The Nintendo Indifference?

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a new Nintendojo editorial entitled 'The Nintendo Indifference' This noticably bitter editorial on the state of the Big N begins: "I bought my GameCube with the expectation of the delivery of the promise of innovation, and you failed to deliver. Worst of all, I don't forget. Because of your misleading statements, it's time for a reckoning, Nintendo. You owe me." Has Nintendo really "failed to be innovative as a first party developer for their console", or did the writer of this editorial just get out of bed on the wrong side?

Comments

Nintendo is fine ... for children

[Traderdot]

Nintendo has always focused on the children's market. This was the correct strategy when they first started with the NES because very few adults played video games. It was children who were most able to immerse themselves in Super Mario, Contra, etc. and children propelled the buying of consoles, games, etc. Nintendo designed graphics have always been cartoonish and cute rather than hard edged and realistic. The most recent Nintendo mega-hit remains the Pokemon craze, something almost exclusively targeted at children.

However, it's 20 years later and those kids have grown up. A large percentage of gamers now are not children, but young adults. They want harder edged, "cooler" games. Halo, Grand Theft Auto, etc. Nintendo has either failed to grasp that or out of fear of alienating their kid-friendly fan base, have ceded that territory to Sony and Microsoft.

The question now is whether Nintendo has the right strategy. Is there enough room for a kid-focused gaming console or will adults simply buy a PS2 for their children because then there'll be games that they can enjoy as well?

Re:blech

[skarmor]

I thought "The Wind Wanker" was kind of funny. And to be fair, this is news about video games, not political afairs. If you are looking for dead-serious, thought-provoking commentaries you need to look to areas other than video game journalism (whose readers generally appreciate a little immature, childish name-calling).