Nintendo Wins Again

Nintendo is a Motley Fool Stock Advisor pick and remains a five-star Caps stock even after tripling its share price over the past year. This company seems to have figured out what kind of games the global consumer wants, and it also aims to grow gaming into new demographics. That includes casual gamers such as women, older people, and guys who prefer sports.

Mix in a generous helping of Mario and Luigi and a generally cuddly image, and people have a game provider for the whole family. Sony and Microsoft are still going after the hardcore gaming crowd of mostly boys and young men, looking ahead to becoming living-room media hubs in the distant future.

[ATLRoAcH]

One thing I can't do is hate on Nintendo even though they are Sonys real enemy from way back.Nintendo got me gaming when I was just a little dude.I still wouldn't mind playing some Mario 3 or Battle Toads.Nintendo does indeed have customer appeal.In the future kids that start on Nintendo today will be hardcore gamers.Nintendo is a good start for an aspiring gamer.Thanks to Nintendo I'm a hardcore Sony fan today.Its funny how the world works.

[PirateThom]

I'm the same, I've been there, done that and do actually own a SNES t-shirt and while my love for Nintendo of the past will never die, I just have a kind of indifference to them now. I'm glad to see Nintendo on top again, but I don't like how they go there.

[Ru]

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[doomsonyman]

nintendo will be crushed by sony in 2008 these are the facts

[Rooftrellen]

Nintendo stood toe to toe with Halo 3...in America! The only difference in 2008 to now with Sony and Nintendo is that there will be a few months where the PS3 outsells the Wii because of huge hits.

However, make no mistake by judging the games annouced so far. Nintendo plays it close to the vest, and you can bet your bottom dollar that Brawl won't be the only monsterous hit that we'll see on the Wii in 2008.

[C_SoL]

@3.1:thats all you can mention is Brawl...you gotta tell me more man......cause PS3 has a infratry of weapons(games)...

[Rooftrellen]

The only games we know of right now that I would say are must-haves are Brawl, Endless Ocean, No More Heroes, Mario Kart, Mushroom Men, Okami, Monster Lab, Animal Crossing, Disaster: Day of Crisis, Dragon Quest Swords, and FF: CC. I know you may want more, but there will be more than just that, you can be sure, and, depending on your tastes, there may be more than that, but those games are just me, personally, as a hardcore gamer.

For the PS3 we have Devil May Cry 4, KZ2, LBP, MSG4, FF13, Singstar, GT5, Jak and Daxter, Lost Planet, and Motorstorm 2. You might be interested in more, but that's what I see that I would want, plus a few that are really hyped that I wouldn't want.

I count 10 for the PS3 and 11 for the Wii. Of course, as I said, Nintendo likes to keep secrets, while Sony is trying to show what the future holds, so I would expect the list of Wii games to grow over the next few months.

Also, on that list, 5 Wii games are NOT sequals or remakes, while only 1 fits that bill on the PS3, so the Wii should give fresher experiances.

If you have a different ideas of the must haves comming next year for the PS3, please, tell the world, but don't list a lot of games that won't be any good just to list more than 11 and say the PS3 owns the Wii, because then you just end up looking foolish as I will have to say once again that we all know Nintendo isn't letting us know everything yet.

[unsunghero28]

I love you.

Have some bubbles.

[DeckUKold]

C_Sol got pwn bubbles for rooftrellen

[C_SoL]

Nintendo didn't win sh*t....this console war still has alot of fuel in its tank.....

[happyjimmy]

It lost when they revealed it had no specs.

[snittolo]

Props to the company that most of us grew up with, tripling their share price this year alone is crazy!

[kunark]

nintendo did something i never saw coming they out sold xbox and playstation hands down the wii is a monster at 250.00 cant pass that up knowing u can down load 1000's of old school games that why so many are buying them i own a ps3 ps2 and man i want a wii but there never in stock lol and in 2008 i see sony pulling into 2nd if not 1st place just hope people find a way to make games for the ps3 mainly the 3rd party games have been ps3's down fall

[pilotpistolpete]

Everyone knows that Nintendo came out of no where and kicked ass. You can't deny it, sony or MS fan.

[RiceFiend]

It is incorrect to say that Nintendo already won. However, they are indeed winning in hardware sales and judging from their holiday software lineup, the Wii will be one fearsome software contender by the end of this year with grade-A titles like Super Mario Galaxy and the extremely anticipated Super Smash Brothers Brawl set to be released early winter of 2008. Mario Kart Wii looks promising as well. And with the tremendous amount of developers switching over to develop for the Wii, it seems that Nintendo's third-party support will help Nintendo in software sales considerably, given that the games they develop don't flop considerably too. Nintendo looks solid 2007 and beyond.

The Playstation 3 also looks to be a strong performer for 2008 and beyond with some excellent titles like Metal Gear Solid 4, Devil May Cry 4, Final Fantasy XIII, Resident Evil 5 and many more.

Although the Xbox 360 has a couple of good titles itself like Soul Calibur VI and Mass Effect, I'll have to agree with most analysts believeing that the 360 will probably fall behind the other two consoles in hardware(it's already behind the Wii but ahead of the PS3), and therefore software sales after 2007.

[unsunghero28]

Is that a generation ago you would literally get laughed at if you told someone that you owned a gamecube.

Good work on turning things around, Nintendo.

[DeckUKold]

i never got laughed at if i had a cube actually i gained friends with a gamecube we used to have tournaments within the neighborhood and in school when we have country fair like a festival the gamecube booth was full when the ps2 xbox and xbox360 booth were little cause honestly who wants to play guitar hero and call of duty when you hear
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[snoopgg]

People always say the ps3 doesn't have enough aaa games out right now, but actually the wii has even a less stellar library of games out for it. As a hardcore gamer, I would be pressed to find anything on nintendos machine now or in the future that wouldn't already be better on the ps3 or 360. The wii is a trend, while the other two consoles are for hardcore console gaming. I think the wii costs too much, for how little it can do. Its online approach, graphics, lack of game library, and quality 3rd party support, make it a weak console choice for any hardcore gamer.

[unsunghero28]

Metroid Prime 3
Legend of Zelda
Super Paper Mario
and upcoming Brawl, BWii, and Galaxy.

I know very few people that would consider the Wii a "weak console choice for any hardcore gamer."

Unless, of course, that "hardcore gamer" is 12 and he's that XBL stereotype we all love to hate.