Miyamoto wonders why Pikmin hasn't sold more and why people think the games are difficult - eviltoast

Seems like time and time again, Nintendo is always trying to sell games to an audience of people who do not wish to play video games. For a sequel, I figured Nintendo should focus on their core audience of Pikmin fans but it seems like they’re always changing things to appeal to people who don’t play games while in return alienating the people who want more sophisticated gameplay and challenges.

What are your thoughts?

  • Clown_Tempura@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Nintendo has this weird habit of thinking extremely little of their players and assuming they are simply too stupid to play video games, and therefore need to have their hands held or be distracted with flashy gimmicks. Their actual base gameplay mechanics are some of the best in the business but they rarely actually ask the player to apply themselves. I don’t think anyone likes to be condescended to. If it weren’t for Metroid and Zelda, I don’t think I’d put up with their underpowered shield tablet.