I'm different where I complete games that I enjoy and want to complete, and finish a game when I reached the end. If there is more to complete in a game, and I don't care much for it, then I will pass it, but I don't really like a system that reminds me that I didn't complete a game and gives me a percentage on it.

If it was actual achievements I would enjoy them.. but for most part it's just something you get when you progress in the game without doing anything special.

Achievements belong back in 2005 - as the fad that deserved to die. They are easy to come across and run off your skin like water, why? Because they are generally superficial and nothing worth noting either way, hence contradicting the meaning of the word's nature itself. Developers are not the ones to try and decide what moments are memorable in a game; that's up to the individual player with his/her perspective hopefully unrestrained by previous clichés.

The only thing they have managed to do so far is distort a serie of semantics.

It was a missed opportunity on Nintendo's part to not include a trophy/achievement system in the Wii U or 3DS. I can understand some people not liking this type of system, but if they were to provide an option to turn off trophy notifications, like on Playstation systems, then you wouldn't have to worry about it. I, along with many others, find that trophies & achievements add additional value to the gaming experience.

I'll begrudgingly admit that achievements can be fun - I particularly like the new-ish achievement system when it comes to Android games. That said... it's highly doubtful anyone considers achievements when making a purchase on a game or system.

As many others stated Nintendo and third parties have experimented with stamps and various achievement posts on Mii-verse (i.e. Batman Arkham Origins, Deus Ex). I actually think this method is more affective form of achievement - you're automatically sharing your cool deeds out to the world as it happens for people to comment on and such. It does need to have wider implementation though.

Arkham achievement!

Cap Toad achievement!

Basically there are two crowds here: those who understand that new features cost money, and time to produce and those who don't. Why would Nintendo waste R&D resources on achievements, when they have plenty of other things they can put the resources into which will more obviously translate into revenue? Anyway, I honestly couldn't care any less about achievements/trophies. I didn't care about them when I played PS360 games and had active online accounts, and I don't care about their presence on Steam (and other services) with my PC games. The NIntendo games that do benefit from rewards have them do useful things (you can unlock content with them) - see: Metroid Prime 3 and Xenoblade Chronicles.

Wow, lots of achievement/trophy haters in here.

Totally fine to have your opinions, but there are plenty of people that love achievements and play for them. For me personally, I still feel the same excitement and accomplishment I did back in 2005 when that achievement pops up.

And yes, Nintendo is missing the boat, behind the times, just like they are on so many other fronts. Maybe Nintendo will add achievements after they add party chat.

The average gamer is not like that and it doesn't change the fact a lot of nintendo fans would like a system like that.  That's my point.

I forgot about stamps for a while there. I wish they had stamps for more than just games made by Nintendo. But I don't need them and I especially don't need achievements or trophies. I either beat the game or I don't... it's that simple.

I think you are overgeneralizing this. Where do you base your claims on this comment? Many Ninten fans seems to oppose it as well, including me. Many of the comments from fans on this thread seem to be against that too, the comment about achievement and trophies being a good thing seems to be more from people who don't primarily plan on Ninten consoles.