Things you dislike about Nintendo.

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]2. Not localizing games.thom_maytees

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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]2. Not localizing games.thom_maytees

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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]2. Not localizing games.meetroid8

Exactly, it's still NINTENDO.

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I agree, but my main problem is prices.

The Wii came out 4 years ago, and since then it only dropped $50 in price. Compare any successful console, and compare the competition and you can see the Wii should be cheaper by now.

The FOUR YEAR OLD Wii launch games like Zelda are still $50....the prices are what I don't like the most.

This pricing even falls to DS games...games like NEW SUPER MARIO for DS are older than the Wii, almost 5 years old, and still full price.

Lastly, Where the heck are $20 Ninitendo Greatest Hits?

Online is secondary, but you mentioned that already. I would like to see that improved greatly.

SolidTy

If people complain about the price of first-party games and the Wii console, then they need to buy them used at places like eBay. All this complaining is just talk, and the best thing to do is not pay full price.

New High Priced games keep used games at a higher cost...plus, I don't buy used, I like to support the companies that make my games provided I'm not on a boycott. For instance, I do buy used ACTIVISION games, to ensure they don't get any profits from my purchase, otherwise I buy new almost all the time.
Bottom line, I don't like this about Nintendo, and if the solution to this problem is "BUY USED GAMES", that's not a solution to the main problem.

I will still dislike that about Nintendo. Money is NOT my concern at all, I make plenty of money.

My problem is the trend I'm noticing about a great company, and that trend includes keeping high prices on 4-5 year old games. Meanwhile the competition has greatests hits, etc.

What happened to Greatest Hits/Players Choice for DS and Wii 1st Party games...I think it's interesting that consumers haven't caught on to this. I still remember buying Spiderman64 for $60 brand new at Retail for N64, that very same game was only $40 on the competing platform.

Consumers may not realize what's going on with these prices, but I see it plain as day.

What I dislike:

.Their online infrastructure. Friend codes suck.

. Not localising certain games that japan gets (Mother 3 etc.). Who really knows if LS or XB will be coming to us.

. Not making new games in certain franchises for years and years. You know, StarFox, F-Zero, etc.

Aside from the sorry online experience Nintendo still provides with its systems...I'm pretty upset about the 3DS. I mean, it's cool and all, but with the price points of the DS and Wii at launch...how could they possibly launch a handheld at such a high price?Rokushin

A good business practice is to under-promise...and over-deliver.

Nintendo's business practice however is to over-promise...but under-deliver.

That's what I dislike about Nintendo.

That and Reggie's unnecessarily exaggerated body language and long pauses during his speeches regarding the financial success of the company this year showed through the excitement of charts and graphs.

too many things nintendo has done wrong with the Wii/3DS

- first and foremost: DISCONTIUING THE PRIME TRIOLOGY. Metroid Prime is one of my favorite nintendo games, and now i cant find it damn anywhere becuase they discontinued and FREAKING REIGON LOCKED IT!!

- the "family friendly" approach to gaming. i get that parents dont want their little kids playing call of duty or something like that, but nintendo couldback off that a little bit, i mean LOTS of people (gamers) are complaining about it, and nintendo just blows them off like thier customers mean nothing to them

- the online: just to put it lightly, the online SUCKS. the only good online game ive played on the wii is GoldenEye. other than that, no good online supprt for its games, save the aforementioned goldeneye and Mario Kart.

- the support for ALL their series. although i absolutely love Zelda (Ocarina Of Time is my favorite game), Metroid, and maybe mario (after the New Super Mario Bros, im not so sure anymore), they ignore the rest of their great series. F-Zero is a prime example of that, because it has been around 7 or 8 years since we saw a new F-Zero game. another good example is Earthbound. that was an awsome game, but nintendo abandoned it altogether after the first game.

- the way nintendo releases peripherals, but doesnt support them a month after they come out. a good example is the Wii Speak. that is only availiable in three games( the Conduit, Animal Crossing, Black Ops) and nintendo themselves said they were not supporting it anymore.

- the prices of some of their stuff: some launch games that were priced at $50 - $60 are still the same price almost 5 years later.

- the re-releasing of old hardware in a new casing: example: nintendo DS and soon to be 3DS. theres are least 3 versions of the DS if im not mistaken, and the same is more than likely going to happen with the 3DS.

- the overall disrepect they have for their customers. people complain about nintendo and their shortcomings and nintendo STILL does nothing about what people are saying. many many gamers want more hardcore games for the wii/3DS, and nintendo keeps pushing "family friendly" shovelware that not even the most cautious parents want, because it is so bad.

just so everyone knows, i still support nintendo, and i still love Zelda and metroid, but nintendo needs to step up and be better at listening ALL their customers, not the whiny parents who want to "protect their children from the harm of video games", and their Japanese customers

What I dislike:

.Their online infrastructure. Friend codes suck.

. Not localising certain games that japan gets (Mother 3 etc.). Who really knows if LS or XB will be coming to us.

. Not making new games in certain franchises for years and years. You know, StarFox, F-Zero, etc.

Wii4Fun

Add the lack of region free capability and you get my complacent argument.

That and no new IPs catered to the advanced level gamers.

I would like the graphics to improve

Los9090

Why? Nintendo systems have good enough graphical capabilities for the games that are released on them.

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]The fact that they continue to release new system with dated hardware. The DS was dated when release, the Wii was dated when released, and now the 3DS will also be using dated hardware. They try to cover up the fact that they use such old hardware by putting other things in it. It was the touch screen for the DS, the motion controller for the Wii, and now 3D for the 3DS, all to cover up that they are essentially selling you dated hardware for a premium price. $250 for the 3DS? No thank you. Now I love my Wii and my DS, but it is something I know is happening. penpusher

how is it dated? ... the wii for example was never meant to be a graphical powe house but uses (what was at the time) state of the art motion control, the DS was also never meant to be a power house instead nintendo opted for touch screen tech which was not as common as it is now and certainly new for consoles. As for the 3DS just because it uses the same main control method as the current DS youre just writing it off as "outdated". The 3D technology it uses (whether gimmick or not) is pretty advanced and nintendo seem to have decided that this time a graphical power house would be better ...

There is more to a game console these days than graphics, its a shame some people are still stuck in the last generation way of thinking. If thats not convincing enough then think of it like this, if nintendos tech is so out of date why are the other two big companies tripping over themselves to rip it off?

1 - Reggie - He scares me, needs to get his teeth fixed (petty, I know. But if you make as much money as he does, there is NO excse) and is incredibly boring.

2 - The fact that we know near nothing about games until a month before launch, only to discover that the title is going to be delayed again for [generic excuse here]

3 - The fact that we can have two Mario main titles, spinoffs, and sports games...but we can't get Pikmin, Starfox, F-Zero, etc.