How long can Nintendo continue to hemorrhage money?

[HardAss]

No smash bros, no buy

[ИATAS]

I used to be a big nintendo mark back in the day.

Zelda was my bread and butter, but since the days of the N64, nintendo has made mind boggling decisions.

N64 had some of the best games ever

Zelda OOT
Zelda MM
Perfect Dark
Goldeneye
Banjo Kazooie and tooie
Mario 64
Mario Kart
Paper Mario

but it didn't sell as well as PS1 because they stuck with cartridges instead of CD rom, to think that the N64 could have had final fantasy 7 as another exclusive if they switched to discs, it would have been the G.O.A.T console. They also lost I believe Resident evil and other games because of this.

Next up was the Gamecube, once again I stuck with nintendo, and once again they made a faux par. Instead of offering DVD compatibility they went with these mini-dvd discs that meant you could only play games on the console and not movies and music like XBOX and PS2, how that made sense is unknown. Gamecube still had some great games, Metroid and Zelda but it had less than the N64

I bailed when Nintendo released the wii, no way, I was playing oblivion and gears of war on my new 360 and I haven't looked back.

I might pick up a cheap wii as I have to play skyward Sword, but wii u doesn't interest me.

TBH I would rather nintendo did get out of the console market, and Zelda, mario and metroid were on xbox and playstation, that way nintendo can just concentrate on AAA first party titles which more gamers would get to play.

Off topic but Perfect Dark was such an underated game. Everyone loved Golden Eye but Perfect Dark was an advanced and huge upgrade from that. I remember each gun had dual functions, probably the first FPS game ever to do that. Absolutely loved that game.

[Earl-Hickey]

Off topic but Perfect Dark was such an underated game. Everyone loved Golden Eye but Perfect Dark was an advanced and huge upgrade from that. I remember each gun had dual functions, probably the first FPS game ever to do that. Absolutely loved that game.

When I was about 15 my parents took me and a mate on some gay adventure holiday, luckily there was a tv in our room and we took his 64 with perfect dark, we must have clocked 100 hours that week, ATG game.

[Earl-Hickey]

As someone else who grew up on Nintendo consoles, I agree.

Nintendo used to be the watermark for the best in console gaming. The NES was the ****, the SNES absolutely obliterated the competition during the 16 bit era, even the N64 managed to churn out some amazing titles which kept intrest in Nintendo on the rise during a period of time when more gamers were interested in what Sony was doing.

The Gamecube is where things started to fall off, though there were some pretty amazing titles in that console's library which warranted a purchase : Both Zelda titles, Super Mario Sunshine, Mario Kart double dash, Eternal Darkness, the RE remake along with RE4 (which was superior to the watered down PS2 port) and RE 0, the MGS remake, etc...

It's kinda depressing to see how far they've fallen in the last decade or so, but at the same time I feel that they deserve it for abandoning their hardcore fanbase who grew up with Nintendo consoles because they felt that adult gamers were a niche market.

I'd buy a Wii for Skyward Sword and that Donkey Kong Country remake, but the price of the console is still too high to warrant a purchase just for a few AAA titles.

At this point, I feel that it's only a matter of time before Nintendo closes up shop on the console front.

It's hard to belive how cynical they are.

They should have just released a high spec console and got publishers like Rockstar etc behind them. The only reason any hardcore gamer buys a nintendo is for first party titles, but as you say the price of the console is prohibitive, i'll probably rent a wii u out of the video store for a week and clock skyward sword then take it back.

They can still have ****ty motion controls, just have a normal controller aswell.

These days nintendo just makes toys for kids and middle aged women who think "wii fit" is a decent workout.

For shame.

[letsgobrady]

Off topic but Perfect Dark was such an underated game. Everyone loved Golden Eye but Perfect Dark was an advanced and huge upgrade from that. I remember each gun had dual functions, probably the first FPS game ever to do that. Absolutely loved that game.

me and my friends would play perfect dark all night.i'm surpised so many are zelda fans

[ßringer]

In this link they say "Nintendo's Dreamcast." Am I missing something or is that just a mistake? Maybe they meant gamecube? Dreamcast was made by Sega.

I believe it's a comic note, meaning that the Wii U is likely to end up like the SEGA Dreamcast. I.E : An abysmal failure that may put Nintendo out of the console business.

[ИATAS]

me and my friends would play perfect dark all night.i'm surpised so many are zelda fans

I grew up on Nintendo but even as a little kid I hated Zelda. Never could get into it. Give me Castlevania or some thing like that.

[ßringer]

Nintendo 2013 is SEGA 1997



Nice little blog entry that details Nintendo's recent failures.

[ßringer]

I grew up on Nintendo but even as a little kid I hated Zelda. Never could get into it. Give me Castlevania or some thing like that.

Zelda > Castlevania.

I'm a big fan of both series, though. Well, not so much Castlevania anymore now that they've become yet another 'God of War' clone.

[elgranluchadore]

I believe it's a comic note, meaning that the Wii U is likely to end up like the SEGA Dreamcast. I.E : An abysmal failure that may put Nintendo out of the console business.

lol, a friend in my school had a dreamcast and everyone else had a ps1, he was always complaining there were no games for it, the only thing good was that he could play re code veronica