Nintendo: Industry must innovate

Innovation?  Yes.  But Iwata-san's definition of innovation these days seems to translate loosely to "gimmicks."  To that I say "no thank you."

I agree with the argument that the gaming industry most innovate. I also agreed with the argument that games does not need nice graphics to be good. 

 But i don't see Nintendo as that innovative. Sure both Wii and Wii U had a new controller but that's about it.  Seems like they empty all their ideas on the controller. Nintendo is still releasing the same old Mario and Zelda games. For me it dosen't matter if the system is the most powerfull or has the most awesome controller, for me it's about the games, and there is where the main focus should lie.

Virtual Reality is the way for future of gaming. Example of it is the one in the movie called "Gamer" staring Gerard Butler. It could go even further than that later on. 

I consider Nintendo president, Satoru Iwata, an insightful visionary in gaming industry.

For starters games needs to be cheaper. Heck I can pick up a used cheap android phone for $70 USD bucks man. 

Um, you are about 10 devs and a year late on this one. We know the industry wants innovation. So do it and quit talking. I know easier said than done, but this is Nintendo saying this with a Mario game every 3 months.

While Nintendo has created a new control scheme. Thus innovation of sorts, Which MS and Sony seemed to have taken notice of. They have Surface and Whatever Sony decides to name their new controller.

Nintendo could have beefed up the Wii U a bit more so that it can last the whole 8th generation. So Nintendo has innovative ideas, But having a console that can attract 3rd party developers is important. The Wii U is O.K for the year 2013, but what about after?

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Sorry but we're not anywhere near that "saturation point".  I mean come on, look at big movie effects and game trailers, cutscenes, etc.  Nintendo is just saying this because it's not their strong suit, every company does this.

I've said this so many times over the last several years, I want gameplay and innovation and etc etc, AND increasingly better graphics.  The hardware costs keep going down, and software development complication is no excuse.  What, have we reached the plateau of human knowledge and capability in computer graphics?  :)

Nintendo is damned if they do and damned if they don't. Innovation takes time, especially when it comes to interactive art. When Nintendo announces it is working on a new Mario, Zelda and etc and those titles take years to come out, people say Nintendo has no titles to support their console. If Nintendo rushes those titles out to the public, people claim Nintendo isn't innovating any longer and abusing their I.P's.

Outside of a few high end development companies and the indie crowd, Nintendo and its internal development studios are the last major innovators left. I dare you all to name a company that can design such simple to control titles that contain tons of depth like the majority of titles developed by Nintendo and their studios. 

I agree with Nintendo. Let's just get 60fps next gen. Too many damn sequels end up spinning off into completely different genres that have nothing much in common with the original game except the name of course for $$$. Hopefully Nintendo take their own advice.

I pose a very simple question... why can't we have both? 

       Nintendo, you are correct for the most part, however you need to concentrate on the power of the gaming console as well. Innovation will only get you so far! Quit being so narrow minded and focus on the whole picture! We need innovation AND power. You guys used to give that to us during the years of the NES, SNES, and the N64. But now you've slacked off and lost your direction! LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS! Quit being so damn cocky with your beliefs and look at the facts too! Sheesh... 

           3 or 4 years down the line when the developers have already maxed out your systems capabilities Sony and Microsoft will have better looking games being released with more support from third party developers because those developers won't be able to put the games on your weaker powered console because they would run to sluggishly. 

I agree.So far Sony and MS have been leaking info about processing power capablilities and and video services.Nothing says at the moment how games are going to be more fun.Graphics are nice but I want something fun and a bit different.all this power and yet not much is done to make a game with weird physics or something.Its seems to me after the reach to 3d during the Ps2 Xbox and GC era games while fun began to stagnate.Its seems more innovation happened before this current gen.I do want a new way of fun.Power shouldn't dictate graphics.It should dictate how creative a Studio can become with a new game engine.Its cool see games get even more realistic but itd be hyper fun to see something surreal.

It's really hard to get behind the idea of Nintendo failing despite most gamers in this industry mysteriously acquiring psychic abilities and knowing their future.  No other company in this industry has faced the adversity that they have and yet they still stand strong.  As gamers I don't think we know what we're talking about when it comes to Nintendo.  I suspect that if they just listened to us all the time they would have been out of business a long time ago.     

I love Nintendo, i do.. But sorry innovation doesn't always speak great sales numbers, which last i check you need in order for your business to stay open. 

I love my yearly CoD & sport game releases, i love my 2-3 year battlefield releases, but what i think the industry need is to find the right balance of a little innovation, a little more fun and replayablitiy and stop thinking every freaking game is value @ $60..

Also does Nintendo realize they stand to make so much more money if they do games only and cut out hardware development...

RIGHT, question to all of those attacking Nintendo: how you would describe "innovation" and how you would go about "innovating" games if you would have unlimited resources?

Nintendo has and ace hid some place, watch out.  They did fuck up with just one controller.  plus I think they should have put and HDMI IN on the Wii U for there TV app.

"Innovation" is a word that seems to be thrown around wildly by many that take no heed of its definition and/or connotations. As such, it has been mostly devalued, much like the term "over-rated."

If what I have seen from Nintendo constitutes 100% true innovation, then I fear for the industry and its future, especially if it [the industry] pursues "innovation."

This is why I still love Nintendo.