They made 3 Metroid games in the span of 5 years, why is it so hard to believe that they would make 2 DKC games especially if they had a lot of ideas they couldnt fit into the first one?

Moderator or no, I tend to call a spade a spade. His lines tend to be straight out of the Malstrom playbook, down to the insistence that anything that deviates from the playbook is a hideous waste of time and money at best, or some unholy abomination more likely. It breeds a persistent negativity almost as bad as the Nintendo haters from the other side.

I'm waiting for evidence rather than mere dismissal of my arguments. You want to talk games, let's talk games. That's part of the other thing i don't like about you. You insist that things are a certain way without pointing to evidenciary support (and no, current console sales are NOT evidentiary support in favor of this "picasso" claim)

So this isn't his fault? The blame for this must lie somewhere

Your spades sound more like whimpers tbh. And as a mod maybe you should be a bit more even keeled.

In any case, what would you rather a fan be? Someone who sticks their head in the sand and pretend a company they grew to love is making detrimental decisions that continue to prove a detriment to that business? Or speak out and voice constructive criticism? Being a 'hardcore' nintendo fan is worst than a hater or a critic. For obvious reasons.

I am most certainly a fan of Mals, but by no means am I a drone of his. At least not as much a drone of his as you may be of Nintendos.

You seem to be politically minded, so what is said to be the highest form of patriotism?

He was misquoted about his "if we miss the target, i'll resign" thing.

never said i didnt agree with it. it was a bit funny, but everything he says isnt wrong.

Fair enough. I was under the impression that he was the one who people were focusing the blame on.

I have my critiques of Nintendo, but i feel that trashing the Wii U is really not going to get anyone anywhere, since the console is what it is. Let's talk about how to right the ship rather than gleefully watching it burn so that we can later build a new ship. Certainly there are hard things to be done. To parallel American politics again, it's like all the bashing of any various environmental or business regulations: they're there, they're law, trying to get rid of them is denial of political reality, try to fix them, instead.

Calling for heads to roll at Nintendo, or even having actual heads roll, is not going to do anything. If executed recklessly, it would be worse than doing nothing.

I simply advocate for reality, rather than idealistic purity.

Part of the thing I've found not to like about you is a perspective that criticism of Nintendo is unwarranted and almost blasphemy. Console sales are most certainly evidence of games not resonating with the market. What games is there to speak of?