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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"I mean, the mantra of great gameplay has always been easy to learn, difficult to master. Doesn't the drive to simplify interfaces for non-gamers fit into that?"
There are lots of games out there that are too complicated for their own damn good. Nintendo however isn't making these games. I find that their games have always had simple interfaces for what are really quite complex games. Fire Emblem is pretty much the only Nintendo game that I think doesn't already have a simple interface. So if Nintendo thought that the games they were already making were too complicated then what do they think isn't? They're overcompensating. Much like how Nintendo makes games that were already easy needlessly easier in re-releases they're making games that were already user-friendly more user-friendly for no reason. Mario Kart isn't complicated so when Nintendo tried to simplify more we got Kirby Air Ride. There's the problem.
But for many non-gamers those games are not user-friendly. And the thing is, if Nintendo can make games that are easy to control, and yet offer deep and enjoyable gameplay, then I really don't see the problem, MP3 looks to be far more user-friendly than previous incarnations, and yet the gameplay looks fantastic.