Nintendo made the right call.
imho they followed 4 pillars:
1. It's simple, it's fun:
it appeals for everybody.
Make a game that appeals to a very large market ( a big name ), make it fun and, finally, make it very simple, so that you start to have fun in the first 10 min.
2. Nintendo standards:
Game looks bad? The story sucks? No voice acting? Nah... It's Nintendo, it's good.
"Hardware limitations", "Nintendo focus is gameplay", "it's all about fun", "we never played X for graphics/story", etc. reasons and excuses are endless...
Thanks to their strategy, Nintendo masterfully tempered the expectations of their public, and dictated "what you can expect from Nintendo". With this, they conquered their 3 pillar.
3. It's cheap to make:
Nintendo hardware is the cheapest to make and the same goes for most of their games, they are some of the least expensive to produce.
Not only they have the least investment on visuals, but they often have no story, voice acting, etc.
4. It's cheap to sell:
Nintendo hardware is the least expensive and their games also used to be very cheap!
I think they gave up on this pillar in favor of some extra profit money.
Anyway, Nintendo is always trying to send this message here:
https://youtu.be/A9rYZfWnYJ8?si=VsQ7PhE6GS4ZwDeG
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