I haven't done any serious work with Nintendo since the Super Nintendo days because of their reliance on outdated MIDI standards in music and their refusal to outsource any material for fear of media leaks, creative difficulties and what they think of as unnecessary expenditures. I can say that I'm happy to see Nintendo go down this slow-burn path to bankruptcy. From first-hand experience I can tell you that they do not care about you unless you're willing to fall for their marketing tactics and become convinced you're having fun with their outdated, creatively-stagnant products and ideas, all of which they make with shockingly low-cost budgets while selling the games to you at a high premium. They're not innovative at all, but their PR would sure as hell like you to believe it and tell everyone on forums like this one so you can ignore how cheap they are with you and buy Mario Party 9 and Donkey Konga 4. Do you want to know why they're so slow with a new Earthbound and why everything has Mario in it? Because they can't recoup the higher costs involved with a new, fresh game anywhere near as fast as they can with a quick Mario-themed multiplayer game sequel, all of which use the same graphics and models copied and pasted from every other Gamecube game.Originally Posted by RoleTroll
I'm excited as a gamer to see if Nintendo will turn things around with this Revolution and put out the compelling products we all expected to get with the Gamecube, but the following quote of mine is where I know it's going to go.
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