Reggie praises Wii Fit longevity at investors' conference

Joystiq and sister sites, you really need to make some forums so we can avoid things like this.

Hi averxd,

Check out this article:

http://nintendo.joystiq.com/2008/10/23/new-system-update-may-block-homebrew-channel/

I don't know for sure, but the general rule is that any Nintendo update will likely remove current homebrew (at the very least, it will likely remove the ability to install that particular solution). Take care! :)

tru dat. Gief us some blood and shit. Or at least a pellet gun for christs sake.

They are still making the best games, just that they now have a *mission* with said games

I still fail to see the problem. Look at 2009. Anyone who hasn't gotten on the hate train is going to see the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd party glory forthcoming

Of course I'm not saying that they're not still making the best games. They are. But their priority now doesn't seem to be "how can we make the game the best it can possibly be" (which it should be), it's "how can we make the game appeal to as many different demographics as possible", which always leads to compromise and a sacrifice of quality (see Phantom Hourglass for example, an excellent game, ruined by tacky control gimmicks in order to "appeal to non-gamers"). The design process seems to have become so corporate and transparent.

Phantom Hourglass is the best ever Zelda game precisely because of the touch screen controls.

"I wish Nintendo's "singular focus" was on making the best games like it used to be, rather than this increasingly tedious crusade."

I've got to agree with you Hamster.

For the entire time Nintendo has been in America, it's felt different than other companies in that it's entire focus always seemed to be specifically about the AAA gameplay and top-quality fun of Nintendo's titles.

With the success of the Wii, I feel like Nintendo's focus is derailed and mainly (aside from Galaxy and GC ports) spent on making games easy for any and everyone to play, which I think leaves long time Nintendo players feeling confused, bored, and betrayed.

Hopefully they can find a middle ground at some point.

Well Nigeria, each to their own and all that, though one would assume from that, that you haven't played many, if any Zelda games. And I actually wasn't really referring to the touch-screen controls, more the microphone gimmicks (though I didn't think the touch-screen controls were particularly great; alright I suppose, but movement is awkward when your hand is covering a large part of the screen, item use/selection is cumbersome, combat unsatisfying, and the puzzle where you have to draw the triforce emblem on a door that doesn't register until after the millionth try, deeply irritating. For the most part I longed for the accurate, comfortable, tactile, sensory pleasures of a normal button set-up, but I guess my granny wouldn't have been able to play it and that's what matters....)

Errr, if you actually read the comments, we were talking about Phantom Hourglass on the DS, not Twilight Princess on the Wii. Twilight Princess's controls were fantastic.