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Miyamotoo on 14 July 2015
ARamdomGamer said:

the_dengle said:

Those hoping for a big shake-up at the top that results in significant changes to Nintendo's M.O. are going to be disappointed. They will appoint someone who believes in Iwata's vision for the industry, and embrace that vision whole-heartedly.

Basically this and honestly I don't mind. His vision is what gave me all these years of fun.

Agree, I liked Iwatas vision for the future.



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cainam on 14 July 2015

Making consoles that arent that powerful as their competitors is smart because it makes them cheaper and still they do what they are supposed to: did you ever hear of a Mario game that didnt work?



HollyGamer on 14 July 2015

For sure , i am curious on who will be the next Nintendo CEO, his Vision, his, goal and his philosophy, can the new CEO able to break free from the old tradition without far from Nintendo innovation and fun that been brought to us. or it will be another disaster.



asqarkabab on 14 July 2015

I hope Iwatasamas tradition remains
Having fun playing games and play it with your must loved people with your family



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Hedra42 on 14 July 2015

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WolfpackN64 on 14 July 2015

Iwata never even insinuated that powerful consoles are not good consoles. He looked to make his consoles unique, which has turned out to be a high risk/high reward strategy.

I don't think the original vision for the NX will change anyway, whatever it is.



Jumpin on 14 July 2015
Nintation360 said:

Okay we all know Nintendo has always had that "Powerful consoles don't make good consoles" spirit yata yata. Was Iwata behind that slogan?


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MegaDrive08 on 14 July 2015

Mr. Iwata has already set the foundations for Nintendo's future, with the coming NX, the toys to life market with Amiibo, the mobile market with Dena, getting into theme parks with Universal, will all stem from this man.



 

HoloDust on 14 July 2015

I don't think anything significant will change in short term. If NX is hybrid that launches in 2016, then perhaps potential 9th gen home console in 2018/9 will be different and actually compete for same audience as MSony's next-gen offerings.

And please people, stop abusing word fun, what is fun for me might not be fun for you and vice versa.



zelmusario on 14 July 2015
midrange said:
zelmusario said:


Pretty much this, I'd say. Nintendo has always made games that were purely fun and THAT is what I think of when I think of Nintendo. I don't think of how cool the console looked, or how comfortable the controller feels, or how awesome the graphics are, or how great the online works. I think of how happy I am or how alive I feel when playing a Nintendo game. 

I think that's what Iwata brought to Nintendo (besides pure innovation) and as long as they pick a CEO with that vision, I'll be satisfied. They can give me a controller that's shaped like a microwave and I'd still buy the system if the games were fun. 

Or you can have a console that has both good hardware and good software (ps4 as an example).

The thing is, the controller design, the graphics limitations, the console design, and the online capabilities are all hardware decisions not software decisions. All of the work that goes into this is done by Nintendo's hardware division. Meanwhile all the fun games are being made by the software decision.

so why is the Wii u an issue? Because Nintendo's hardware division invested time and money into a gimmicky tablet over actual next generation specs. Fun games would be made regardless of the hardware, but there is no denying that forcing a gimmick at the expense of a good cpu/gpu has caused major setbacks and limitations to all developers on the Wii u.

hopefully the next CEO sees that decent specs and good development tools should be the main priority over gimmicks

Yeah, you're definitely right that you can have both and I should've clarified that I PREFER your take on it, but it's not what I actually need or even expect from Nintendo. I think Iwata did a lot to raise the standard and accessibility for Nintendo, but the casualization of the games took over as well as a byproduct. 

I'd love to see a next-gen Nintendo system with great specs that really brings the games into the modern age. I still think it will take awhile (maybe another generation) for them to get there, though. And for now, I'm fine with that. I do think the next console will be an improvement over the Wii U in that it'll be more 3rd party-friendly, at least. That would help. 



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