Exactlly, ALL these are shooters =D

You know what I mean, it is cool to have a company that doesn´t need a bloody military (space) shooter as a flagship title. We need all companies, but Nintendo is always the target of bashing, so they are the one I am defending.

Fair, you haven´t said they are not important, I assumed, and for that I apologize. But, I still think it will be a very dark and sad day when Nintendo goes under or multiplataform, look at SEGA, the once unstoppable inovator is now a mere shadow of it´s former self.

For sure, Sony and MS would do games to appeal to Nintendo fans, and there would be Mario games here and there, but it would not be the same. I don´t want a gaming industry where everyone is afraid to try things in a different way or not to follow the fashion, Nintendo around help to keep things fresh.

In terms of the technology used, true. But Nintendo was the ones who showed the market possibilities when you make motion the centerpiece of the entire hardware rather than an accessory like EyeToy or a Guitar Hero-instrument. That's why we see Microsoft fully embrace the concept of motion tracking (in general) as something central when using Xbox One, now that it's not as much of a crazy idea as it was before Nintendo went crazy and made the Wii.

Sure, emulation has been possible a long time, but from a market standpoint; utilizing digital distribution to sell those old games again was a great idea courtesy of Nintendo. Instead of just making hardware backwards compatible to make transitions between consoles smoother you essentially put old games back on the market (= $$$), making money not just from added value to the hardware but actually having previously unavailable content (legally) made easily available on your new platform. Sony and Microsoft would've probably done it eventually, but not that quickly and perhaps not that successfully.

Exactly my point. People were saying the same thing as you about Sega when they were still a hardware manufacturer. Now they're not, and yet the industry is as strong as ever.

There are plenty of studios that inovate as much, if not more than Nintendo, so your last point is kind of a non-issue.

I doubt you care what I think, since I'm apparently a mentally defective pre-teen screaming at people on Xbox Live for some reason. But here goes:

Your first argument--about how Nintendo saved the industry in the 80's--doesn't really mean much in a 2014 market. Back then, Nintendo was the face of gaming, with the NES as the undisputed king. Now, the gaming landscape is much bigger and more fragmented. Not only do you have multiple companies competing with Nintendo in the console space, but you also have handhelds, browser games, a resurgent PC market, and smartphone and tablet gaming. There have never been so many options avaliable to people who want to play games, and with the rise of the indie scene the big publishers and hardware makers are no longer the gatekeepers they once were. Thus I have a hard time seeing how it can't survive if one company exits the business.

And in case you were wondering, I've never played COD or Battlefield before, and I'm in my mid 20s. And while I don't think the industry NEEDS Nintendo more than any other company, I would be very upset if they went under--mainly because they serve as a counterweight to the sort of industry excesses that Sony and Microsoft are happy to go along with.

We never had to worry about the WiiU being always-online or blocking used games--something that Nintendo didn't get nearly enough credit for when the Xbox One was first revealed. Nor is the WiiU meant to be a funnel for other non-gaming services Nintendo wants to push use towards. There is no "Nintendo Music Unlimited", they aren't trying to condition us towards cloud gaming, and they aren't trying to push exclusive Zelda TV shows or Nintendo-branded fantasy football apps. Plus their games are complete experiences, as opposed to being "games as a service" or DLC delivery packages.

Call me old fashioned, but I honestly don't give a shit about a lot of the non-gaming functionality in these boxes. PCs and mobile phones often do a better job with them anyway, and more and more of them are being built into smart TVs as it is. Hell, I heard recently that Toshiba is going to have PC gaming streaming built into their smart TVs this year. Thus it's nice having Nintendo around as a purely game-centric company, as opposed to the unwieldly electronics behemoths of Sony and Microsoft.

The industry will be a lesser place without Nintendo. But it will survive, one way or another.

I agree with everything you said. Of course video games are here to stay, but I think Nintendo is still charming and appealing enough to be vital in the industry, and I like the fact that they make a real effort to have a diferent console, love it or hate it, the WII was unique, and the WiiU is pretty unique as well. 

So, I want to see Nintendo around, always doing this: making left turns and shaking things up.

Yes, gaming survived, but it sure as hell was a sad thing to lose them =/

The thing is, their amazing games were really awesome because they were only playable on Sega, that made them extra special.  So everytime you turned on your Master System, you had all these very diferent experiences than the ones you had on your Nintendo, this was pretty awesome.

That is, actually, why I love Sony exclusives so much.

But, yes, your counterpoint was very valid and well made.

As do I, which is the main reason I don't want them to go third party. While I would love nothing more than being able to play Pokemon on the Vita, I don't want Sony and Microsoft to be the only ones dictating the direction of the dedicated hardware market. It's bad enough that mobile phones have eaten into the handheld market as it is.

ok, let's assume it's true, how did they gather that audience? because if they mainly did it with wii-fit, mario, and loyal nintendofollowers from the 8-16bit era i doubt it has much of an positive impact towards changing soceitys view of gaming from waste of time to worth the time.

Spoken like a true gamer, i am a Nintendo enthusiast but i have admiration for what Sony and Microsoft bring to the industry. Its nice to see somebody actually acknowledge why Nintendo are so important to the industry as well. Its nice to see a pro Nintendo thread coming from a fan of the competition.