With the announcement of the new 3DS Zelda and previously Animal Crossing, Zelda OoT 3D, Zelda Wind Waker HD, Donkey Kong Country, and many more, which are all practically remakes: what does this say about the direction Nintendo has taken? Just about every Nintendo game lately harkens back to the olden days. I know some people will love it but remember the N64? Nintendo was miles beyond any developer at that time, with games that were absolutely mindblowing, cutting edge and just perfect. Playing Nintendo games now feels like a trip down to memory lane. And it bores me to death.

Is this a case of unable or unwilling to blow people's minds? 'Cause the last time I was blown away by a Nintendo game was Super Mario Galaxy, which was truly innovative and clever. Almost everything after seems like polished up old games.

Bayonetta 2 was a pretty huge surprise

It's a case of: they sell and Nintendo likes making money--glad I could crack this devilishly difficult case.

On our next exciting episode, ECM is hot on the Case of the Clueless Message Board Poster (Part MMMMMMMMMMMMMXIII).

 (In other news, when Nintendo innovates massively (see: Wii, Nintendo), they get s*** on; when they give the masses what they want they get...s*** on so please tell me why catering to what *you* consider "mind blowing" should be even a remote concern? *Nothing* they do is going to be appreciated by the gaming literati, so it's probably best if they do what they do best--make fun games that millions enjoy.)

What about Kid Icarus: Uprising? I'm pretty sure no one would have expected Nintendo to move the IP into the HnS/Rail Shooter genre (although simplified). The story was suprisingly deep, the characters were well developed and the humor was awesome. Nintendo totally blew my expectations away with this game^^

LOL Nintendo hasn't had gamers and casuals alike since the mid 90's. Last gen for them was pretty much 90% casuals. They need to look at their competition and see how important first party all the way to third party is. 

Good job--you get an A for indugling in non sequitur, now would you care to address my points?

As if all other companies reinvent the wheel all the time. :/

I'm talking about Nintendo developed games. Bayonetta is a Sega game. I'm also not expecting it to make a big splash whatsoever.

" (In other news, when Nintendo innovates massively (see: Wii, Nintendo), they get s*** on; when they give the masses what they want they get...s*** on so please tell me why catering to what *you* consider "mind blowing" should be even a remote concern?)"

I was responding to that.

I rest my case.