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Nintendo's 2 problems are relying on established franchises and their inability to cater to third-parties. There is only so long they're going to retain the revenue stream they need to wage war with MS in the console world with Mario games (all variants, including Kart and Super Smash), Metroid, and Zelda. It's all a question of whether consumers will keep buying Nintendo platforms for those games or if they'll wind up content with alternate mobile and home gaming platforms. I just dunno if Nintendo will be able to stay relevant in a world where MS, Google, and Apple all wind up duking it out for control of your living room.
FireEmblem_Man
Their franchises are fine. That would only be a problem if they ran out of creativity. We don't even know whether they tried making more IP's. I think they would be very good at establishing a new IP if it is necessary. The third parties are unimportant unless they want to have a shot at being a platform for gamers who can afford only one platform. Then all they need to do is make their platform the new standard in terms of power. Not significantly over or underpowered. And a good online.I stick to my opinion that 3rd party is impossible to rely on. They hate nintendo with a passion.3rd party are hookers who give premium service to who pays them most. Which is M$'s territory. They can't ever compete with that. I think nintendo should forget third party. They have the platforms people buy for the nintendo games.
They would do better to get indi support for their platform and focus on first party.
So in short I would say this is their Tri-force:
powerful/expensive
good, complete online
total indi devotion (work with Steam!!!)
It would be a winner!
If only they had some strong support for Wii the upcoming years, a high pricepoint wouldn't have been such an issue.
I'm getting really tired seeing that word.... It's not "creativity that had Nintendo succeed, it's smart business decision and good marketing strategies that helped them stride. They need to CRAFT the right games for the right audience, because software matters and they're making the Wii U powerful enough to please third parties to help the Wii U to keep afloat since third parties on the Wii is underwhelming.
What Microsoft failed is their Online, and that's something Nintendo needs to tackle on. Making the system more online friendly will definitely be a huge win for Nintendo. They should make a facebook like interface combine with a Steam service.
But Nintendo does have alot of creativity. That's how they have franchises that last so long. They keep adding new things to them while keeping the same core mechanics. Like SMGs for example, some really creative level designs but still Mario platforming. Also, Wii Fit, Wii sports, etc. And I bet thy will find creative games like Wii-fit and Wii-Sports to show the strengths of the new controller just like they did with Wii. Some of the tech demos from E3 2011 for example. It's not just smart business decisions and good marketing strategies. 
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