Why did they do such a heelturn over the last couple of years?

>>715542148 (OP)
They rugpulled the otaku. I knew something was fishy when I saw Pyras massive tiddies in the Xenoblade 2 trailer.

They went full greedy post Iwata era

>>715542148 (OP)
>heelturn
Compared to what? They've been pretty consistent actually.

>>715542561
Compared to the imagined version of them I made up for this topic

>>715542148 (OP)
This -> >>715542369
Iwata was the last line of defense, he was part of the old guard that saw games as GAMES, not things to bleed consumers dry and maximize profits
I don't agree with all his ideas, but he gave a shit, which is a lot more than what can be said for any of the corpo goons that appear in modern directs. I'd hope any non-tourists would remember the threads back in the day when miyamoto wasn't so despised (but I'm certain has earned at least 3/4 the hate in recent years), we had reggie, and we had iwata
Can anyone honestly suggest that there's any personable faces of Nintendo these days?
The point is, if there's nobody who can even pretend to be likable (no, polite jap businessman spamming things for you to buy is not the same), one can only imagine what the meetings and decision making processes are like.

>>715542148 (OP)
Because they realized nostalgia prints money and now they're squeezing every last drop. They used to at least pretend to take risks, now it's all safe remakes and gacha bait. The Fire Emblem waifu formula worked too well and now they’re applying it to everything.

>>715543048
>The Fire Emblem waifu formula worked too well
It worked so well that the last Fire Emblem flopped.

>>715542369
>it's anotherone of these threads
I too think 80$ games are shit but that's not a heelturn. Nintendo always was greedy if you think about it.

>>715542369
>>715542992
Fuck off with this shit. Early Nintendo was best Nintendo, and they went to total dogshit during the Wii/DS. Fucking tired of all the Wii babies trying to spin this narrative lately. Recent Nintendo years have been a return to form and I'm all here for it.

>>715543625
yeah but the expansion pack, the fact they didn't address the drift even on switch 2, the paid online despite being the same quality of the wii u one. i feel these things are worse than older nintendo

>why did the billion dollar business run by jap businessmen betray me?
I seriously can't fathom how you idiots don't understand that companies give zero fucks about you, especially one that mainly caters to children.

>>715543739
How can one man have such a wrong opinion?

>>715543852
>the fact they didn't address the drift even on switch 2
literally no one has had any issues with this yet. You are still talking out of your fucking ass

>>715543739
I wholeheartedly agree, gamecube was and still is my favorite Nintendo system. I'm just saying in a "what's done is done" kinda way
In an ideal situation, Nintendo would never have left the family's direction

>>715543885
People naturally think the world revolves around them and think nintendo should cater to their tiny hardcore gamer community despite it being a terrible business decision. These people understand nothing about how the world works.

>>715543898
Gushing over the Wii/DS era is outing yourself as a brainless zoomer. Miss me with that shit.

>>715543739
>Recent Nintendo years have been a return to form
>Hurr, gud grafix means they're back 2 form durr

>>715544040
You have zero taste

>>715542148 (OP)
Wagglan and 3D gimmicks were way worse. If anything this is their redemption arc.

Now if they could only make some fucking games....

>>715544040
You are the one who is brainless not me

>>715543885
> Wii U
> 13 million units sold
> complete failure
> free online
> games cost $50/60
> games given away by club nintendo

> Switch
> Nintendo’s best- elling console
> mediocre paid online
> games cost $80
> lucky if you even get any vouchers

they’d make a ton of money even if they chose to respect their customers, even just by using materials slightly better than the cheap chinese plastic of the switch, they simply choose not to

>>715544040
>>715544234
People naturally think the world revolves around them and think nintendo should cater to their tiny hardcore gamer community despite it being a terrible business decision. These people understand nothing about how the world works.

>>715544264
>>715544093
>blindly defending the era of Nintendo where everything was piss baby easy and forced waggle gimmicks
I have zero reason to trust your shitty opinions on games.

>>715542148 (OP)
Because you let them get popular.

>>715544343
Focusing on the casuals is what killed with WiiU. None of them stuck around after the Wii. Conversely, the Switch actually managed to create stronger fans than the Wii ever did (see the Switch 2's success)

>>715544346
video games are for goyim anyway I don't even get why you fucking like them other than to test the boundaries of computer graphics.

WAAAAA I NEED MY GOY TABLET TO HAVE DIFFICULT GAMES FOR BIG BOYS WAAAAA

>>715544490
nigger the wii u failed because the only people who cared about it were hardcore nintendo fans

>>715544498
>video games are for goyim anyway
what the fuck are you even doing on this board then? Why the hell should I listen to the video game opinions of someone who doesn't even like them? Like seriously, what the fuck is your angle here you fucking retard?

>do what every other company did but 5 years later so there is less stigma but even worse and more anti-consumer
No, this seems consistent with their usual gameplan to me.

>>715544568
That's kind of my point. The problem is that the Wii LOST hardcore fans, resulting in the WiiU failure. The Switch 2 is succeeding because the Switch brought a lot of people back.

>>715544343
>and think nintendo should cater to their tiny hardcore gamer community
with the Switch 2's price, they're targeting everyone but families and casuals, basically cutting out their main audience

>>715544704
Switch 2 is breaking sales records so I don't think that's right at all.

>>715544589
I'm here cause I want to be you fucking arrogant idiot.

>>715544343
I like Mario Kart and Animal Crossing just fine. Now they have money, now make games lol

It was the same thing with Snoy for like the last 15 years. Yeah you make a shitton of money, now give it to Japan Studio so they can make some games. Nope.
At least they published cool shit like Nioh and Returnal

>>715543852
>the fact they didn't address the drift even on switch 2
Literally fake.

>>715544836
>I'm here cause I want to be you fucking arrogant idiot.
what did he mean by this

>>715544801
All that matters is total sales not rate of sales

>>715542148 (OP)
They befriended Microsoft and Hollywood and went woke

>>715544969
Huh? and the total sales RIGHT NOW are higher than any other console after this much time. Unless you're saying the ONLY thing that matters is the total sales at the end of a the console's life, which just might be the dumbest thing I have ever heard in my life.

>>715542369
>Iwata dies
>Nintendo immediately puts out the best 3D Mario ever, the best 3D Zelda since MM, an actual 3D Kirby game that's also among the best Kirby games, Literal Metroid Dread

What did they mean by this?

>>715545078
Obviously, the only thing that matters is total sales at the end of a console's life. Are you retarded?

>>715543739
Based. I love the DS and Wii but certainly not for the Nintendo games. Definitely Nintendo's worst era for game development.

>>715545301
This is genuinely one of the dumbest things that you have ever posted, and you've posted a lot of dumb shit. Get better bait.

>>715545150
>>Nintendo immediately puts out the best 3D Mario ever
Fuck i forgot Mario 64 came after Iwata

>>715545325
>Definitely Nintendo's worst era for game development.
What is Mario Tennis Ultrasmash, Mario Party 10, Triforce Heroes, Stickerstar, Amiibo Festival?

>>715543957
>gamecube
It's not even top 5. What the fuck?
Tendies and consolewars aside you're just hysterically wrong

>>715543739
Wii is better than the GC. DS is better than the GBA. That's how it is.

>>715545391
nta but it's important to understand if in the end only the hardcore fans will get it or if it'll also catch other targets

>>715545649
>Wii is better than the GC. DS is better than the GBA. That's how it is.
BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
This is your brain on nostalgia

>>715543739
On one hand you are correct, nintendo went to shit chasing the larger casual audience during wii era.
On the other hand you're full of shit because this isn't a return to form, this is doubling down on milking their casual audience.
Old nintendo refused to release a new game unless it had a new innovation or gimmick.
>There was no new F zero after GX because nintendo said it had no idea what new feature they could add to it and didn't want to just add new tracks/characters as the only change.
>Starfox went into limbo for the same reasons and assault was an attempt at something new that backfired.

Old nintendo was obsessed with adding NEW gimmicks or features to their games and consoles and outright hated the idea of making "console #2"
Wii U and 3Ds broke that by basically being Wii 2 and DS 2 in all but name but even those added new gimmicks/features. The switch 2 is straight up just the switch again.
If anything this is the complete death of old nintendo.

>>715545484
A bunch of fucking slop but we also got ALBW, Splatoon, and Tropical Dong to be fair.

I mostly consider those to be the same era still. The DS and Wii families. Splatoon was the beginning of the big turnaround.

>>715545818
>GBA
SNES ports + shovelware and 3 good exclusives
>DS
Unique and huge library
>GC
Luigi's Mansion (tech demo), Mario Sunshine (rushed)
>Wii
DK comeback, Mario Galaxy (universal masterpiece)
???

they do this all the time. it's a pattern. previous console does poorly, they somehow rebound significantly with its successor, then they go full retard and fuck up again with the next one

>>715545890
Wii/DS/WiiU/3DS were literally the only console with a heavy focus on gimmicks. Even the Switch 1 didn't really try to change the way games actually played. You are so full of shit.

>>715545818
lol no I'm way older. Mid-80s older.

Sin and Punishment 2 alone molests the entire GC library. But yeah overall the Wii just had better games than the GC. Waggle included
And the DS speaks for itself. Most likely the best handheld ever. Gimmick included

>>715546027
>Mario Galaxy (universal masterpiece)

I'm jealous of the people who could put on their good time hats and play Galaxy and think this instead of constantly negatively comparing it to 64/Sunshine and having a miserable time like I did.

>>715546829
the physics was worse than 64 but the planets gimmick and the overall level design were kino

>>715546339
>And the DS speaks for itself. Most likely the best handheld ever. Gimmick included

It was really terrible from the perspective of core Nintendo-developed games though. They did publish some great shit like Elite Beat Agents and Hotel Dusk. But nobody's putting NSMB or Phantom Hourglass on even their Top 100 Nintendo Games list.

>>715543885
I know it's hard to comprehend but not all corporations are led by souless American style hyper capitalists, some CEOs outside the Anglosphere actually care about more than a squiggly green line. Nintendo used to be one of those rare companies and they no longer are. It's not surprising but it is disappointing to lose another company to the void

>>715547173
They had some great stuff. NSBM, Kart, Animal Crossing. But yeah, I'd be lying if I said the reason the DS might be the greatest handheld ever was because of Nintendo games. It's mostly everything else

>>715542148 (OP)
>It's femoids
>Every time

>>715546027
sub-50 IQ post.

>>715547208
companies will always try to maximize profit, there's nothing new under the sun here. Old Nintendo was the same, just their way of maximizing profit, now they found a more optimal wat

>>715545150
Literally none of the "best" games you listed are anywhere near the peak of their respective franchises.

>>715545890
>The switch 2 is straight up just the switch again.
They literally reworked the Joycons and even added a mouse function you wanker

>>715549614
Depends on the time scale. American corps think short to medium term, they will burn shit tonnes of money and scale like crazy before reaping the profits and destroying their company in the process. One their product is so shit nobody wants to use it anymore they buy up competitors and startups then live on like a parasite till they run out of resources. Companies like Nintendo think very long term, they still want to exist in 150 years so they haven't traditionally burned their brand or audience to maximise profit. Now they are behaving like an American corp.

>>715551849
>reworked the joycons
By just making them “better.” HD rumble got reworked, sticks and buttons got adjusted, but at the end of the day functionally it’s just “joycons but better”
>even added a mouse function
It's the equivalent of rumble, neat new thing but ultimately adds nothing. Besides we've had mouses since pc’s were invented, it’s hardly an innovation despite what some tendies will screech at you