Okay so the whole wii thing has started up again because of the Wii U coming out. Most of the things being tossed around are about how Nintendo Wii was never competing with the 360 and PS3 because it was aimed towards casual gamers, which in part is true. I doubt your mother or grandparents bought the wii for anything other than a gimmicky game to play with friends or wii fit.
But look beyond that for a second, who have all the Nintendo games been aimed at? That's right little kids. It's easy to write them off as casual too but I think they're more than that. You can be a core gamer at any age, I myself had over 20 N64 games by the age of 7. People say Nintendo's games are for casuals but really they're just for little kids, Nintendo's games have always been for little kids. They're one of the few companies that still even make games for youth. The whole industry of videogames has sort of grown up with the generation that played games. When it started most games were for little kids, then around the N64/PS1 and the Xbox/PS2 generations they slowly became more geared for adolescents. Now almost all games are meant for young adults.
Which brings me to my last point. Nintendo never betrayed their fans, we just grew up. Nintendo themselves never got any less core they just continued to appeal to a new audience with every generation rather than holding on to a single fickle generation who have been there since the beginning. Yes a bunch of people bought the wii and left it to gather dust. You know who else bought the wii? Thousands of brand identifying children who eagerly await the next from Nintendo. Nintendo never left their fans, they just made some new ones.
But look beyond that for a second, who have all the Nintendo games been aimed at? That's right little kids. It's easy to write them off as casual too but I think they're more than that. You can be a core gamer at any age, I myself had over 20 N64 games by the age of 7. People say Nintendo's games are for casuals but really they're just for little kids, Nintendo's games have always been for little kids. They're one of the few companies that still even make games for youth. The whole industry of videogames has sort of grown up with the generation that played games. When it started most games were for little kids, then around the N64/PS1 and the Xbox/PS2 generations they slowly became more geared for adolescents. Now almost all games are meant for young adults.
Which brings me to my last point. Nintendo never betrayed their fans, we just grew up. Nintendo themselves never got any less core they just continued to appeal to a new audience with every generation rather than holding on to a single fickle generation who have been there since the beginning. Yes a bunch of people bought the wii and left it to gather dust. You know who else bought the wii? Thousands of brand identifying children who eagerly await the next from Nintendo. Nintendo never left their fans, they just made some new ones.