru317 said:

Eh, I'd still say they're pretty risk averse. They're still afraid to release a 1st party M/18/Z rated game. They're also afraid to put a AAA budget behind a Pokemon game, instead choosing to make safe, iterative AA Pokemon games.

 

There’s not really anything that indicates they’re afraid to do any of that. AAA games are generally iterative... Is an “AA game” even a thing? What you have to look at is what they are doing, not what they aren’t: otherwise you  might as well say “Nintendo is afraid to make cars.” because they don’t do it: or “Nintendo is afraid to have a party in Oslo” or “Nintendo is afraid to realease an ARMS colouring book aimed at adults.”