Post by L. T. Dangerous on Oct 1, 2010 19:25:05 GMT
I can't speak for you, since I don't know what you look for from Nintendo, but did you see E3!? They even won me back.
I was impressed with their showing at E3, especially contrasted with MS and Sony's dire displays. It gives me faith that within five years, I will be part of the target market again. I mean, for God's sake, Kid Icarus is coming out on 3DS when they've been [censored]-scared of making a new F-Zero or StarFox because they're not big franchises. Kid Icarus will sell twelve copies to casual gamers, but to long-time supporters, it's a thank you for sticking with them. After pissing us off for the last five years, they're making some moves to win us back, knowing it'll be easy to do so. I'm excited for the 3DS, mostly because of what Nintendo and the other big hitters will do with it. Surely any opportunity to give the WarioWare team a new gimmick to play with can only ever be good.
I'm more comfortable with Nintendo now than I was a year ago, but to win me back fully, I think it's a matter of playing the games and seeing.
Anyway: Motion controls are not the future of gaming and Nintendo must know this. Wii and DS have done what they needed to do- get them some money and win back the respect they had in the 90s which they squandered on the N64 and GC with abysmal marketing (and, in fairness, Sony offered some amazing exclusives). Let's look at it like this: all these adults and grandparents who've bought a Wii and DS haven't done so because they're keen gamers. Will they give a toss about Nintendo's next console? I dunno, maybe, but most of them likely won't. The next generation will have to involve Nintendo flipping their current demographics. That way, while MS and Sony will pour millions into motion, Nintendo will be able to look at them and say "Are you tossers still farting around with wands? The real money's in MEGA-HYPER-3D, you silly pricks" and then blow their noses with hundred dollar bills, as you do.