I have been very vocal about my hate of Nintendo. I thought I would point out why. Let's turn the clock back to the 1990's, during the golden age of Nintendo which I would like to attribute to the Nintendo 64.
Great games, which transported me to epic worlds and provided hours upon hours of fun. I used to play StarFox64 twice a day during the peak of my obsession with it. I moved forward, never turning to look at Sony or Microsoft's consoles, because Nintendo made me happy.
The Gamecube came, and I bought it. Played what they delivered to me on that console, but real life matters (read: high school) forced me to give up on gaming for a while.
Fast forward to my college years: The Wii! A revolutionary new motion controlled console which had great potential! Yes! I was excited out of my mind.
I was disappointed
Got myself an Xbox 360, loved the hell out of it even as it started red ringing on me, because it actually had exciting games such as Halo and Gears of War! Gritty, over the top set pieces with tons of challenges and engaging stories the kind I have never seen with Nintendo! It didn't take long to realize the fact that Nintendo really didn't provide too many games that would have interested me, and with the Xbox 360, I found myself with access to an impressively larger library of games to pick and choose from.
Eventually got a PS3, and enjoyed all my consoles thoroughly, believing I was above any fanboy squabbles simply because I had all consoles in my living room, perpetually hooked to my then brand new HD television. My gaming setup was beautiful. I was happy.
The problem came when the Wii started catering to more casual audience. At first I didn't mind because hey, I loved myself some Super Smash Bros. and Fire Emblem from time to time. I was set.
I kept my Wii, simply for the sake of continuing to play this game:
Waiting for more games for the Wii through 2009, 2010 and now 2011, I don't even remember the last game I purchased for a Nintendo console. Yes, I do keep looking for some, because I believe it isn't useful to me without, you know, new exclusives that I would be interested in.
This year was the last straw, the announcement of the Wii-U killed Nintendo for me, because it clearly states what direction they plan to take it. Why would they name it after a console that alienated their core audience, unless they plan on continuing to alienate them.
It isn't the first time I said Nintendo's dead to me, and it won't be the last. I'll keep watching and hope they actually get their act together and give me something that would make me excited.
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I'm not pleased either at anything they revealed at E3, but I'm not angry with Nintendo - I've come to accept the fact that Microsoft and Sony have effectively taken a place in their spot. Embrace the good, man.
And to me, the Wii U is going BACK to hardcore - You saw the announced third-party games, right?
Although I think the people who have stated that they were always this way are correct. Nintendo didn't really want to go into the realm of gears of war and halo from the start, but at the begginning, it really didn't matter.
Although an interesting note is that pokemon was originally considered to have blood in it. So maybe they have changed.
Something along the lines off "Losing my love for Nintendo" or "Wii, the romance that never took off" would generate better traffic
I'm actually the exact opposite I use to be a Playstation fanboy that jumped to the Wii when I felt the PS3 and 360 had nothing to offer me. All in all I really love my Wii, there's a ton of fantastic experiences you can have on the Wii. You just have to do some digging to find those quality games.
If you need new Wii games check this out : http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Wii
lol
I shouldn't have to point out how fallacious this thinking is.
Anyway, I'm not impressed by the Wii either, but I'm not impressed by modern gaming, period. To be sure, the Wii is the one with the most shovelware, but casualization is a problem much bigger than JUST the Wii.
Plus, seriously dude, just play Guilty Gear XX Accent Core/Plus or Marble Madness or Castle of Shikigami III or Sin & Punishment 2. It's not that hard to find good games dude - and notice how not a single one of those is a mainstream or 1st-party title.
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I don't know what to think of this. It sounds like you liked Nintendo for all the wrong reasons all those years. I mean, it's the same reason every Pokemon game (a series that still appeals to the "hardcore") is the exact same game. They're not growing with the same audience they captured all those years ago, they just keep capturing a new audience. They've shown that it's easier, far more profitable, and allows them to do any crazy shit they want without worrying about what's "standard" in gaming.
Praise and criticism are two sides of the same coin. What a company does decides which side the coin falls on. Even now with WiiU, its going to bomb (IMO, while getting noticed by many), because Nintendo are geniuses but also quite blind and stupid. Already MS have moved on the next console, and with Sony saying they aren't do theirs yet (probably smake and mirrors), it looks like MS will repeat the 360 trait of getting to the next gen market first. Nintendo will once again be last and left out in the cold, with Sony still in a nice, comfortable second place.
With 3DS sales already poor (and PSVita soon to pour more scorn on that), I just can't see WiiU achieving the same success of Wii, especially when many have upgraded to Kinect, and also the fact that while japanese households might have one tv (a key WiiU selling point), this isn't the same in the west. These next few years could well spell the end for Nintendo, and frankly, it would serve them right. No risk, no reward. Always being in profit might not be enough in the end.