Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Oct 2009 17:04 UTC
Thanks to the massive success of the Wii and DS game consoles, Nintendo was able to turn the tide and once again become the number one game company in the world. As with any honeymoon, however, it must come to an end at some point. Nintendo reported its financial results for the first half of 2009 yesterday, and it didn't look good.
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Nintendo delivered with the Wii. And while motion-based gaming may not be your thing, the Wii is certainly not limited to this sort of game play; traditional controller options and corresponding games do exist for the Wii. Hell, the new Super Mario Bros. will be an old school, 2-D, side-scroller!
Nintendo dropped the ball on their OWN franchises the worst! There was none of the main "fanboy" franchises for the first YEAR and even then the main titles were warmed over gamecube titles.
No Super Mario, No Metroid, No Pokemon, No Pikmin, No Animal Crossing... for the first year or longer. No online interactions (that mattered). NO use of the wireless. No meaningful interactions with DS games (and DS has moved to DSi now!) The titles they did have were warmed over GC games with LESS content than the GC version.. Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess (a GC game that took so long it had to be "ported"), Metroid echos... and the list goes on.
Nintendo hasn't published a Franchise game for Wii worth buying yet. Even the Motion Plus was release without a game to use it! They've had a clear lead and produced absolutely no compelling gaming products in 3 years.