It’s About Time Gamers Show Nintendo Some Respect

Weird. We’re in the seventh generation of gaming, and the company that has brought us the most innovation, the one that has sold twice as many consoles as the other two companies combined, its games are always amongst the best selling of all time, and at E32010, once again took gaming to another level with the unveiling of its new handheld, is the same company that receives the least amount of respect from gamers.

This should stop now.

[TheBuIIetSponge]

They offer nothing for me, no thanks.

[Abriael]

"respect" is a big word, and reeks of fanboyism.
"appreciation" might be more appropriate. Yet, I appreciate companies that offer products that I can enjoy.

Nintendo, at the moment, simply doesn't. So i feel no appreciation, and most definitely no "respect" for them.

[AAACE5]

It's about time Nintendo started showing gamers some respect!

[dalibor]

Well companies do change over time but imo Nintendo was not what it was back in the NES/SNES/N64 days. Is that a bad thing? No and yes. Could it be us gamers who are the ones that changed? Sure why not. I mean as you grow older you tend to like different things. I just don't like what N did with the Wii, it is motion gaming system firsthand and than what have you. Not everybody digs that.

[Abriael]

exactly Dalibor.

I've grown, and while other game developers grew up with me, continuing to give me games that I can appreciate, Nintendo didn't grow. Quite the opposite, lately they became even more childish.

While I'm sure others appreciate that kind of offering mostly due to a feeling of nostalgia, it simply doesn't entertain me. If i want to entertain my nostalgia, I still have my nes, snes, genesis, dreamcast... I have no need for the CURRENT Nintendo that simply refuses to evolve.

Maybe Miyamoto enjoys remaining a kid forever. I don't, and my evolved tastes now require a different level of involvement that Nintendo games don't offer.

[sikbeta]

Nintendo used to have my respect in the days of the SNES, the N64 and the GC with a major decline every Generation, now I don't care about what they do anymore, I'm not dismissing those great game I played while I was growing, but N choose to deliver the same every gen and I choose to move on and experience new games and have a huge variety...

[earthbounding]

If you had a Wii you'd know that what you're saying is false. I don't think I even have to mention the most recent games released and announced, do I?

[guzman]

@Abriael: If your "evolved tastes" involve the flavors of ass and dick with a side of cunt-like pretentiousnes, then avoiding Nintendo games is the right thing for you.

[darksied]

Exactly my thinking. I don't give a crap about numbers, I care about the games. I "respect" the gaming machines that let me play the games I want. I like the games on the 360, so I respect Microsoft. I like the games on PS3, so I respect Sony. I do NOT like the games on the Wii, because they're not geared to me (shovelware + rehashes + kiddie games for the most part), so I don't respect Nintendo; they haven't given me a reason to offer them any respect. Their inability to offer even half the experience you can get from a Gears of War or Infamous, or Mass Effect type game means I have no time for them.

Maybe if I was still in my early teens and the Wii was around, then MAYBE (but even the Nintendo games back then were more mature). But I'm 30 now, and I have no time for the games they're offering. So no, no respect for Nintendo's Wii.

[Abriael]

@earthbounding; sorry to burst your big bubble mate, but as an hardcore mate i own all the current consoles (and several of the past ones), both home and portables, plus a very decent gaming PC of course.

What Nintendo offers to a gamer that shares my tastes can only be identified as "too little too late", on the side of a whole ton of shovelware and rehashing of old franchise that I appreciated when I was 15, but simply don't spark my imagination or any feeling other then boredom now.

99% the games on the Wii that interest me, for instance, are NOT produced by Nintendo: Sky Crawlers, No More Heroes, Sakura Wars...
Obviously every single time i play games like those, I have that little lingering sensation from the fact that if their developers/publishers were smart, they would have been better placed on other consoles with a different target, would have sold more, and would have looked TONS better on top of it.

The love for those games, actually, reduces my respect for Nintendo, because their horrible marketing focused on casual, kids and elders actually destroys any real chance for success that those more core-oriented involving games might have.

@guzman: you're the perfect prototype of the rabid nindendo fanboy, so much in love with a brand that didn't bring anything new to the table in 15 years that any criticism necessarily triggers a storm of foul language and hate.

There are many people out there that simply don't like what Nintendo makes. Get over it, they won't love Mario and Zelda no matter how much you insult them.

You're entirely free to prostrate yourself towards Kyoto every day at noon, and light a candle in front of your Miyamoto altar.
We're entirely free not to care.

[turok]

... at ur attempt to hide ur fanboyism. they brought nothing? kufufufu wut foolishness is this Im reading? They literally forced motion controls to actually be relevant this gen. they don't evolve? I'll agree as far as ip goes all they do is really rehash but they rehash better than anyone in this business and thats a fact. But this is where the agreeing ends as far as evolution. They introduced the rumble pack, analog stick. one of the few companies who still has balls to introduce something new (when they have those moments). I truly feel sorry for ye to unable to appreciate wut nintendo has to offer. I wud type more but why waste words on a fool who won't listen <:D ?

[Mahr]

"Sky Crawlers, No More Heroes, Sakura Wars... I have that little lingering sensation from the fact that if their developers/publishers were smart, they would have been better placed on other consoles with a different target, would have sold more, and would have looked TONS better on top of it."

You are aware that No More Heroes and Sakura Wars are both available on other consoles, are you not?

[nnotdead]

like all the disagrees with no counter points.

[morganfell]

You deserve the respect you earn. Nintendo dumped gamers in favor of casual shovelware. Figuratively spitting on people is hardly the grounds for respect.

[RageAgainstTheMShine]

Nintendo is one of the Biggest Traitors in Video Gaming History.

If my memory serves me right they betrayed and humiliated Sony's Ken Kutaragi The Father of PlayStation at CES 1991. After helping them succeed with a better sound chip for Super Famicom Ken get's stabbed at the back. Imagine hearing the Zelda theme or Super Mario World theme with out Ken's sound chip?

Sony owned Nintendo with PS1, PS2 and will own them with PS3.

oh if you think success is to be measured by sales figures how about this:

36 million sports cars sold compared to 73 million sub compacts sold...which is more impressive?

[rockleex]

Like Zelda, Mario, etc.

But the Wii just didn't have much third party support for core games.

And the few core games that DID come out, didn't do well on the charts.

I'd buy a Wii for The Last Story and Xenoblade though.

Seems like JRPGs might be the only way for 3rd parties to succeed with core games on the Wii. We'll have to wait and see.

[badz149]

or this article focus mainly on sales?

"the one that has sold twice as many consoles as the other two companies combined" - WTF? the Wii sold 120mil already??

and I've never respect Nintendo before and I think never will. although the 1st game I ever played was SFII on my friend's NES but I mostly growing up playing games on PC before I bought the Sega Mega Drive II! and then I went straight to PS2 and now PS3 and still play games on PC!

and now with the Wii which offers nothing but shovelwares and then some good games once in a while, I have more reason not to have respect for them still. and these so called "good games" are mostly old franchises milked to the next galaxy already!

for me, Nintendo is in no way innovative! the Wii is not innovative, it's a gamble and lucky them it paid off. and oh...I forgot, Donkey Kong returns looks exactly like that side scroller Wario game released not so long ago. just saying!

[Abriael]

@Turok: besides the fact that understanding your writing is quite difficult, all you can name is hardware and none of it was an actual innovation by Nintendo. Motion control is a gimmick, and it's introduction sure didn't bring anything interesting to the actual core gaming industry so far. It'll take Sony to make some good core-oriented motion controlled games. Also, much before Nintendo ever thought about motion cotriol, there were already several motion based PC pheripherals. So where's the "innovation"? Same for rumble.
The first to introduce the analog stick was Atari. Might want to check your facts.
On the other hand their games are the least innovative in the world, they continue to show trite gameplay (sometimes just with the addition of 3d), obsolete characters that should have been ready for retirement 10 years ago, and the absolute refusal to create new IPs that could apeal to gamers whose tastes have evolved since 20 years ago.

I'm sorry, but not finding anything for me there doesn't make me a "fanboy". On the other hand, being outraged at the fact that there are gamers that can't care the less about Nintendo DOES make a fanboy of you.

@Mahr: No more heroes isn't available on other consoles in the west. Sakura Wars hasn't been distributed on PS2 in Europe.

@rockleex: nintendo owes the lack of success of third party games on theirn platform only to themselves. They oriented their marketing only to people that won't appreciate a true core-oriented AAA title that's not full of "mamma mia!" or other childish stuff. Third parties have long realized that you can't go against first party marketing. Nintendo themselves have labeled the Wii as a console for casuals and nintendo fanboys. Anything else simply doesn't fit.
While I will for sure play both the JRPGs you named, I will do so with the knowledge that both would have looked (and probably played) and sold better on other consoles.
It's a pity that there are still developers that fall for the mirage of the Wii installed base, without realizing that a good percentage of that installed base gathers dust in a closet, is used only for Wii Fit or some random party with friends, and most of the rest isn't interested in the kind of games they offer.
Like Namco, grasshopper, EA and others, they're going to learn the lesson the harsh way, and move on.

[Mahr]

"No more heroes isn't available on other consoles in the west. Sakura Wars hasn't been distributed on PS2 in Europe."

The PS3 is region free and the PS2 is so easy to mod that it might as well be. I don't see what the problem is.

[NYC_Gamer]

alot of gamers are bein real disrespectful towards Nintendo now days

[fatstarr]

Lol i am glad you can check my comments back to day one. I always had and will have respect for nintendo.

they have done so much for the industry and it wouldn't be this far with out them. and it would have died... N4G would be about Books.

[cliffbo]

you must mean Sony surely?.lol

[CharlesDCI]

When Nintendo was at the top Gaming was a niche hobby. Gamers weren't taken seriously because it was something viewed as childish. Kids and young teens don't buy games, so they have to have their parents do it for them. Sony has done more for gaming because they found a way to get adults into playing games. You know the ones with the jobs?

Nintendo is a great company but lots of adult gamers have simply outgrown what they have to offer. There is NOTHING wrong with that, and Nintendo fans need to stop whining about respect because they are sounding like....kids.

[ECM0NEY]

You can give some credit to Sony for getting adults into games. The main reason is we all grew up. I was born the year the NES came out (1985). So the age group that had the chance to game at home are all adults now. Its the same reason that video games wont be a hot political topic in the near future bc all politician will all have grown up with gaming. It has become a culture norm.

[ChronoJoe]

Cause they're dragging gaming down the road, they don't want. It's understandable, and I agree.

Not only do I prefer to use a controller, I also happened to like Nintendo's games when they used a standard controller. From my perspective they've ruined most there own IPs, and wasted some of Sony/Microsofts r&d and dev time.

I'll pass on the respect.

[ChickeyCantor]

"From my perspective they've ruined most there own IPs, and wasted some of Sony/Microsofts r&d and dev time. "

Wait wasn't the argument that Sony had motion controls way back around 2000 already?

And now you blame Nintendo for Sony's R&D, holy F you created a Paradox.

[ChronoJoe]

That's not an argument I'd ever use, the Sony creating motion controls in the year 2000, or whatever. Although the Wii is just in functionality, purely a lightgun, as far as I'm concerned.

I dunno what Sony have been doing in R&D, or when. It doesn't matter if it was before, or after the Wii. It's time wasted in my opinion.

[ChickeyCantor]

As far as you are concerned?
Lets be honest it does more than just having point-abilities( which work different than a light gun xD).

Some games implement motion controls brilliantly. And im sure you haven't tried those.

But hey, I just think its a pity you will miss out on some games.
To each his own.

[Mahr]

Nintendo is a monolithic corporation pulling in twelve figures a year. I somehow doubt that they care about what people are saying in the online trenches of the console war.

[telekineticmantis]

They've shown for the last four years how little they care about the core gamer, so it's only right that the ones that have been pushed to the side to give backlash.

[nnotdead]

truest statement i've seen in days.

[peyote]

"they've ruined most there own IP"
Pfft. First, learn to spell. Second, name one example? Mario platformers are still BY FAR the most critically AND commercially successful series on any single platform this generation. Zelda also, though it's not exactly a *series* this generation yet.

"and wasted some of Sony/Microsofts r&d and dev time."
Just try and tell me the next Oblivion game won't be mindblowing with Move. Kinnect is balls of course, though it will sell well if only for dancing and exercise games.

But motion control is the shiz for a lot of different types of games, and you may take some time to get used to it, using a real gun with a trigger for shooters is SOOOOOO much more satisfying than a controller, which now you can do with Move. Nintendo is totally responsible for that evolution.

[zero_gamer]

While I don't agree with everything Nintendo does, I still have respect for the company. I am mostly a PS3 gamer, but my Wii is my gaming desert while the PS3 is my meal. Both systems contribute to my entertainment in their own way.

[KingNintendoFanboy]

Preach on brother.

[Game-ur]

Respect is quid pro quo

[Ronster316]

A gaming GIANT.

They paved the way for so many things that we accept as standard these days.

Thanks Nintendo.

End of story.

[Quadrix]

My respect for Nintendo has never waned one bit. They are, and always will be, the greatest video game company on the planet.

[tiamat5]

Nintendo wants respect for selling and making money from about 10 games, becoming stagnant, milking beloved franchises to death, filling their line up with shovelware and creating hardware that they barely intergrate into their games efficently and never prove that it is an improvement over what it replaced? And they want respect? When you abandon your innovation, principles and your gamers for the casual crowd don't expect respect. Expect my eternal scorn.Maybe Nintendo was something once but not anymore.Disagree with me all you like but Nintendo has become like Microsoft cold, calculating and soulless.

[SephireX]

I like Nintendo but I see the Wii as inferior to the competition because it has few good games and last gen hardware. The motion control is good but there are few hardcore games to use it with and the competition will have motion control shortly. The Wii is a console for casual gamers whereas the 360 and PS3 tend to both the hardcore and the casual and do it in high-definition. Nintendo need to release a new console soon or upgrade the Wii to HD. They're a geat company and have made a lot of profit from the Wii but need to make changes if they want to continue holding the same marker share.

[thehitman]

Is earned when respect is given. Nintendo has turned their backs on the most of the gaming community with their wii fits and last last gen technology and waiting 4 years to actually give what their fans want is like a spit in the face really to the gaming community. I dont care what anyone says about nintendo success this gen but their numbers are hugely inflated by women(non-gamers).

[PooEgg]

Don't assume all women are non-gamers you sexist child.

[SephireX]

He didn't say all gamers. He's talking about the majority of women you brainless child. I'd say your daddy regrets not wearing a condom.

[thehitman]

my 6x year old college professor, my aunt, my mother's friends, and so on who all have not touched a game console before this wii fit madness. Also im far from sexist I have a lot of girl gamers as friends.

[peyote]

"I have a lot of girl gamers as friends"
How do they feel about you telling them that they're non gamers?

[RockmanII7]

Nintendo, MS, and Sony should all be respected for their contributions to the gaming community, along with every other company that made a system.

[DA_SHREDDER]

Who needs to give Nintendo respect? The media? Yeah I know, its like what the fuck are they even talking about? I was born when Mario was on the tube every day, with zelda lunch boxes , games were made after the movies so they didn't suck. Goonies anyone?

[djfullshred]

I've always respected what Nintendo does...but they currently don't offer a product that suits me.

[ballsofsteel]

i respect Nintendo as a business as they have definitely taken some risks and succeeded but as a gamer i don't respect them in the least bit. the author writes how nintendo has succeeded as motion controls with the wii and how innovative they are. he mentions how well the wii and it's games have sold but guess what sales doesn't equal quality. the wii sells not because it great but because causals gamers have flocked to it because of the gimmick that the wii is. games like SMG, zelda, and metroid are play no different than they did in previous rather than push a button to execute and action you just move the controller in one direction and a predetermined animation plays the wiimote has not added to gameplay what so ever. rather than add true 1:1 motion wii games have taken regular versions their gamecube games and pretty much just added in motion controls. this is not innovation

when you look a sony specifically they could have simply asked naughty dog to keep making jak games, insomniac to just keep making rachet games, and sucker punch to keep making sly games. but they didn't. instead we have great new games like uncharted, resistance, and infamous. look at nintendo all they keep doing is remaking the same old tried and true games giving them upgrades over the years. now i'm not saying SMG, Zelda TP, and MP3 were bad by anymeans but if your talking about respect as a gamer i much rather respect a company that continually gives me variety rather than the same gameplay experiences.

[mshope10]

great article!i would like to see the game industry without nintendo if there would even be one.if nintendo wasn't around all the games would be boring and it would be the same shooters over and over.and is sony had its way they would be slightly interactive movies.and if microsoft just made games it would be all shooters.since nintendo is crushing in sales [which is why all the fanboys really cry wha! wha! keep crying nintendo fans love your tears!]it forces the other companies to think of other ways to entertain gamers so nintendo even helps sony and microsoft gamers.so stop hating on nintendo if you don't like what they do than just leave it alone.nintendo fans never cry about sony and microsoft we only defend nintendo cause thats what we like and know.but people who don't own nintendo systems always attack them. it makes yinz look like crazy cry babys crying about something that has nothing to do with you.

[N4BmpS]

Always had respect for Nintendo. But this sounds like Nintendo fanboy who's been unleashed.
And I guess Wii sports and Wii Sports resort was an Experience. But I like the Mario Sports game better.

[Trroy]

Does Ford deserve respect, in the modern day, for inventing the assembly line and revolutionizing the modern auto industry? Does Sony deserve respect for inventing the walkman, which you could claim was the FIRST portable entertainment device to ever truly grab the common market, thus making the handheld game console a possibility?

I kinda think that, when they lost it, they lost it, and they gotta work hard to earn respect again. The same applies to Nintendo.

When all these "new" N64 remakes arrive for the 3DS, and "new" 2D platformers, and "new" Zeldas, arrive for the Wii, they need to earn our respect. Announcing that they will be great doesn't cut it, in my book.

Nintendo will have my respect when they earn it. The coat of dust on my Wii is a good indication of what they've done to keep my respect for the past couple years.

[kagon01]

The NDS is nice, but the Wii is so unappealing for me...

I still support them with my handheld. Nintendo should show respect to me by kissing my feet...

[browngamer4]

And most of the people in here has just made this guys point...hatin just to hate,i'll stick with nintendo because their ain't a DAMN thing on those other sytems that appeals to me,i guess interactive movies and fps after fps may appeal to some people-but in my book give me a great nintendo game(pick one it don't matter,mario,zelda,metroid..et c) anyday over those over inflated crap yu get on those other sytems(which to me anyways is hella casual)there's more creativity and amazing design in a single dungeon on zelda than the majority of those other guys entire games!

[Shoko]

Whether you people like Nintendo and the Wii or not, you still HAVE to respect Nintendo as a company. This is not an opinionated matter. Nintendo has brought the most to gaming, and if you have no respect for Nintendo, you're not a true gamer, period. You don't have to like them, or the consoles and games they make, but you MUST respect them if you consider yourself a true gamer.

Bite me.

[Shnazzyone]

Respect the Old School.

[N4OGs]

Not that wii fit and wii sports bs. I'm talking about Infamous, Uncharted, LBP, Motorstrom, Resistance, demon souls, The last guardian, Foklore type ip's. New stuff that just came out during this gen not stuff i been playing since 1989. Not that same old Mario, Zelda, and metroid in every game bs. You get no respect if you cant give me new characters and fresh games. Nintendos online is lacking and is unbelievable how out of the 3 online games they have this whole gen, the online sucks for them.

SSBBrawl is worse then smash bros melee. Zelda twilight princess is a gamecube game. Pokemon battle revolution is worse then all the past games. Why cant they add content and single player to that series? friend codes are crap and Vc games are overpriced. There's no network account for wii so you cant transfer your stuff to a new wii. Punch-out was a remake that should of had both punch out and super punch-out on 1 disc for 50 bucks and donkey Kong as the boss is fail.
Kirby epic yarn looks like its for 3 year old blues clues fans. you cant even die in that game and the gameplay is easy.

All nintendo has been doing is releasing mario, zelda, and metroid and you get no respect for that. Make something new. This year is the only time they announced something other then just metroid, and mario and thats like once in 4 years lol. Its been 4 years and its the first time they offered something besides those same franchises and shovelware. Why did it take so long when they been makeing so much money? Yet still no new ips.....

Take off your freaking nostalgia glasses and see everything for what it is nintendo fanboys. Im tired of you acting like blind red necks who voted for sarah palin and geroge bush. Wake up you casual gamers. you are on the bad side of gameing. this is good vs evil and you aint the good.

[peyote]

Well for one you're comparing the output of lots of different developers against one. Second, Mario Galaxy. Third, yeah the online sucks nuts. Mario Kart was good though.

[Shnazzyone]

they also did professor layton

[guzman]

Keep crying 'tard. Your tears are so delicious.

[Buller_Proofish]

All they do is shovel out sequels to the same IPs and the fans suck it up everytime. A while back I hear there might be a new Zelda game shown at E3, immediately people are saying it will be the greatest game ever.

As a Halo fan since the beginning, Reach will probably be my last one. There is a time when things need to end.

Sony has stopped shoveling out the same damn games and started some pretty impressive IPs.

[Spenok]

The reason people keep sucking up every sequal/remake of Nintendo's big IP's is beacause there awesome every time. They bring something new to the table. Innovative, and imaginative. They almost always space them out 3-5 years. Though you cant say that about Galaxy. And even still Mario Galaxy 2 is one of the best reviewed games this year. The same cant be said about Halo or CoD or various other games. Nintendo know what there doing when it comes to fun games.

Now dont get me wrong here. I own every system, and my PS3 gets the most gametime by far. (I hardly touch my Wii anymore tbh) Its just that Nintendo deserve respect weather you like there system/games or not. They are pretty much the reason gameing is still around today. W/o them we wouldnt have our beloved PS3/360/Wii/Ds/PSP/Iphone/PC games.

[schlanz]

Mario galaxy 2 is one of the best reviewed games of all-time

you basically hit the nail on the head though. Nintendo brings back familiar worlds often, but manages to make them amazing time after time. Not only that, but they consistently release more games each year than just about any other developer out there.

I as well game mostly on my PS3 but I am a die-hard Nintendo fan. As developers they have created some of my favorite games each and every generation.

[Shnazzyone]

There's a real good reason why nintendo uses the same ips. It's because they put care into their ip's. They have an extremely large library of games that have become finely tuned into exceptional games. People who don't enjoy mario, zelda, metroid or even punch out or mario kart or kirby or donkey kong or f zero, starfox, earthbound.

All those titles represent the pinnacle of their genres. Don't hate just because their colorful and not gritty.

There's more challenge in unlocking everything in mario galaxy 2 then what can be found in a game like uncharted 2. Games where it's essentially a movie tightly designed so you never have to do anything to challenging to get forward in the storyline.

Nintendo does great games, they use those IPs alot because their established and they can always improve them after each gen. Don't quit nintendo gaming because your insecure about your maturity, they are made to be univerally great reguardless of age... like pixar movies.

[Titanz]

Cause Nintendo is the only one out of the competition that focuses purely on making games, they don't have boatloads of cash that Microsoft and Sony have with their other "cash earning" departments.

Once Nintendo releases a, "WiiHD" with all the bells and whistles the current other two systems have, people, or the so-called "hardcore gamers", will flock to Nintendo like some desperate groupies.

If it weren't for Nintendo reaching out to a boarder audience, gaming would be stagnate, and gaming as we know it wouldn't be the same.

Give Nintendo props for doing what everyone said couldn't be done....

Getting casuals and non-videogame playing adults to play games.

[Rashonality]

they made video games more mainstream and more casual then it should be
and that's bad cuz it made the other companies focus on the morons with big wallets and leave the loyal hardcore starve cuz they're not idiot that buy games based on it's cover

[MrRockman64]

I had the chance to have the 3 consoles, first i had 360, it failed to give me what i really wanted, ok gears of war was somenthing out of my choice of games, i liked it tho, but when i tried to get somenthing like Nintendo type of game and didnt find it, i got rid of it, same with ps3, loved street fighter 4, resident evil 5, metal gear solid 4, but i felt it wasnt enough, all i found at store was, shooters, sports, more freaking FPS, and more sports, some pretty good looking games and terrible gameplay,little big planet was fine, but its not mario, i mean, these 2 consoles have something for everyone, but at the end dont have enough for the real gamer who grew up playing since nes, or snes, those real harcore games will never die, why, because they have story, even tho if Wii doesnt offer what some people say: "technology, badass graphics, the omfg fps, i mean, they dont really need that, they have what they have because they've been working making games for years, so please stop the hate, and just go and play ur console of choice, at the end, its all about games, and for me, Wii has what im looking for in a console, and thats the name of Nintendo, thats why i have all the respect for Nintendo.

[turok]

Nintendo is the best company hands down. As far as rehash king you won't find one better than nintendo at least most if not all rehashes they do are of the nintendo standard which is an average 8.5 out of 10. They forced Sony and MS to push for motion control via move and kinect. they are leaving sony behind the dust as far as handheld goes which seems obvious ds games much more diverse than psp i can get some ecchi games on it xD. furthermore no matter whether ye like it or not ninty doesnt give shit if u dont like them or not. they have a loyal fanbase to turn to. As far as leaving my wallet with spare cash I trust in nintendo over Sony or MS anyday. lol while u fools pay for PS+ and xbox live I will enjoy my free psn and ninty wifi (unfortunately ninty wifi sux D: needs infrastructure updates). Now that my say is done, time to play fifa 10 on my ps3 and then SG2 on wii.

[romalias2]

Am I crazy or did this guy just basically say that Nintendo rules the roost? Cause if that's what he said he's nuts. The Wii may have been innovative in motion control, but it's hardware is horribly lacking in gaming, and media playing.

The GameCube had nothing original about it, no media functionality, crappy graphics, and a horrible game line up. The 3DS may be the first thing Nintendo has produced since the SNES that actually has potential to compete with anything.

Sony and Microsoft have not been in the console business as long as Nintendo and that's the only reason Nintendo has published more titles. Every year Nintendos titles get less and less original and more targeted to young kids between 5 and 10. Nintendo is on a slippery slope down to meet with Sega in software publishing hell rather then being a console producer IMO. Heck even the Dreamcast was better then the gamecube...

[hatchimatchi]

GameCube's graphics were anything but crappy.

Also, Nintendo is not anywhere near to having what happened to Sega happen to them.

Sega dug their own grave by releasing the 32x, Sega CD, the Nomad and then they talked about making the Neptune. They confused consumers and they also didn't properly support the Sega CD or the 32x, not to mention both of those platforms were garbage. Also, Sega announced the Saturn was already in stores during their conference at the very first E3 for a price of $400, absolutely no consumers were aware of this and the launch lineup was extremely small. The system was only available at certain retailers and it angered some stores so much to have been left out of the loop that they stopped selling sega products entirely. Sony then trumped Sega, a mere hours later, by announcing that the playstation was going to sell for $300 at launch. The Sega of America president a few years later made a statement at a conference, "the saturn is not our future..." That sealed the deal right there for the saturn ever having a stronghold in america. Sega burned through it's funds and it wasn't ever able to recover.

I've gone on a bit of a tangent but to make an already long story short I can sum it up with this,

Nintendo has been making a profit off the Wii since the first console was sold. They are in no danger whatsoever of having what happened to Sega happen to them.

[Greek God]

no new ips just the same old stuff everytime...
luckily im Hardcore gamer i feel sry for them

[hatchimatchi]

The 3DS looks awesome but I fail to see how Nintendo had an amazing E3 show. Besides the 3DS they did what Microsoft and Sony have been doing for years. The reason everyone blew up over Nintendo's E3 conference is because for the last 3 years Nintendo's conference has been garbage and this year they finally showed some games. That to me doesn't constitute Nintendo blowing everyone else away, what it shows to me is that they finally pulled their head out of their ass.

On topic though, Nintendo is awesome, I'm not a huge fan of the wii but I'll always support Nintendo consoles/handhelds. They always try to innovate and their games age extremely well.

[RIPSKATEDESTROY]

nitendo you pay me!