Nintendo should spend a lot of money on advertising download delivery of 3DS titles, they should charge less for download titles, and they should make a phone/ handheld / tablet device (obviously which includes traditional controls).

They should also fight long and hard to ensure the best indy devs get maximum incentive for development on 3DSWare, and they should advertise 3rd party titles if 3rd party companies neglect to do so (temporarily atleast).

And OP is neglecting a pretty major factor in terms of the current handheld (traditional) market, the 3DS owns 85% of it.

Wii and DS were beasts, their performance was just above any previous mark. Nintendo is not doing bad, it's not great tho.

You are overestimating E3, Nintendo will be able to perform well even if they have a mediocre presentation in June.

Nintendo has had unimpressive E3 conferences in the past, and yet here they are. If they don't impress, they may not exactly thrive this year. But they won't be down for the count by a long shot.

It's irrelevant, though, because Nintendo is going to dominate E3 this year. Count on it.

"Buried in reams of financial data is the revelation that Nintendo have 812.8 billion Yen (£6.7/$10.5 billion) in the bank - enough for it to take a 20 billion Yen loss (£163/$257 million) every year until 2052. Then there's almost 469 billion Yen (£3.8/$6.0 billion) held in premises, equipment and investments. When that runs out - we're in the year 2075 by this point - they've got some of the most valuable intellectual property in gaming to sell off before the company goes out of business."

If a building burns, do we all suffer?

Sorry but Final Fantasy changes more from an episode to another than Mario or Zelda in their entire history.

Even Call of Duty add more changes than mario games do.

As for Gran Turismo, where is the problem to have one iteration per gen? Do you think people should play Gran Turismo 1 eternally? Even 2 GT per gen (which was the case so far) looks far more resonable than releasing a mario game every 6 months...

Alright, I'll bite.

Do you hear yourself? Mario's name and image is used for a lot of games, but they are VERY different games. 2D Platformers, 3D Platformers, JRPGs, Sports, Racing, Party/Mini-game -- Mario has a lot of bases covered. It's not like there's a new 3D platformer every year. Certainly not every 6 months.

And you obviously haven't played more than a single Zelda game. You mean to tell me that Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2 are more different from one another than The Legend of Zelda (NES) is from Skyward Sword? Really? No two Zelda games are the same. Generally they change a LOT from one game to the next. Try Adventure of Link and Majora's Mask and tell me the latter is a rehash of the former.

Mario games change more than just their levels, too. Look at Mario 64, Mario Sunshine, Mario Galaxy. They control differently, which is kind of a big deal for platformers. The only Mario game that didn't really change a lot from its predecessor was Galaxy 2 -- and people were practically begging for it.

Pretty much agree 100%.  Nicely sums up exactly what I was going to point out.

Sure, Final Fantasy's characters and stories are completely different from game to game, but its mechanics are largely indistinguishable from one another.  Despite that Mario and Zelda feature the same characters and (often) the same setting from game to game, there's far more gameplay variety in their lineage.

at what point of my post did I say that the games suck? I merely pointed out popular franchises get milked by the industry and not just Nintendo.

Also, main stream mario games is also 1-2 per gen on each platform.

I will add something.

 It is nearly impossible for a hostile take over. Nintendo itself owns about, if not over, half their stock. A few years ago they bought up quite a bit with the money they where making with the Wii and DS. So if for some obsured reason they release that stock they are in a position where