Heh

I gave up on Nintendo after the N64 was basically booboo. And then following afterward, the pretty much did the same thing with the Gamecube: release the same 1st party games and then have horrible 3rd party support. Now we have the Wii. I thought it was funny and nonsensical to call it two GCs duct taped together before....but now after 2.5 years on the market, being two GCs applies to more than graphics.

The Wii, to me, is one half GC with the same first party titles we come to expect and the other half being the second GC, which is the casual/shovelware games. So yeah, it is two Gamecubes, with the second Cube being an array of crap that I don't care about, and the first Cube being the Nintendo games I lost interest in 10 years ago.

Say what you will. Call out SMG or MP3 or Twilight Princess. Nintendo's staple first party isn't going to get me to buy that another one of their consoles, and the direction they're taking with Wii Fit and Wii Sports and the like isn't helping either. Their only solution is: MAKE NEW IPS. And I mean GAMES. New action, new adventure, new strategy, new fighter, etc. Don't just rehash the same old games and expect me to be wowed. Why can't Nintendo do now, what they did back in the early 90s with the SNES?

I am asking older gamers who stopped playing nintendo at some point why they stopped. Its that simple. or if you still play I asked why. Alot of people move on from nintendo to other systems when they get older, I did and many of my friends did. I don't care how popular nintendo is with young people. Thats the point, I was young played and loved nintendo than moved on as a teenager. A very common occurance. Still I'm not saying nintendo sucks I'm just noticing a trend. Peace!!!

Fine words I couldn't agree more.

I didn't, since you ask.

I was never really a nintendo fan other than owning an NES and loving it until the Wii and DS came out, so I'm in the minority on here.

if you haven't noticed yet, the market tends to follow franchaises these days instead of original IPs, very rarely does original IPs do well, look at the amount of sequels you get on any system, whichever party they might be, you are stuck in the same trap no matter which console you like or dislike, moot, but if you don't care, then you don't care =).

oh? and how old are you exactly? are you sure you are really older than the supposed kids you are referring to? or you are just desprately trying to seperate youself from them?

After E3 2008.

When I bought N64 and then I saw final fantasy VII and Resident Evil for Playstation that was like back in '97.