What I respect about Iwata is that not only was he a CEO, but he was an executive who actually was ALSO a game developer, and a pretty great one at that. (Just look at the stories surrounding Pokemon Gold and Silver or Earthbound, for example. He loved to save projects that were in limbo.) He was also at heart a gamer. He understood more of what it was like to have fun with playing games and wanted everyone to be able to enjoy it. He understood how they were made. He also understood business. That's why his quote is amazing. "On my business card, I am a corporate president. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." In order to best understand how the industry was going, it was necessary for him to be all three.
You should read his book "Ask Iwata". He really breaks down how he approached his position as president. It really shows why he was special and why Nintendo was as amazing as they were.
I also read that quote and agree with it. His identity played a huge role in other people's lives. I read Reggie's book Disrupting The Game and he also stated his stories with Iwata. I liked every bit of that book
@@UltimatePerfection, what about the original 1986 anime film? I thought that one was cool except one thing. If you saw the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about.
That's true, fun fact Iwata's was actually in the credits of the Mario Movie which i honestly thought was so sweet, just so sad that he never got to see how the movie turned out. I know Iwata would be proud of the success of the Switch, even though he died 2 years before the Switch released, he was actually a executive producer for two Switch games, being Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend Of Zelda Breath Of The Wild. That may prove that he may of heard about the Switch while it was in development.
@@TobyNo1Awesomeness iirc production on the Mario movie started after Iwata's death. There was no legal need to put him in the credits, but they did anyways.
Reggie had great business sense and though people lack comprehension skills he mentioned that Nintendo knew more about the internet than people thought they did. Iwata was a developer first, he was part of Hal Labratories. He was in the trenches before he became president, he wasn't a suit from the get-go unlike Kaz or anyone else that was in Sony and Microsoft's Game Division.
@@Cloud-dt6xb I think you flipped those consoles around. It was the PS3 that had a terrible launch with the pricing which led Xbox temporarily beating Sony before the Kinect and the 360 was hard to work with its own operating system for various software. And both consoles had other internal flaws that made them pretty much glorified tech demo machines for the 7th generation.
@@StarForce99when the 360 launched enough consoles had major hardware issues to the point where Microsoft had to offer repairs and replacements at cost.
@@Swampert384 That's true, but it didn't have a "terrible" launch. It was actually outpacing the PS3 during launch due to being slightly more capable and slightly less expensive. It was until around the middle of the 7th gen where Microsoft updated the console and then added the Kinect where they actually started to fall off. Meanwhile, Playstation gotten better and learned from their mistakes from the PS3 launch at this time, slightly edging out the 360 in sales, and gotten 2nd place during the 7th gen console war.
Iwata-san was a genius. His work with Nintendo is still seen today and he oversaw development of the Switch through his final moments of life. May he rest in peace.... He would be proud to see Nintendo right now
@@LezSpringfield No, Iwata-shin would be calling him a god (see Kaiou-shin compared to Kaiou-sama in Dragon Ball, also Hakai-shin Beerus). To be more accurate "-sama" would be equivalent to something like "lord".
"On my business card, I am a coroprate executive. In my mind, I am a game developer. But in my heart, I am a gamer." That quote lets us know exactly what kind of leader Iwata was. CEOs nowadays use general entertainment (gaming, movies, TV programs, etc.) for the mere purpose of collecting checks, rarely, if ever, having a genuine regard for the staff that work on them. Iwata was not like CEOs of today, because he was a staff member beforehand, and knew first-hand the results of putting creativity before cash.
@@timothydarden6133 Oh look more YT based hyperbole. 🙄🙄 Absolute nonsense and disrespect to Presidents like Mr Furukawa and Reggie Fils. 🤦♂️😄 They all care about Nintendo and giving Us the best games equally. This June Direct just gone shows agenda based comments like yours right up. Probably the best Mario and Luigi game there will be, Metroid Beyond is erm, _Beyond_ ridiculous and simply looks like a solid PS4 game on a console with 4 times less of the power. And Zelda Echoes of Wisdom was a very nice surprise.
It was Gunpei Yokoi who help Nintendo philosophy of taking older and cheaper tech and using it to the best of its abilities and be creative, iwata kept with that stance until his death. Hopefully this philosophy stays with nintendo for the future. Taking old hardware that can be made cheaply and making great and unique experiences with it.
@@pipeliner8969I know you shouldnt trust companies, but Nintendo's focus on long term sustainability benefits the company and the consumer. Are nintendo perfect? God no, but their games and consoles are sick, so im still gonna be playing nintendo games for as long as they are focused on that philosophy.
The trend was already noticeable from NES to SNES. Plenty of parents were already angry about buying a new box to play prettier versions of games their kids already own. NES to SNES, DS to 3DS; a strict upgrade will always do worse than the original. At least with the Wii and DS; kids could actually argue about entirely new experiences that couldn't be had one what they already owned. Honestly, the reason why the PS2 did better than PS1 was no small part thanks to DVDs.
@@mightza3781 I legitimately convinced my parents to buy a PS2 because of the DVD player function. They were about to spend like $200 on just a DVD player, but we could buy a used/refurbished PS2 at gamestop for like $70.
I've been going back and rewatching old E3 events on stream lately and everytime Iwata comes out he was predicting stuff that is effecting us now, it was spooky how amazing his speeches were.
@ItApproaches God, I hope Nintendo won't follow the same fate like how Sony and Microsoft did. Other than that, better to protect, support, and respect Shigeru Miyamoto and the developers of Nintendo!
@@keeganmcfarland7507 Nintendo IS the gaming industry, without them, the industry doesn't exist. They know what they're doing most of the time. They have been around for over 130 years so they know how to adapt and survive. They will make mistakes, but at least they try new things.
It’s worth noting even Iwata’s predecessor, Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was still with Nintendo as chairman of the board and acted as a sort of advisor, said similar things that year. Not sure if it was an IGN interview, but I remember him saying something to the effect of “Increasing CPU power does not guarantee that the games will be more fun.” Interesting, since gaming consoles during Yamauchi’s run definitely tried to compete in terms of power. Seems like he had a change of heart.
It was more a change with the times. Having more powerful consoles did impacted gameplay since a game like Super Mario World wouldn't have been possible on the NES. Just as Mario 64 couldn't be done on the SNES. However, starting with the GameCube, fewer games wouldn't have been possible without the increase in power. Pikmin 1 being one of the few examples of a game that couldn't be done on the N64. After that, outside of the graphics, you would have a harder time naming games that wouldn't have been possible on old-generation machines.
@@Ramona122003adding to your comments, more power means devs have to get less creative to circumvent hardware limitations. Take for example Animal Forest on the N64, the reason the world curves was a measure to avoid popping, but it became a very distinctive part of Animal Crossing’s visual style. Or another example would be silent hill, the fog was just hiding how low the render distance was, but then they doubled down on it on Silent Hill 2 and became iconic to the series.
@@DocTime56 Graphic limitations play a big part in gaming. Mario's entire look happened because of the limits of technology at the time. Or how the doors in Metroid Prime were reworked from the 2D Metroid games to hid the load screens to make what appeared to be seamless world. Even during the Switch-era this is still in play. The Blood Moon in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom was design to refresh the world on top of respawning enemies. Which is why a 'panic' Blood Moon happens when the game is about to crash.
Quite debatable The NEC PC Engine and Mega Drive allowed games with Faster Gameplay Pacing than the Super Famicom Such as Shmups for Example For some people the slower games in the Super Famicom might not be as fun as the competitors
@@ssg-eggunner I didn't realize this comment got a good number of upvotes and pretty insightful responses, which I agree with. I should've specified that the Yamauchi quote I was referring to was from 2004, not from the 80s and 90s. In 2004, during the sixth generation of consoles heading into the seventh, graphical leaps were becoming increasingly less impressive. The jump from NES to SNES was a world of difference; the graphical leap alone made games far more fun and engaging. The same could be said from the SNES to the Nintendo 64. Super Mario 64 simply could not have been done on the SNES, and the evocative worlds fully realized in that game were enough to demonstrate this. (along with a nifty new controller with its analog stick) Like some of the other comments were saying, by this point, graphical leaps were giving us diminishing results. You couldn't say "this game on the PS3 is more fun because of its visuals" the same way you could with the examples that you were giving me. Sure, there was still a noticeable difference between the Wii and PS3/360, but over the next couple of generations, the difference between Nintendo's consoles and its competition became increasingly less noticeable. (Also worth noting, I was talking about Yamauchi in my original comment… and I had no idea that Iwata himself talked about him in that interview! Went and watched the whole thing myself last night, good stuff!)
That’s why indie game are so popular nowadays, people don’t want to play “interactive movies” they want to play fun and engaging games made by people who love what they’re doing, and not some greedy triple A company taking 7 years to make a single boring “cinematic game”.
That’s exactly why I love that Nintendo does Indie World broadcasts as well. Out of the three console manufacturers, they give the most support to indie developers.
In the era of the PS5 and the Series X, the Switch is basically a supe'd up PS3 in terms of specs... And it's the 3rd best selling console of all time. I think Iwata's philosophy has merit, despite the Wii U era.
@@SuperGamefreak18This is true and I cant pretend that the wii u wasnt a complete and utter failure. But, that being said, the wii u produced some of the most unqiue and fun titles all of which I remember fondly. The wii U forced nintendo into a position where they had to innovate and make quality video games to sell the system. Now I aint saying they didnt already do that, or that they dont today, but during the Wii U era, there were sooooo many awsome games on that system. Im glad I owned one but im even happier that Nintendo learned from their mistakes to make the switch.
Pretty sure he just noticed the signs already there but few of us actually noticed until more recently. He was a man behind the scenes but he has seen what we just found out as it was already happening behind the scene. He honestly just had sense and wasnt focused on the numbers of cpu, like the video said...he was a programer and video game designer he knows how much work the older console was and knew it was going to get harder, especially with that kinda talk.
@SuperGamefreak18 True but since we're at the time both Playstation and Xbox is struggling of other problems and Nintendo is just doing there own thing just sounds like it that's it.
@@SambotBrawler315 that was also around the time disc locked content and the dlcs like horse armor were blowing up along with things we recent found out that was around for a while basically it was already happening it just didn’t become obvious to us until way later.
@@SambotBrawler315 I think Nintendo's biggest competition is the mobile market. Free games on the level of Nintendo games with no subscription service and no expensive console.
Iwata knew what was coming with PlayStation and Xbox, that's why he stayed the course with his vision for Nintendo. Today we see what he predicted would happen to those companies.
I got my kids the Wii U on release.. we loved it, and never understood all the hate. The support for the console was sad towards the end, but at launch,, when all the hipsters were hating on it,, me and my kids thought it was a revolution. Games like Batman Arham City, Zombie U, and Darksiders 2 on launch were so awesome with the tablet. I think I'm going to try and hunt down a new Wii U on ebay,, such a great console.
Wii U is one of my favorite consoles ever, with a few of my favorite games ever, wish they could’ve handled it better, at least some of the games got rereleased on the switch.
I mean... all he did was take the trends he was noticing to their logical conclusion. The N64 received so few games because games were taking longer to develop at the quality that Nintendo wanted, especially without third party developers to fall back on. We saw the same trend with the incoming 7th generation consoles, where to compensate for game development times of increasing length, publishers quickly remastered older games in HD. Back in the days of the NES, games could theoretically be made in a few months or, in some cases, weeks. Iwata understood that. He understood that there was a middle ground that had to be met to maintain trust with the consumer. At the time, his understanding may have been a bit too safe compared to today, but the core idea stood and still stands today. What Iwata believed was less of him being a "prophet" and more of him taking things to their logical conclusion, while also playing things safe for the time. Him being on the nose today is the result of the trends he noticed not slowing down over time.
Yeah, it's more about a guy who knew what the hell he was doing in terms of making video games having a proper understanding of the industry he was in. Microsoft and Sony fell for fools gold. "Make a more powerful gaming box and BOOM we win!". It seemed to work during the N64, Gamecube, and WiiU eras because they flopped and Sony had no competition. When Nintendo had a competitive platform out, they won, every single time and with less powerful hardware. If the Switch 2 has similar success to the Switch, it will effectively kill the PlayStation and the Xbox.
N64 & Gamecube were both powerful competitors. N64 & Gamecube both had plenty of great games, although Wii U's library seems like when Nintendo was at their weakest from a game perspective. Microsoft never actually understood the game market & simply got lucky early on with Xbox & Xbox 360. Sony at least understood the importance of actually selling games & had cool exclusives over the years they just fell into the trap of being too powerful for their own good while lacking actual creativity. Nintendo has the clear advantage & its competitors will be out of the console business in 10 Years if they fail to learn from Nintendo now.
Right!? I'm playing right now too, and it is gorgeous on the OLED. The parts where there are a ton of characters on the screen is nuts. It is very vibrant with great art direction.
Iwata is correct; Just an hour a ago I hooked my PS3 and played Ratchet and Clank Rift in Time. Holy shit, the game still looks amazing; there is no need for more. PS3 and PS2 games still look great. In the PS2 era Sony made FOUR Ratchet games. On PS4 they made only one, and even it was a remake of the first game.
Iwata was a great man who not only brought Nintendo success but made it more special, if he only knew what Nintendo managed to do today he would be proud
Nintendo genuinely took to heart not only the sentiments of Mr.Iwata but the philosophy of Mr.Yokoi when it comes to making games and consoles. Both men were looking to establish things in a long-term sense, which is the most sensible and sustainable.
OK, maybe I could find this out by doing my own research, but I'm too lazy. I keep hearing that Xbox and Playstation are both failing. I know what's going on with Xbox, but any time I hear about PS5 sales, it sounds like it's selling fine even though I know a lot of people are frustrated with some of the decisions coming out of Sony. So what's all this gloom and doom around the PS5? (And just for the record, I'm one of those PS4 owners who hasn't upgraded yet, and there's a good chance I'll just by the next Nintendo and call it a day. IOW, I'm not a die hard fan reflexively defending Playstation).
@SaltyToad00 oh yes it is. The "name" itself was a great deterrent on its own. It sounded silly. No hardcore pretentious COD player would ever admit owning a "weeyoo" or even brag about it, even if it had Smash. The Switch on the other hand, is a lot easier on the ears. And despite it cutting down various gimmicks, it still ended up being the highest-selling console ever. Therefore, brand still actually matters
The Nintendo Switch isn't as powerful but it had changed handheld gaming forever. If you had said during the 3DS era that the next Nintendo handheld would have the first open world Zelda game. And a smash bros with 89 playable fighters. two sequels to xenoblade. a 64 style 3d mario game that is 10 times as big as mario 64. The rumored metroid dread. A Mario Kart game with 96 tracks and many more games. Then I would have called you crazy
It’s probably cause grew up on Nintendo and is still my preferred gaming platform out of the big 3 but graphics and realism never really mattered to me or like was my main concern with how games looked moving forward. When playing a game I just want a good completed experience that sticks with me for years to come. I’d much rather see a unique style over something that looks real cause all these games are starting to blend into each other. Mr. Iwata was such a great influence on the industry and still haven’t processed his passing all these years later.
The technology can only get so powerful before it both stops being profitable to push it as much as you can, and before people can't even tell the difference. Creativity is the only sustainable way forwards.
Iwata-san was such a great president, cared about the games, helped the devs of melee, and by the way he was right about modern gaming. He knew this was coming for the future of gaming just like how 1984 or Wall-e (not games btw) warned about the current state of the world. From my point, from 2005 - 2013 during the 360/PS3/Wii days we've seen an extreme amount of great AAA titles (including alot of original IP), good licensed titles (e.g web of shadows, war for cybertron, arkham games etc), games with smaller budgets and dev time (minecraft, new vegas etc) and so on, but as the years go by the AAA industry got greedy, chose graphics over what makes games fun esentialy making games as tech demos, relies more on microtransactions. but the worst part going on recently is with the layoffs, anti-consumer practices, next gen not ready presumably due to the pro versions of 8th gen hardware (which also has good games on sony, 3rd party's part) which makes it no point to own a next gen console. But for Nintendo despite their legal practices regarding copyright, emulators etc still knows on how to make great fantastic games while focusing on what matters is the GAMEPLAY. and also by the way people are switching to PC (parts that can handle newer games got cheaper since like mid 2023) which is a more superior platform to play new and old games nowadays. The end. RIP Iwata
2004 and predicted problems that'll arise 16 years later. Damn, he really knew his stuff going in. (FYI, most games at the time can be made in 2-5 years. Technically, they can be made in a year, but obviously, that shows the lack of effort already.) Anything to note, Cyberpunk 2077 started development in 2011 and finished in 2020. Yet, we're starting to see games have similar production cycles. It's already into the 5-7 years for most triple A games now.
@@DangerDan64 Oh no, I wasn't talking about the 2011 to 2010, I was talking about them checking out the future and saying "yo what" before heading on back
so true. You can only make games look better for so long, then the development times are crazy long with no reward for it as most times it isn't worth it to the consumer to buy the games that either are almost identical to the last game in the series or just no reason to buy it
Geez has it really been 20 years since E3 2004 and Reggie's iconic "kick ass and take names" speech? That presentation was so iconic especially for a college student hooked on the Nintendo NSider forums but it's remarkable how it already predicted Nintendo's strategies the next 20 years.
Seeing this interview has given me a whole new perspective on things, especially in the wake of all the bad news coming from PlayStation and Xbox. I’m never going to get away from believing games and consoles with better graphics will always look nice, but we’ve reached a point where video game graphics are never going to get any better than they are now. I’m more interested in games having compelling gameplay and unique art styles this generation. I’m currently playing a game called Foundry on PC. It has worse graphics than something like Ghost of Tsushima, but it’s an open-world game where players can build factories in a voxel-based world, and that kind of gameplay is really exciting to me.
The thing about Hellblade is that the devs actually wanted to produce the most high-fidelity interactive movie possible with current technology. The fact that it's a playable game is just a neat bonus. Hellblade just sets another milestone in realtime graphics that other studios attempt to emulate, while trying to build an actual game around it - so most of the budget and time just vaporizes into the messes that are being released nowadays.
Thanks for this video. I hear that concern about "a more powerful Switch" sounding boring. I don't think it will be as bad if Nintendo went that route (compared to other "more powerful console" transitions). The Switch was such a game changer it made everyone rethink how to play their video games. For the past few years, when the topic of Switch 2 speculation came up, most comments would read "I just want a stronger Switch for more AAA ports". I share that same hope, and I also share your hope that Switch 2 offers more than better specs to separate itself from the original Switch.
I’m fine if it’s “just better” than that’s it. Because it’ll still be more affordable than something like the Steam Deck and whatnot. But it’ll have exclusive games (w/o worrying about emulation issues), and have games tailor made to work for it.
@@Jinni-iras17514 Zelda games almost always pushes the limits of Nintendo's latest consoles or handhelds. PH and ST pushed the DS to its limits. The only games more impressive on that system were DQ9 and FF3. And people still talk about how good Breath of the Wild looks and call it one of the best looking Switch games, despite it being a quick and dirty Wii U port.
@@Ramona122003 that just shows Nintendo needs to up their game. How well a game runs determines how fun it is to play. It's the bare minimum to have a game run smoothly but Nintendo is having trouble with even a smooth 30fps experience.
@@Jinni-iras17514 "but Nintendo is having trouble with even a smooth 30fps experience." This isn't true when Nintendo has smooth 60fps games like: Smash, Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2 and 3, ARMS, Metroid Dread, Mario Wonder, and their Mario sports games. You then have Bayonetta 3 that targets 60 even if it isn't perfectly smooth all the time.
He is not a prophet. He is a Video Game Business genius and a true Gamer. He knows what the players are looking for and push forward. I would have the same mentality as him. And why we are discovering these interviews now? I don't like the Switch for the focus on Casual games but I get why they won't to focus on powerful console. 10:54 It's sad. It's hard to replicate him. Leaving at young age doesn't help. 11:55 Same
This man never ceases to amaze me. Rest In Peace Satoru Iwata 💙 It’s incredible that he predicted the future like that, and even if they don’t make the most profit like with the Wii U, I’ll always be a Nintendo fan because they truly have the MOST unique gaming experiences, and I love em for that
I'll be honest, this is why I prefer Nintendo over any other console on the market outside of PC. It doesn't matter how graphically exuberant a game is. Tears of the Kingdoms doesn't hold a candle to the graphical limitations of Horizon Zero Dawn. Splatoon 3 might not have the graphics Foamstars has. But both of them are critically lauded, exceeding expectations on many fronts. Graphics don't matter if you don't have a good game to back it up. Iwata nailed it. Never mattered, still doesn't.
Iwata was right about one thing, I feel like all companies from all countries need to take a page out of his book, as an aspiring game dev (gonna graduate college later this year) it's something that I'll be doing as well
I don't care how a game looks... in fact I mostly prefer the way Nintendo games look over most other games that go for realism all the time. However, I do care how they run! A laggy, Sub 30fps running game is what we've been seeing more and more of on the Switch, even from 1st party games. A steady frame rate also goes a LONG way to making good memorable experiences with Nintendo games/consoles.
@@Oscar-Guzman The majority of people complaining about the Switch are people who didn't buy one. You can't have the type of numbers the Switch and their games have with this many unhappy customers. eventually people stop buying. A divided consumer base doesn't have a gaming platform having one of it's best sales years 6 years in.
Satoru Iwata - a man, a son, a husband, a father, a game developer, a visionary, a CEO/President of one off the biggest gaming companies in the world, but above all else a Gamer and child at heart.
I feel bad for Iwata. He probably died thinking he was a failure after the Wii U. But in reality, he helped usher Nintendo into a golden age with the Switch. You will always be remembered Mr. Iwata.
Can some people be both gamers and tech fanatics? I may be a gamer focused on consoles and PC, but I also appreciate the cool stuff on iPhones and both Samsung Galaxy Note and Galaxy S Ultra phones.
Less prophet, more the man knew his field. For a while there has been an argument that pursuing graphics and more power just for the sake of upping how pretty a game was always going to result in deminishing returns. That it didn't matter in the long run. As that power is not being used to improve the actual gameplay. Hell, one could argue you could improve gameplay with less power. Case in point, soooo many examples through Nintendo. This was always going to happen. Nintendo was smart to avoid this pursuit entirely seeing the predictable dead end that the others are now emcountering. It's just now, we're seeing those words be proven true. How Nintendo proceeds forward, we shall see.
Iwata was right about the premise. He was just early. The jump to Xbox 360 / PS3 was still impressive. But everything after that is more or less just a little gravy.
Microsoft and Sony's strategy for the gaming industry was going to fizzle out and it finally has. Even the 360 and PS3 got beat out by the technology inferior Wii leaving both companies trying to copy Nintendo's motion controls. The problem with AAA video games of today they're not video games. They're interactive movie/walking simulators.
I will always prefer gameplay over graphics. I hate this obsession that gamers and devs have over graphics. I don’t care how the game looks as long as it plays well
most games nowadays are either microtransaction multiplayer games or extremely detailed single player games where the gameplay is an afterthought. graphics come after gameplay and story for me. this is why i prefer playing older games, or indie games nowadays. they dont focus on graphics, they focus on making a fun game. been playing a game called Abiotic Factor with my friends and we got really addicted to it, i havent gotten addicted to a game like that in years
I miss him. He was the best CEO just in general. And he died thinking we hate what he was doing at the time, although he already brought the switch on the way.
At this precise moment Nintendo has everything to become the major powerhouse in the gaming industry again. All it needs in my opinion is a powerful Switch 2. If that is the case, as we might see a few months from now, well…no gaming company is better positioned in the market than Nintendo. I don’t know how to elaborate much on this though…just a feeling, observing the actual landscape of zero innovation and ballooning costs + years of development in photorealistic-aiming AAA games
I like how you watched this video and then comment to say the thing Nintendo really needs to focus on for next gen is more power. Watch it again bro, just to help the message sink in.
@L.Drizzle You don't understand. Nintendo is the only company right now that would genuinely benefit from focusing on power. The biggest complaint about the switch was that it wasn't that powerful which lead to ports being hard to do or just looking bad. If the next console is at least PS4 Pro level they'll be golden.
@@DoctorMario606 Ports of...what exactly? The games that are coming out sub-par due to being designed for systems focused purely on power? The very games that aren't shifting Sony and Microsoft consoles? What I do understand very well is what sold Switches: Nintendo first party, Nintendo 2nd party, and standout indies.
@@L.Drizzle So you should understand that Nintendo adding more power to the switch and allowing those third party games to run well alongside their first party, second party, and indie games will be better for them. The switch sold well yes, but don't act like it's power wasn't a point of contention for many people. Addressing that would not only please that crowd but also make the games they've already been putting out run better. I only see positives 🤷♂️
@@L.Drizzlemore like ports of a massive ton of PS4/XBox1 games from the last decade that can be released on Switch 2 in their final form with all DLC and patches included. Things like Devil May Cry 5, the Yakuza games, Red Dead Redemption 2, Final Fantasy XV, Metal Gear Solid V, Elden Ring, etc would have another round of "THIS is on a portable?" Just like the Switch had with the Witcher 3, Doom Eternal, and so forth. There's a ton of 2010s and early 2020s titles that'd blow people away seeing on a handheld.
Miyamoto made this statement some years ago when asked about the Wii’s power compared to Sony and Microsoft “Too many powerful consoles can't coexist. It's like having only ferocious dinosaurs. They might fight and hasten their own extinction.”
Iwata fighting against Reggie during the Mii Fighter reveal for Smash, followed by the spotpass message introducing our mii as fighters in Sm4sh was brilliant.
Without Iwata’s vision we would have never gotten the DS, Wii, 3ds, Wii U, and even the Switch. All of those unique games that you can only play on Nintendo console. And not everything was a home run. But because of those innovations, we got some of the best games of all time. I mean Super Mario Galaxy is my all time favorite game. That game would’ve never released on a console that was just a PlayStation or an Xbox which are just normal, powerful consoles.
A fair bit of it is probably my nostalgia talking, but God, I miss the 3DS. I had plenty of hand-me-down handhelds and family consoles before it, but it was the first system that truly felt my own. I've been thinking a lot lately about how well many of its games hold up when simply upscaled to 720p or higher via emulation and I've been thinking about all the smaller, more experimental games we used to get on it at a modest $40 price point...
So I was incredibly lucky enough to have seen the water speak live at the keynote at the game developers conference in 2006. It was extremely eliminating but including all the stuff that you said which you hammered in further. He also talked about that if we were entirely beholden to constantly, just only respond to what the market wants instead of trying to nurture new IPS into success. That games like Tetris not only would have never been made, but they would have also gotten feedback in order to follow trends. That would make no sense of Tetris like putting in a popular soundtrack from a major recording artist for no reason. Making the graphics all high-end 3D with HDR lighting and stuff that's not needed to make the game actually work in terms of a game. And seeing all the games that we wish we had and studios that we were she had that were canceled as well as like watching companies. Tell them to make things they're not used to making like rocksteady and arcane. Austin really push home awada's fear of canceling games that could have been great and morphing games that were great into things that are ugly to chase a trend after a game type that only works for that game and not any other games.
I love Bayonetta, Neir Automa, Devil May Cry, Elden Ring, Code Vein. Their combats are so impressive. The graphics aren't super stunning but good enough to bring a great experience.
Wii -2005 - Wii U -2012 - SWITCH 2017 - ON 2025 - Iwata was a genius he understood hardware was only half the solution - game play, games and how people played them and interacted with them was the other piece of the puzzle - and we now understand something this visionary knew 20 yrs ago -- Legend taken too soon -
Nintendo for me is an infuriating paradox. On one hand I want to play their games and support new ones, but on the other all their non games practices, like suing modders out of existence and shutting down roms for games they make zero profit from, and even some of their games practices, like their online stuff, are just so much worse then Xbox and Sony.
Maybe he knew that the WiiU had to crawl so that the Switch could run. I doubt the Switch would have been nearly as good if Nintendo hadn't learned from their mistakes with the WiiU.
It doesn't help that developers skipped 1440p and went straight for 4k. They didn't get used to it right away cause the demand for 4k was unreasonably high
I didn't appreciate Iwata then, but he is probably one of the reasons I enjoy gaming as much as I do. The Nintendo DS is one of my favorite and memorable gaming experiences ever and it is due to all of the unique features like touch screen and dual screens. It was such a breath of fresh air. I still remember when I first got it. It was unlike anything I ever seen. Games like Nintendogs blew my mind. The technology allowed for such a diverse catalogue of games. It is a shame so many unique features are seen as gimmicks by a lot of gamers which incentivizes everyone to make better versions of the same thing. Even little changes like the gyro aiming took a while to become more accepted. I hope the next generation consoles do more to differentiate themselves. I really enjoy my Switch and Quest 3 due to how refreshing they feel. I do value presentation and do get excited about upgrade in graphical fidelity, but I don't need the graphical upgrades to all go into photorealism and I wish more of this gen focused more on the gameplay side. I think the reason it is boring to some is due to the nature of gameplay being kind of stagnant. It seems rare to see a businessman who has a creative vision and are truly passionate about the product they are selling. I hope Nintendo will still carry their philosophy of offering new and unique experiences going forward.
I still miss Mr. Iwata. The man was a genius. Nintendo may be a company alot of people dont like cause they are “Kiddy games” or “they arent making powerful games” but Nintendo games, especially main titles come out like clockwork. (Ignoring Metroid Prime 4) and every single one have been selling like hotcakes. Mario Wonder, Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Odyssey. The list goes on, but for the Hardware they are on. They all look incredible, they play incredible and they are PURE FUN. And thats the key point of a Video Game. Having fun. If i wanted to play an interactive movie, id go out and get a CD-i or something. Or ya know. Watch a DVD.
