Ty at Aussie-Gamer writes: "It’s almost as though the articles were written in advance: another earnings release, another million opinions on the doomography of Nintendo’s predicament. Let’s all ignore the strengths of Nintendo’s full year earnings report and discuss only on our entitlement fuelled “disappointment”. Such is the state of the gaming media."
Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.
In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.
TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”
I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.
Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....
Another very weird article.
Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.
Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.
Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.
There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.
Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)
The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.
In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.
I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.
They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.
my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.
and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.
Pffft the only people afraid of change is Nintendo.
The hatred surrounding the game pad perfectly illustrates just how against change people really are.
Good article; people need to step out of their comfort zone for something other than visual gimmicks.
Enjoyable article. Haven't laughed that much in awhile.
Investors are selling Nintendo stock because revenue is down, sales are down, and profits are way down. Yes, there was a profit but one that was a fraction of what it was a year ago. Also, their guidance for the upcoming year is abysmal. They are now forecasting that in the next fiscal year, they will only sell 800,000 Wii U's. Those are PS Vita low numbers right there. And what software are they going to sell with it? The biggest title that they've been talking about for two years now is Zelda, and that isn't coming out for another year either.
Nintendo made a huge mistake a year ago in revealing that the next console was coming out soon and it was codenamed the NX. They did it out of panic because they were failing to sell hardware. But once they made that statement, they effectively killed the Wii U and any short term future it might have had. Then they came out and said the NX will be available in March 2017 (aka, don't even think about buying a Wii U now). Since it's heavily rumored to also be a handheld, don't even think about buying a 3DS either. Nintendo's wrong because they made vague declarations way too early. Then they announce that they won't talk about it at E3?? As if to say, "Screw you. We know NX is what you want to hear about, but we're only showing Zelda... which, oh yeah, won't be out for another year."
I agree foxtrot, when the change gets a resounding disapproval from the mass of gamers, its nintendo that needs to change their ways.
The wiiu will go down in history as the worst console made by them, and no the virtual boy does not count.
afraid of change? afraid of change? what a pompous egotistical thing to say, how dare you really
change isn't a good thing if something is fine the way it is, perfect example is halo, halo 1, 2, were fine, but then they introduced change and it lost over 70% of its fanbase or more