Given the trailers Mario Kart 8 = FZero!

Skyward Sword wasn't bad cause of the motion controls, it was dissapointing cause of the overworld. , how the flying worked, you had nothing to do besides skyloft and the main quest. Also backtracking.

Also Sticker Star had turn based battle, it was just handled different. You had to cllect your skills. Sticker Star isn't well received cause of the length and the level structure.

Everybody says that TTYD is the best but I don't see why...I guess I'm just different.

64 > SS > SPM > TTYD

you could play Wipeout in the meantime.

Except perhaps the Vita. I don't think that thing is really attracting any business at all. :P

It's the ongoing problem of developer capacity at Nintendo, especially when you need the biggest studios focused on the games that are really going to move hardware. Franchises like F-Zero, Starfox, and Metroid get caught out in the cold with no-one out there dedicated to making them work.

As Viper said, the new R&D building will help with that, though we likely won't see the fruits of that labor until late in this generation.

I implied no such thing. I pointed out my understanding of the way he thinks and works, and how he approaches a game.

There is a massive difference between game designers of HIS generation, who did not grow up with video games even existing, and thus are not "gamers" or big gaming fans. And the up and coming younger generation of designers, who DID grow up with video games, ARE video game fans, etc. On the one hand, one would assume that being big fans of gaming, that somehow that would make you a better designer. But actually I find it might  be the complete opposite, meaning that those older designers who are not big gamers, approach it (in many cases at least) more creatively. I think a lot of modern designers tend to use elements of games they grew up loving, they tend to try and put new twists on things that already have been done, that already exist. Whereas someone like Miyamoto, who is not a gamer, thinks "outside the box" when it comes to gaming.

You say I was implying that he was "disconnected from the market".........in a sense, while that's NOT was I was personally implying at all, from a certain perspective I suppose that could be true. If, by being disconnected from the market, you mean following trends and doing what other developers are doing. A big part of the reason Nintendo games have that certain uniqueness to them that sets them apart from other games, is specifically because of Miyamoto's ideas and imput, the fact that he approaches things from an "outside the market" perspective. I just think that perhaps sometimes he doesn't think so much in terms of "oh this worked for that other game, perhaps we should try it",  more that he thinks of some idea he personally finds neat, and tries to find a way to impliment that into a game. He cares more about trying to create a new gameplay concept than he does about making big cinematic games. I think that's always more or less been the case.

Yes, but on the positive side of that, late-generation games are almost ALWAYS the best, in terms of taking full advantage of the hardware.

an f-zero re boot would work anyway imo

best case scenario is a downloadable f-zero title for the fans, theres not a right lot you can do with it it simply wouldnt translate into a good game unlike mario kart

I will outright say it, while Miyamoto is a visionary and probably one of the top 3 most important people in the history of console video games, I think he is more used to dictating the tide rather then following or completely understanding it.

He is more of an artist in the classic sense, making his art not for anyone in particular but as an expression of himself. This wasn't that big of an issue until he got older, with more power and literally no one in the company could tell him no. Not saying he still isn't one of the best at what he does but from a business standpoint he is less concerned about playing for the crowd and more about what he would want.