Well maybe Nintendo needed to wake up and face reality... which is that people weren't gonna drop $250 on a handheld system with absolutely no compelling games just because it has a gimmicky glasses-free 3D feature.  And what a shame to have to release 3 big titles so close together... I mean imagine if M$ or Sony had to do that... oh wait, they do.   Every single year... which is why they're doing so well now, compared to Nintendo, who only release one or two notable system-sellers a year, if that.  back in '07-'08, we had Metroid, Mario, Smash, and MK all on the same system, and all within 8 months of one another.  Boy, I'd sure hate to have a lineup like that every other year... much better to release just one notable game a year and expect everyone to buy it because they're so desperate for any reason to dust off their systems.

Son of a bitch!! Where have I been, oh well. I got too much games anyway.

@wfZ  are you sure?? i could have sworn that i read that it would be ready in time for winter. and hell yes im excited, loved the original. 

thanks Nintendo for your Mercy!

And now hurry up with Paper Mario I want it by next Xmas.

You clearly has not yet played speedrun mode.

So first they had less than 10 people working on it and then they had to rush it with people from other studio - way to go for one of 3 most important games each generation on Nintendo system ;)

Actually you're right, I didn't. I shouldn't have judged the game yet. But thing is, I did not feel compelled to 100% complete DKCR. I did not enjoy some of the motion controls, and once I had beaten the final boss (which took me like 50 tries, so I can't complain it wasn't hard enough), I put it aside.

I thought most Nintendo games started with 1 or 2 persons?

With 3DS, sure. Really dumb launch strategy, too pricey, and neither a system defining new IP (like Wii Sports) nor a big established IP.

I was more speaking from Nintendo's business perspective. Price drops, new colors and bundles are tools they would have preferred sparing for later in the cycle. Good for us, just like the current first party AAA flood. But Nintendo can only produce so many top titles, and if they can't space out the release schedule, they might run into another software drought later. Let's hope not. You're definitely right about them dropping the ball 2008-2009; Wii could have become the best selling system ever, had Nintendo not fallen asleep for 2 years. 

You mentioned MS and Sony: I always thought that many of their IP's don't get enough "breathing space" in between games to really develop anticipation. Ratchet & Clank, for example... how many did they release, 4 last generation, 5 in this? That's just too much, and nobody can really be surprised that they will never reach the popularity of Mario. (Yeah I know there are always tons of Mario themed games, but mainline platformers are big events you only get every 3-5 years.)

Well, I always suspected Mario Kart 7 wasn't originally planned to be launched so early in 3DS life, because you know there was only 1 mario kart game in each nintendo console. Does this mean maybe in the future will be seeing another Mario Kart game for 3DS?

I dont think any system is doing well