Lights and Waves
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Wii U instead of Wii 2.
Calling the second itteration of the 3DS the New 3DS. This is a SEO nightmare, like how is anyone supposed to lookup anything about it and not get garbage search results.
Yeah well i got me some component cables for the Gamecube.
Needed them for my projector.
Nintendo in general is thickheaded as fuck.
No cd-rom drive, no DVD player, etc.
Most baffling decision since Wii is the incredible small upgrades in raw power.
They really have to do their best to make it as weak as possible.
It must be disappointing as fuck for any artist working there. Constantly hearing: "no sorry, we can't do that". "make it even less". And in the end, what little is left will be killed by jaggies.
Hate this. Didn't buy the Switch. I'll get back to them in a couple of years.
I don't mind "kiddy" (as some insecure folks like to call it) but stylized graphics need AA too mother fuckers. And a lot of other stuff.
Nintendo rarely completely abandons their systems the second a new one comes out, especially handhelds.This would be a great argument if 3DS hardware hadn't been nigh impossible to find in the US for months. If you go into a store and look at the shelf trying to decide "Switch or 3DS?" the answer currently is going to be "Neither, because there's nothing in stock."
Nintendo rarely completely abandons their systems the second a new one comes out, especially handhelds.
They've still got tens of millions of owners of those systems out there and a lot of them are for younger kids whose parents don't buy them the newest fanciest console the second they come out.
The 3DS being impossible to find is another matter and definitely a weird decision by Nintendo.
Nintendo treating Europeans like second class citizens for many years was really fucked up.
Refusing to publish Body Harvest and therefore breaking-off talks to incorporate DMA Design as a second-party developer. Nintendo seemingly had forgotten its lessons from the SNES generation regarding its aversion to mature-themed video games and suffered for that memory lapse. History was changed for it.
They got a taste of the neglect, we were born in it.Another good one not mentioned (or I missed it). I feel like America got just a slight taste of that neglect a few years back, when a handful of games were hitting Europe but not NA, and even that sucked.
Another good one not mentioned (or I missed it). I feel like America got just a slight taste of that neglect a few years back, when a handful of games were hitting Europe but not NA, and even that sucked.
A long history that includes Lionhead, and...Mojang?
You're not showing me any sources here where it's stated Rare's best talent left before the sale, and pointing to their output that took place predominantly after the sale corroborates Eurogamer's account of the mismanagement by Microsoft that took place in the years to come after the sale, rather than it being from a mass exodus in the years before.
I've long suspected that "Rare's best talent left before the sale" is just hearsay that fans of the Nintendo+Rare partnership wanted to believe to feel better after the fact, rather than having any truth behind it.
Nintendo treating Europeans like second class citizens for many years was really fucked up.
Another good one not mentioned (or I missed it). I feel like America got just a slight taste of that neglect a few years back, when a handful of games were hitting Europe but not NA, and even that sucked.
Slowing down the progress of Pokemon for as long as they did.
A game on Sun and Moon's technical level(in a multi-billion franchise like Pokemon)should've happened back in 2007.
Dropping Sony for Phillips
No streetpass for Switch.
The DS is everything but not a fuckupThe DS in general. Especially after the meh(ish) sales of the Gamecube, and the uncertainty of their place in the market. If there was a do-or-die moment with Nintendo, I think had to be the DSand I'll admit I thought it was going to flop.
Sony wanted all software royalties.
The N64 using carts was had the longest lasting effect on Nintendo because it affected their relations with 3rd party developers.
their treatment of the Metroid franchise
I think this is the one that N still has not recovered from. N used to kick ass in the 3rd party space, but N either didn't see value in that or just didn't care. There are other decisions that led to this, but N64 is the big turning point. SNES, for instance, was a JRPG powerhouse, but those same studios never touched N64.
Plus no modern F-Zero. Just take GX, add a couple of tracks with online functionality. How hard can it be.Wii U instead of Wii 2.
Constantly doubling down on Japan despite it being a dying marketplace and all the real money being in the west.
Given a choice between a useless feature, and better battery life, I'd rather have better battery life.
I'd say N64 going with cartridges. That was a huge turn off to third-parties and gave Sony a huge advantage with the PS1. Still loved the system, but man...
I was baffled by Nintendo grooming Iwata as next president, as he was no businessman, just a mere honest gamemaker. Let's make him president of our multibilliondollar industry, very illogical.
Turned out quite well in the end though, remember vehemently defending the guy when the pitchforks were drawn. I would never defend his predecessor.