They also gave us Balloon Fight and Takamaru's Ninja Castle in Nintendoland. Not really a sign of anything.

Nintendo's refusal to listen to its fans is both one of its worst and one of its best qualities.

I dont think any of that has to do with Nintendo specifically listening to fans. Zelda in HD? isnt that mandatory for an HD system?

It's not always wise to listen to the fans lol. Fanboys are usually dumb, egoistic nostalgia fags. Atleast 90 % of them.

Also, you think they made the price cut cause of the fans? *facepalm*
Also they make a Zelda on every platform. Why is this listening to the fans?

The biggest issue with "listening to your fan base" is that few people actually know what they want, are qualified to judge what others want, and may not even be fans of the product to begin with so what they are asking for is usually something they wont even support.

I always point to other M as proof that most of the people crying for change in their franchises wont even support if those changes are made.

I cannot speak for people on this site but before Other M on other sites I constantly saw the same people saying Nintendo needed to advance its franchises and then when Other M came out and was changed, the very same ones calling for changed, used those changes as reasons why the game sucked and Nintendo had lost it.

To some people out there it doesn't matter what they do as a company, its always the wrong move.


Is Bayonetta 2 a good thing? I don't recall Nintendo fans asking for that one but we got it.
I would never have gone with a 2 screen console but now that I see the benefits of it I am sold. Gamers weren't asking for that one either.
I did however get to play Last Story and Pandoras Tower thanks to Nintendo listening to enough fans.
Granted they do need to listen or at least learn from other companies more. They really should have known that the jump to HD was going to require more man power if they had been paying attention to all the companies that stated it last gen.

I'm sorry, Spurge, but the best gifts Nintendo gives to its fanbase are ones that weren't asked for. Like a first-person Metroid game (pure blasphemy) or a glorious new game from a studio everyone forgot that Nintendo had bought five years prior.

To be honest, they seem to be one of the companies that listens the most these days. they just cant make things happen instantly.

Hmm, they would have made an 3D mario on 3DS without the fans asking for it. And they still are very stubborn, and I don't think they listen that much more, but there is sign of improvement.

I don't think they re listening to their fans, they almost never do but thanks to that mentality we got games like
Wind Waker, Skyward Sword, and Metroid Prime.

Region lock is still there.. so no