So after the last few entries of Missed Opportunities, what else can I come up with to talk about? Well, while these aren’t super original, here are a couple more ideas that I think Nintendo should capitalized on.

Virtual Console

Virtual Console was and is a great idea. It’s just too bad that Nintendo has almost failed to push this massive selling point in the right way.

When the VC launched with the Wii, I thought that this service was going to be pushed as the iTunes of classic games, creating a huge library, and a way to turn the Wii into a gaming jukebox so to speak. Nintendo and the other companies that supported the service did end up releasing a lot of games, but after the first couple of years the releases slowed down and there was still hardly any advertising for it.

I feel that Nintendo should have been pushing for more releases all the time. Having the biggest store for all these old games would be a great selling point. I wanted to see commercials focus solely on the service, using some snappy music alongside examples of how great the service was.

Sadly, Nintendo seems to not be making any changes to their approach for the VC with the Wii U. Starting from scratch to build the library for the system has been slow, and they have yet to push it in any meaningful way.

Mario Party: Unlimited

Since the Wii was able to use the internet for both online gameplay and to download DLC, one of my first thoughts was that Mario Party would receive a version of the game that would last the generation. I wanted Nintendo to make a Mario Party that would be able to download updates or expansions.

Being able to download new boards and mini games would have been great. It would have stopped Nintendo from having to produce more than one full game, and at the same time, it would still have provided a way for them to extract more money from us fans. It could have been the biggest party Mario ever had.