— Nintendo Enthusiast:
The Nintendo Switch's 2017 line-up isn't incredibly large, but there are a lot of guaranteed system sellers in the mix. Nintendo really has properly planned the launch of its new home system.
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.
Time will tell
I'm hoping Bomberman is going to be good.
SnipperClips looks like a lot of fun for my wife and I to play together.
Super Mario Odyssey releases this year too and I've been waiting for a 3D Mario game for 3-4 years(since 3D World).
Arms is a game my wife wants but I'm not too sold on it yet until I see more; and luckily, they still got time to show more of it to convince me(although I'll probably pick it up for the wife anyways if she really wants it)
The amount of indies flocking to it is a really nice sign in my eyes.
Indies are the ones that are in the most danger of a shutdown from financial risks, since many of them don't have anywhere near as much capital as a AAA dev, like EA, does to fling around, even despite the lower budgets their projects usually have, so seeing so many wanting to bring their games to Switch makes me happy.
I'll probably be investing in quite a few, but Binding of Issac Afterbirth + will probably be the first on my list.
We aren't even at launch yet, let alone E3 which is where the bigger surprises get unveiled, and the first year of games is already looking to be spread out much better than the Wii U, and with less shovelware to boot, with higher quality titles, outside of FIFA and 12Switch.
Can't say I'm happy about the state of their online subscription plans, but the lineup makes up for a lot, especially as a lover of action-adventures and RPG's.
It's promising?
expensive peripherals, games that are already available on the wiiu, or old ports, no online explanation other than paid service with no free games (other than monthly trials) and no idea how it will work, will you have to have android or iOS etc, can you hear game audio and chat out of both ears?. Granted mario odysee looks fun, but i'm not going to shell out $430 (switch + pro controller + a game to play) just to play one game.
I really want switch to succeed, nintendo has so much potential if they'd invest in network infrastructure and hardware, i'd love to buy one, i just don't see how its worth it right now, maybe in a year or 2.