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The majority of decisions beginning from "let's make the Virtual Boy" until now.
I agree it's poor, why not include the Wii though?No ethernet ports on both Wii u and Switch
No he's right, asymmetrical face buttons are terrible.The GameCube controller is the most comfortable controller in human history fite me bro
Letting scalpers make money off their products when they could easily be the ones to do so
The better question is how does their upper management still have jobs after making so many terrible decisions over and over again?
Has to be N64 cartridges. This allowed Sony to take over and lost third party support, which has been average at best since then...
The second the Switch came out, Nintendo should have pretended the 3DS didn't exist. Instead they're continuing to release games for it and even making some statements about how they will continue to support it as a pillar of their business.
They can't afford another lackluster system like the Wii U, and not dropping everything to aim all cannons at Switch and its game lineup is a huge mistake. Fortunately it seems like the Switch has weathered the initial storm, but I'm wondering if this decision could cost them long-term.
I know this will probably be an unpopular answer. I don't dislike the 3DS as a system overall, but it had a good life and it's time to put it to bed.
fite meNo he's right, asymmetrical face buttons are terrible.
Diamond face buttons or 3 button rows are superior. And paddles are even better than face buttons for games that use the right stick a lot.
Ending their 2012(?) E3 press conference with a fireworks display in Nintendoland.
The Wii U
Wow OP, that cable shipping story is hilarious! Lol
On topic, I'd say the Wii U itself. A concept nobody wanted that Nintendo all but insisted would be the new way to play games. Like, it was clear before launch it was a dud, but nope, they just powered forward anyway.
That's more on Microsoft. They have a long history of acquiring successful game developers and turning them into literal garbage.
The second the Switch came out, Nintendo should have pretended the 3DS didn't exist. Instead they're continuing to release games for it and even making some statements about how they will continue to support it as a pillar of their business.
Supporting the 3DS past the beggining of last year.
So with the Wii U, what else could Nintendo do? The Wii was dead. They couldn't compete with MS and Sony head to head. They needed another gimmick. They thought an HD Wii with a DS bottom screen was it. It makes a lot of sense.
Now their marketing for it really didn't make any sense. And then they practically ignored the Wii U controller which also made little sense.
For me the real answer is not bringing good Mario Sports games to Wii after Wii Sports was such a HUGE hit.
The drip feed of virtual console titles on every single new console. After playing Breath of the Wild (first Zelda game I finished) I wanted to go back and play some of the original NES games. But I can't. Because Nintendo.
I can play numerous NeoGeo games though because apparently those are much less complicated to port to the Switch.
Where does this come from? The stated fact that Rare's best talent left the company before the sell to Microsoft? I've never read that anywhere. And how are you able to separate normal staff turnover from an irreparable amount of staff turnover that you're inferring Rare suffered?
What I'm getting at is "the best talent left the company before the sale" is a not easily verified allegation that can be said of almost any company that died after a sale.
So with the Wii U, what else could Nintendo do? The Wii was dead. They couldn't compete with MS and Sony head to head. They needed another gimmick. They thought an HD Wii with a DS bottom screen was it. It makes a lot of sense.
Now their marketing for it really didn't make any sense. And then they practically ignored the Wii U controller which also made little sense.
For me the real answer is not bringing good Mario Sports games to Wii after Wii Sports was such a HUGE hit.
The 360 and PS3 were nearing the end of their life. They could've put out a system a bit weaker than Xbox One, packed in a pro controller and made 99% of the Wii U library on that system. Make it so all Wii remotes work for backwards compatibility and call it a day. I don't understand why "they needed another gimmick".
If the long-range plan was the Switch (and I'm sure it was, even back then), make a more traditional console as the transition console.
I don't know. I buy all of the Nintendo consoles and usually feel like a fool afterwards. I beat Zelda and had to power down the Switch, not put it into sleep mode. The next game on my horizon is Mario Odyssey in probably October.
I mean, the fact that Star Fox Adventures was mediocre and every game after they made themselves after it was pretty mediocre outside of Viva Pinata (a game that was praised but then forgotten) and the polarizing reception of Banjo Nuts & Bolts says it all. Nintendo got $350 million from the deal and have invested that in purchasing other studios such as Monolithsoft and further investing in their own studios such as Nintendo EAD Tokyo. It was a no brainer business decision.
I am aware of that, but the range was just slightly too short which made streaming to the controller useless for me after I moved to a larger apartment. I'm pretty sure that the Switch's streaming using some kind of WiFi since modern have been able to stream PC games to the Switch. I feel like connecting it to your router should have at least been an option for users that have a decent option and want longer range.Yoy do realize the streaming distance restriction is what allowed its incredibly low latency streaming, right? These aren't ideas, they're side effects of necessities.