http://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-has-detailed-plans-for-bringing-in-younger-fans#.U6LBwm5OnQ8

What do you think of the idea? I personally thing it isn't a bad idea, but I'm not sure how they plan on making that "portal" thing available to a large audience. Hopefully they can do it right!

They already tried that with COD and it didn't work.

Well, Zombi U did a lot better than the COD games on Wii U!

I don't think attracting kids in their biggest problem. Teens and adults don't buy Nintendo consoles cause they think the games are for kids.

I think the amiibos will help with that. And I think attracting young fans is a great long term decision, and nintendo has the money to think in the long term. What platform you play on as a child often decides what you will play on when you get older.

Well, what I think is that they realize that most teens/adults are interested in other games, so they're putting some focus on the younger audience so that generation will still get the games when they're a teen/adult!

It's a tough thing to do. Nintendo games are far too difficult for some children and for many adults too.

For gaming parents wanting to get their kids into gaming, even now they are better choice than competition, so I see that as a great idea, whether their future console strategy is MSony tech parity or being must-have second console.

Sigh i will repeat myself again in the hope Nintendo reads.

They need to start making games that appeal to adults, not because the gamers will come running back but to retain kids before they out grow Nintendo. That is how they will grow their userbase and then 3rd parties will have a shot of selling games because the audience will be there.

well in theory until a new reason comes out from 3rd parties.

Part of Nintendo's problem is that now, unlike in the past, parents are playing games, too--and they're the ones buying the console. It looks like Nintendo's strategy is to go after families where only the children are interested in video-games. It's a market, sure, but that still seems short-sighted.

Their problem will always be the same. The system lacks diversity. Those who are after a variety of games, whether it's because one person likes different games or because different people in the household have different tastes, the end result is that a system like the Wii U becomes a niche product.