Is anyone else as bored of hearing "this is the last time I trust Nintendo to do something right!" Or "I've lost all hope in them as a company" as I am?
You should have either abandoned your faith a long time ago or stopped taking video games so seriously.
unfortunately, these attitudes are well deserved. I had a positivity meter, it is used up at this point. The company makes great games and systems, but they're horribly mismanaged. I blame the NOA change of guard during the N64 to Gamecube transition era.
I like Nintendo, but they need to have either a good third party plan, or a good second party plan. Its amazing Sony nurtures Naughty Dog into and Amazing second party and Microsoft nurtured Bungi and Nintendo lost Rare and SK. retro is good, but I think the Wii U needed more than snazzy looking Super Nintendo games.
Now is the time to A) have absolutely amazing and original first party games B)Nurture a Second Party C)Attract a AAA exclusive game from a third party D)Have as many Indy games as possible.
If they can do one of those things then this generation will be good.
I've been playing Yooka Laylee on PS4 all day. I'm still wondering when its arriving on Switch? The game is turning into Watchdogs for Wii U. Delayed well past it's target release without a firm date. The only way at this point where it could be better is if Switch got some exclusive content for waiting. Nintendo should turn Playtonic into a second party. Of course that's probably the furthest thing from Reggies mind.
Armchair executive time!
If I were NOA I would:
Snatch Playtonic Exclusivity
Snatch Tom Happ and put a team under him(I'd have grabbed him back in the summer and given him lots of moneys)
Have Retro make a new Metroid game(I'd have had the game started development more than 2 years ago. I actually built a unity metroid clone at least a year and a half ago...so if I had a team of people we'd be pretty far along, but I'm just a lone programmer/graphic artist working for free, not a team of people on a 30 million Capcom budget)
Found some Indy developer to make a survival horror game. Lots of Silent Hills clones could use some funding and would get a popularity boost for being an exclusive game
Hired Martin Holis and had him make a Spy Shooter. Not Goldeneye, Not Perfect Dark. Actually I'd like it to be cheeky, and cartoony. Very violent though. Somewhat of a 60s British spy parody game.
Fund Shadows of the Eternals.
But on top of that give Denis Dyack a second job as director of Eternal Darkness 2. There's room for both.
I'd have Ubisoft develop a Donkey Kong game. Something like Assassins Creed, Uncharted, or Tomb Raider, but with Donkey Kong. You're in a big beautiful jungle, you explore temples, you climb walls, vines and buildings, and you fight Kremlings, collect bananas. I would focus more on melee attacks though. You might ride around with Funky Kong in a Jeep.