A look at games that Nintendo published since 2002

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RolStoppable said:

ckmlb, first you criticise the 2007 list, but completely forget about DS games and Final Fantasy VI for GBA.

Second, the actual quality of the games is meaningless in this thread.

Third, japanese games are in the lists of previous years as well.

Fourth, point 5 in my first post address the issue that I could have missed some VC games (I guess Dragon's curse and Bravoman?).

Fifth, point 8 in my first post states that 2007 data is of course still incomplete.

Sixth, this list wasn't made to reassure myself or others, it was made to show how many games Nintendo published and which.

Seventh, listing games from 2002 makes sense, it's helpful to get an idea how many core games Nintendo made before their new approach.

Eigth, if you want to bring evidence that Nintendo is abandoning the core gamer market, look at the games list of 2002 or 2003, list the number of core games in there and then compare this number to the number of core games Nintendo made in 2006, since 2007 is as said before incomplete.

1. Because I am specifically criticizing the Wii games, yes I ignored DS and GBA.

2. So it's about quantity and not quality? that sounds like a pretty bad idea to me.

3. Like I said, I was only discussing 2007 so I don't care about the years previous and their Japanese games.

4. VC games should not be counted in this list and as you said you missed a few and included them.

5. These are the games of 2007, Nintendo isn't going to announce any more big games for the rest of 07 for the Wii, we know the lineup now.

6. Why make the list if you were so sure about Nintendo supporting Core gamers?

7. It's irrelevant what games Nintendo was publishing before this new casual centric philosophy that they have because there was no Wii back then. Using a big number of old games as an example of where Nintendo is going in the future is futile.

8. By saying that the core game numbers in 2002-2003 are comparable to 2007 would be to ignore that the total number of games was smaller in those two years compared to 07 which is why the number of core games are close. 

Total 2002 games on the GC in the US: 12

Total 2003 games on the GC in the US: 12

Total 2007 games on the Wii in the US: 17