The thing is that innovation is not necessarily "riks" in all cases. I would give an innovation the riks factor if its implementation would determine the uncertain success of that the console or whatever is being tried to be pushed to the market, as was the case of the motion in the Wii which was certainly a pretty big risk.

Joysticks were already accepted in arcades, rumble was an add-on which if I remember correctly you even had to buy seperate from the controller, handhelds were already being stablished before Nintendo, etc.

But this is kind of off-topic material, isn't it? XD

Mediocre games that garner beyond amazing sales. (wii sports, wii sports resort, wii fit...)

1) I feel the need to play Mario Kart.

2) Mario is a god, link is great, samus is the goddess of war, and Donkey Kong is badass.

3) I am going back to play Mario Kart

Masters of the gaming universe.

the most overrated company of all time bar none

If you want too stay long in the business you need too think smart and if safe is what keeps you alive then so be it. But sometimes too stay alive you need to do new things and that’s what Nintendo does and everybody seems to copy them in the end. Now I am not saying they invented everything they have in consoles but they sure were the first too a lot of things and many of them are standards now.

Someone who does not take risks doesn’t create new ways too play games, they stay the same or wait for others too take the risks for them and then copies them!

And anybody calling Nintendo games rehashes has either not played them or is just plain ignorant or a fanboy. If you are only thinking about the part “oh the princess has been kidnapped again” then you clearly look at games in a shallow way.

If Nintendo games were only rehashes they would not have lasted for over 25 years. Games that play the same are those that go under. What games out there are as old and still fresh as some of the Nintendo games?

Win

For me it's that bastard Mario going "It's a-me, it's Mario!"....Douche ¬_¬

A really photogenic family all playing on the Wii together, with big fake cheesy grins on their faces.