I think you are talking crap.The reason you mention are the reason I switched fron Nintendo to Sony
as Nintendo just isn't moving forward.
Same old ugly graphics ,same old Games.A recyled Mario for Wii U and some shovelwars called nintendoland-that"s very impressive?I don't think so.And looking forward there is just one interessting game:beautiful 101,and this is not developed by Nintendo,just bought.
seems,you even haven't watched the Sony press conference.Otherwise you would not talk like that.
There were several things shown that had nothing to do with graphics just like "the witness" or the stuff media molecule has shown or "knack",but there is a strange thing going on.I'm pretty sure if nintendo would have shown things like that you would be cheering:"hail nintendo,hail innovation",but if sony do so= boring.not very logical.
Now let's take a look:Nintendo legend vs reality:
Nintendo=0 new great IP's since Pikmin.(i'm not talking about casual crap like wii fit,sing star,dance this,eyetoy that etc)the only thing nintendo has done is BUYING,buying exclusiv monster hunter and dragon Quest.Recycling games and buying games:that"s improvement??lol
Sony since Pikmin released Great games with great gameplay=infamous,Sound shapes,little big planet.escape plan,heavy rain etc
and Nintendo is million miles away from releasing great things like ICO or SOTC,and they never will-that's why I don't know what you are talking about.The only company that is stuck to its mentality is Nintendo.
You can have great gameplay AND great graphics.
Or ,trying to use your metaphor:You can have a great beautiful girl that is sexy AND smart and humble without reducing her to how she looks like.Nintendo is more of the ugly girl with the perfect charackter and you pretend you are not interessted in how she looks like because you can't get a more beautiful one.But she has one huge advantags:there is no temptation to make you reduce her to a sexual object of desire as there is no temptation.
Isn't it strange that other companies can try to innovate and try to change things and they are still ignored,while Nintendo can do nothing and is still admired for innovation like this:
"Well look at Wii U.Mario can fly"
"I know,as bee or with the tanooki suit,that"s nothing new"
"no,this time as squirrel"
"well,than it is extremly innovative,though it still is the same as the suit and works 100% the same"
But I guess you are right-sequelling games like mario,animal crossing,mario etc since 10,20 or 30 years is a real great thing and not being stucked to the same old mentality.I mean:take a look at all those nintendo gamers,playing the same games since 20 or 30 years.Just take a look at the charts:still pokemon,still mario cart,still 2d mario,still 3d mario,still animal crossing-the same charts as in the 90ies.
Just watch HD games-such games are as long a rip of as long as they are produced by Sony though you can get 3games on one disc for 30dollar,but HD games are a huge innovation as soon as they are released by nintendo:1 game=full prize.
that's how nintendo innovation and nintendo fanboylogic works.
maybe nintendo feels fresh and innovative when you changed from sony to them,but having started playing with nintendo seeing all good ip's like starfox,wave race,f zero,blast dozer dissappear or die,nothing nes and only candy style games left,and half of them called mario -that's pretty boring,and neither zelda nor mario have added something new or improved gameplay or hidden depth.