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Why Nintendo Will Never Be Great Again

Rick Aristotle Munarriz of DailyFinance writes: Nintendo is in a quandary. Will it simply settle for thinner and thinner slices of the gaming pie, or will it go the Sega route and begin licensing its proprietary games and characters on rival platforms? The former is a recipe for a slow-death casserole. The latter simply speeds up the process, but with a little more licensing revenue on the way out.

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Pikajew5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

Its called growing up and liking different games. But the core gamers still like them, because they see pass the graphics.

You cant call yourself core and hate Nintendo.

AngelGirl165371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

Wow so you're not a hardcore gamer because you don't like nintendo. Take off your nostalgia glasses and wake up. Nintendo games haven't been innovative since N64. I haven't played a nintendo game that made me go wow in a long time but i can list a bunch of games this gen and last gen that made me do that. Im surprise that so many people on this site says COD games are the same every year but so is nintendos. Mario Kart on the wii plays just like the n64 version and super mario galaxy is basically Mario64 in space. Nintendo games lack serious stories and they are basically recycled. When the Wii U comes out. They gone to be charging $60 for their games. So nintendo needs to seriously start changing their titles because what their doing right now is making them lose fans and just making people lose faith in them.

Mario4life5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

id rather have the tight game-play of Nintendo games than a story for games that truly don't need one, its about having fun and be challenged, which Nintendo provides by the bucket load, the wii had some of the harder games this gen, so Nintendo is alot more hardcore then you give them credit for.

TheMyst5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

The wii, though heavily casual, also has quite a few great games. It's worth the investment for any serious gamer and I'd recommend it. You can't say you're a gamer and be taken seriously if you haven't played certain GOTY quality titles like SMG on the Wii and UC2, MGS4, and LBP on PS3. It's part of gaming culture. That why, imo, people should at the very least own a PS3 and Wii.

On the 360 side, there's really been no definitive GOTY winner.. I mean, more than one award. I guess Gears. So a 360 is good for Halo.

maniacmayhem5371d ago

@angelgirl

There's that word again "innovate".

Tell me angelgirl, what games in your opinion are "innovative".
I'm really curious because that seems to be the buzz word as of late on this site. I really hope no says "de grafx" because that would be pure humor.

k-dillinger5371d ago

amen... i dont know y u got disagrees you spoke the truth seems like its taboo around here to say anything bad about ninty hmmmmm wake up ppl.

ChickeyCantor5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

" Nintendo games haven't been innovative since N64."

When people use this statement, you know they have no clue on what "innovation" is.

"to say anything bad about ninty hmmmmm wake up ppl."

O no, if people don't like Nintendo that's is fine. But when you start typing and it starts to smell like sh/t. You know you have to stop there.

AdvanceWarsSgt5370d ago

You've never played an N64 before, or any Nintendo console for that matter, so your post is not only illogical but irrelevant.

Sorry, try again next time.

Achtung5370d ago

@AngelGirl16

"Im surprise that so many people on this site says COD games are the same every year"

That alone invalidates your whole statement.

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OcularVision5371d ago

I grew up playing the Playstations. That's what makes me a core gamer. I'm sure a bunch of 10 year olds are growing up playing Xboxs now.

Lf_sIcKmAn5371d ago

Being a core gamer is not about what systems you grew up playing or currently own... it's having passion for gaming regardless of the platform.

Remember people, being a fanboy does not equal being hardcore.

I grew up to Nintendo, and now i have a ps3 and a wii coexisting...

It's a great time to be a gamer! So many good games on all platforms...
Too bad the wallet does not grow accordingly xD.

_Aarix_5370d ago (Edited 5370d ago )

Wow, douche much? I hated the xbox last gen but love the 360 more than the ps3

BlmThug5370d ago

I dont like Nintendo and im a damn core gamer. I will never touch the filth that is the Wiimote, Kinect and PSMove simply because Controller and K/M is better

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Kingx25371d ago

"Why Nintendo Will Never Be Great Again"

lol why dont you people get a life and do something else other than waste time playing games.

b-real5371d ago (Edited 5371d ago )

Says he trolling through a gaming website.....

Hufandpuf5371d ago

Nintendo has been in decline for a while, nows the time to not show off systems, but games. Nobody will rush to the store after what happened with the WIi, and I definitely won't line up to get a system when the only titles I know will be on the system are Zelda and Mario games.

Flavor5371d ago

I'd say its not just Nintendo but any Japanese company.. that place has gotten the short end in so many ways, between demographics, corporate culture, nuclear disasters, and the psychological armageddon of being eclipsed by China... Japan has reached the limit of their abilities.

b-real5371d ago

You realize Sony is a Japanese company right??

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7752d ago (Edited 52d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer77d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi76d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure75d ago (Edited 75d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer77d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot76d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno76d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay76d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno75d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK75d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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