[4mycountry]

As long as they still exist, I'm happy.

Nintendo has been known for making mistakes and being totally stubborn. I mean, c'mon, no online play? Stupid.

*Thankfully* this new console of theirs is supposed to have free WiFi capabilities right out of the box. Good graphics would help, too.

But one thing that makes the Big N endearing is its gameplay. No, it doesn't have a plethora of M rated games. Yes, it has a plethora of fun games. FUN. That's important. A game doesn't need blood and adult stuff -- it needs to be just plain FUN, and Nintendo can full well deliver that.

This next console will either make or break Nintendo. Handheld territory is anyone's game, with the PSP. (Nintendo supposedly wasn't worried about the PSP, saying that [paraphrase] "Nintendo has always held the handheld market and always will". Well, duh, Nin. You've been the only ones out there. And did you forget that Sony has the largest gaming fanbase out there? Hellooooo??)

I could go into an hour long discussion on that topic, but I'll spare you that agony. ;)

[4mycountry]

Whoops, lost a key part there:

You've been the only ones out there, so of course you've held the market.

[Minus_The_Bear]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. I'm holding out to see what Nintendo does... I just like their games better. Always have.

[FreedomNeocon]

Well NINTENO has always been the "conservate" in Vidogaming.

They cater to (mostly) the "family: crowd.

They shun 'fad' and new technolgoy (ie cartridges for saving capalibty instead of 'newfangled' tech like CDs and Memory Cards)

Like I said.. they exel in software delopments... "FUN" games, without the flash and glitter.

That why I think they would do better confirming to the "flash and glitter" standars of SONY or MICROSOFT technology, while concentrating their efforts on gameplay.

As for 'handheld', IMO they have benefited from lazyness in others... for the longest time GAMEBOY was the standard handheld... others are catching on.

I suggest they stick to software development.