GodisaGeek: "Nintendo have just sent us over a blooper clip from the recent Nintendo 3DS Direct, and if you don’t smile, you might need to see a doctor."
'We believe that it is important to nurture developers who take this unique concept to heart.' -Miyamoto
By making pretty much only AA games so they can sell them for the same price as AAA games.
By being threatened by dev teams innovating on formulas found in your cash cow, but are either afraid or lack the talent to implement themselves
Well with the exception of Zelda and Xenoblade Chronicles series, Nintendo first party games are usually less demanding (see Arms, Nintendo sports series 2d kirby + mario games, Mario sports series, Warioware, Mario Party etc).
Zelda doesnt even have voice acting for its characters most of the time and its games use simpler textures than lets say Horizon Zero Dawn, Last of Us, Gears of War 5 etc which means that the development costs are lower.
Even so, their games are generally polished and well thought of and as the Switch generation showed, many of their franchises actually grew considerably in sales (Kirby , Xenoblades, Metroid etc).
I still love Zelda, and Mario Kart/Party is always a good time as well, although Nintendo isn't chasing hyper realistic graphics like a lot of the other studios are.
Japan CEOs take pay cut to keep talent, USA CEO take 20 million bonuses and fire talent
Nintendo’s iconic developer Shigeru Miyamoto gives a talk to new employees each year to appraise them of the company’s values and what it takes to create excellent video games.
A series first.
Aonuma is the main zelda guy currently after all. I'm sure Miyamatos been too busy with many other things and especially the next big zelda.
Jesus...the sony conference was so strict lol..compare this to the vita live stream they had a few days ago and this is so much more casual lol...
Those hats need to be on general sale, somewhere.
This is one reason why I like these Nintendo Directs. The laid back atmosphere really lets them make it their own and have fun with it. Nintendo has an odd sense of humor, so it's always interesting to see what they're going to do next.
It sets the tone for what ND's are all about. Casual, direct to the consumer presentations that often come with one or two reveals. Using an E3 grading rubric on these things is a little excessive IMO.