Point (1) I’m not sure why they would stop putting out massive shovelware as it has thus far made them millions on the Wii and DID in fact work magnificently for the Playstation2.

Point (2) Yes, I agree. They have a bad habit of assuming they’re all powerful, when really they’re only MOSTLY all powerful.

Point (3) I’m not sure how or why it would be a good idea to play to the niche children market. Nintendo’s cash cow has always been the core gamers, i.e. Mario and Pikachu. I’ll give you a lot of the games in those franchises are aimed at the youth, but what made them so popular in the first place was their mass appeal to EVERYONE of all ages. They are and were good games. Plain and simple. They shouldn’t be dumbing down their games, that’s exactly how they’ll fail. They need to get back to their roots and start producing games that core gamers love and that casual gamers can buy because it’s popular and then leave under the couch.

While other systems have tried to create games that everyone can enjoy, Mario games are the ones that stand out as loved by everybody big and small. They need to get back to their roots and start producing quality games. They have all the building blocks already, somebody just needs to tell Miyamoto to put down the fake clarinet wiimote and go to town on the next big Super Mario game.