Nintendo is an incredible company – they essentially invented the modern videogame market, are responsible for the most recognizable figures in gaming, and have always pushed innovation when they could simply rest on their laurels. However, they’ve also made several huge mistakes, and it’s sort’ve a miracle they’re still a company, let alone a successful one. Here are the five biggest mistakes Nintendo ever made.
If you were a 90s kid excited about Nintendo’s upcoming N64 console, you likely read something somewhere about the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive, also known as the 64DD or DD64.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Very good choice for number 1.
For some reason I thought the Gamecube sold a lot more than just 22 million.
The Gamecube was a wonderful console with some really great games that I still play to this day. Unlike the Wii, it was mostly aimed at the core crowd, which chose to shun it for some reason. Those who did, though were the ones that missed out.
Even though I use a Wii to play my Gamecube games today, I still prefer the Gamcube version of Zelda Twilight Princess, which I consider to be superior of the two (and yes I have played both versions.) I also fondly remember Paper Mario 2, Chibi Robo, Zelda: The Windwaker, Tales of Syphonia (sadly it's Wii sequel stunk,) Skies of Arcadia and many others.
The system was faster and more powerful than the PS2, but it's biggest mistake was probably that the PS2 had a cooler looking case.
I really hope Nintendo makes a return to supporting the core crowd with the Wii U. Of course you can see why they did what they did with the Wii. People say that they betrayed the core gamer with the Wii, but the truth is that the core crowd abandoned them first during the Gamecube area.
LoL-LoL-LoL !!! I didn't know that Nintendo open their own graves by brake the deal with SONY and make them enter the console market :D That's so ROFL! SONY eat them alive from 96 with PS1 & until 2006 with PS2, 10 whole years Nintendo couldn't even dream of the sales SONY did with PlayStation.
PS2 long pass the 150 million mark and it's the most successful console in video-game history, & other than consoles there is a new war in the way those of the handhelds, VITA is obviously the best handheld in the market the sales is not strong yet but I am sure that in 1-2 years when some good games appear it will start sell like hot cakes it will be a very strong opponent for 3DS & imo it will outsell it eventually.
I love the powerglove....it's so bad
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