Nintendo have always been innovators in the industry, driving the technology forward with unfaltering enthusiasm for new ideas. Some successful, others outright failures like the Virtual Boy, but always interesting.
Pac-Pix launched in 2005 as a Nintendo DS exclusive, and deserves to make a comeback on modern touchscreen devices.
The Nintendo Switch is potentially nearing its lifespan, and several Wii U games haven't found their way over as ports yet.
I think it's better to leave games like AC: Amiibo Festival and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash forgotten on the Wii U. Best case, they are mediocre games; worse case, they are very bad. It was a dark time for the Wii U, and the first only exists to sell Amiibo cards, whereas the second was put together in a couple of months with a shoestring budget, and it shows.
The rest of the list does have some really cool games, though. I would love to see a remake of Star Fox Zero with decent controls, and Xenoblade X doesn't require that much modification to work.
Same as Paper Mario color splash. One of the best wiiu games and getting even better with dual screen. Same reason why i prefer Splatoon 1
This article leaves out Nintendo's most controversial game to date devils Third.
I personally found the cover system really fun in that one compared to at the time most fps games completely lacking one.
They should remake Starfox to the switch 2. Very beautiful game during gamecube days.
Kirby is always ignored or forgotten by people, so good to see it mentioned here.
Play Kirby Canvas Curse on DS, and then play Rainbow Curse on Wii U, they're really fun and unique 'platformers' without any actual jumping.
“There are many iconic platformers yet Kid Chameleon is rarely discussed so allow me to shine the spotlight on this retro treasure.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Analouge controler, i was blown away by how much easier it was to control something using it then saw my psone with no analouge and was glad they brought out one with.
People always bash Nintendo but I think they always set the boat at first, which means it usually not perfect but opens up for other companies to follow
Very good article. While Nintendo hasn't always invented the technology (ie Analogue stick), they definitely seem to be the ones who make it become second nature. The Analogue stick, force feedback (rumble) in the controller, even analogue triggers from the Gamecube controller are now all standard things that started out as "gimmicks". We couldn't imagine playing games without any of that stuff, and who knows, the gamepad may make a secondary touch screen become mainstream. We will see what the controllers look like when the PS4 / 720 come along.
Force Feedback and Rumble Tech are different technologies. Other than steering wheels, I'm not sure there are force feedback controllers on consoles.
I still use the Gamecube controller on wii when playing Mario Kart (I hate motion controls).
Nintendo does contribute great innovations to the industry from a control standpoint.. Some software innovations too.. Z-targeting started on ocarina of time & made it much more comfortable to attack enemies in 3D spaces..
They are a great company but i hate their hardware & 90% of the titles that gets released on em... We will see if wii u changes that in the near future.. Their 1st party games are the only reason i even support em.. I hope Bayonetta 2 looks nx gen graphically