Cater to Core Gamers

Aunt Suzy loves Wii Bowling and Uncle Karl loves Wii Boxing, but where are the games for you, a person that enjoys more than causal fare? Nintendo definitely overlooked your existence with the Wii, but the rumor mill is churning out reports that the Big N is courting companies to develop more mature content on the system. The prospect of seeing Grand Theft Auto V in the same section as a Wii 2 Super Mario Bros. game would be the best of both worlds. And to further cater to us, the Wii 2/Project Cafe needs…

A Robust Online Component

The two best things that can be said about the Wii was that 1) Virtual Console proved unparalleled access to retro games and 2) it never took a hard hit, unlike PSN. Other than that, Nintendo’s online presence is a joke, Friend Codes and all. Nintendo needs to look at Xbox Live, which is the current gold standard, and try to emulate its success. There’s no shame in imitating, here.

This E3, Nintendo has an opportunity to win me (and millions of gamers) over. I hope that the House That Mario Built succeeds as I hate to think that a company that helped transformed me into a gamer in the mid-’80s is nothing more than a video game relic.