Double no. I agree on the controller though, minus the c-nipple...

We're talking about the same thing, ur just refusing to believe that without gimmicks NES would have never been relevant in the US.

If they go back to more traditional controllers and they have a decent UI, the NX might be much more successful.

Nintendo's roots ARE gimmicks. Lots and lots of gimmicks.

Then proving their relevancy, so people stop calling them gimmicks.

I think that they should do a Gamecube esque; i.e. a simple great controller and competitive specs

I honestly think their system would garner a ton of third party support and sell very well if they do this. enough of the 'non hardcore' gaming sort of aim. I mean I get that they are popular among casual 'play with your friends' sort of gamers but that doesn't mean they have to have a stupid controller or a system that caters to Animal Crossing

the Gamecube is a great example of a system with a lot of the family friendly party games as WELL as having some of the best graphical games of its generation that appealed tdo all ages (Wind Waker, Rogue Squadron II, Metroid Prime, etc.)

if they want to be creative thats fine but just give us a great regular controller (Gamecube one is perfect and still used) and some competitive technology. Nintendo can do whatever they want so please just DO IT

the C stick is perfect haha, have you ever actually played games that take advantage of it? in things like Smash Bros. it arguably the most important button

that controller is way less comfortable in the hands and does not anywhere near as efficient of a button layout (in my opinion). in terms of platforming and fighting games the Gamecube controller is just about perfect

I'm game. From what I hear, people who grew up on Nintendo and have moved on to PS and XB will gladly return to Nintendo if they create a mainstream console with a good controller and solid design: inside and out. ReviewTechUSA is one of those people.

the Zapper isn't a 'gimmick'. its a functional and pretty fun device that was emulated on virtually EVERY console in one form or another up to today. The Master System had a light gun as well, as did the Super Nintendo, as did the Genesis (their scope gun variation), and onward systems had more advanced 'light guns' in the Guncons and other gun game guns that essentially did the same thing

if you seriously also are implying that the R.O.B. unit pushed many NES consoles then you have no idea what you're talking about, R.O.B. was not a popular device as its game worked poorly

Nintendo dropped R.O.B. and that system bundle very early long because they had immensely more success with simply doing a regular system + zapper bundle

stop talking about things you know nothing about. just the implication that R.O.B. was any part of the NES era's success shows you have no knowledge on the topic, they didn't even continue to sell R.O.B. units much after launch

Nintendo DOES do their best when stick to their roots, AKA the NES and SNES. the only reason that the N64 and Gamecube lagged against competition is not because of doing a more traditional system but because of strange decisions by Nintendo (AKA sticking with cartridges instead of disks, and using a mini disk to battle against pirating that turned off third parties)

Nintendo has not made a regular home console without any weird choices in quite a while. if the Wii U had simply been released with higher specs and a regular controller it probably would be selling like two times better than it has

Yahoooooo, a boring industry with 3 identycal consoles!!