4 Reasons Why Nintendo Is Successful

Pretty much everyone has heard of Nintendo. In fact, everyone I’ve ever met has heard of Nintendo. Or at least, one of its games. But how come everyone seems to know about Nintendo anyway? What makes Nintendo so successful, that if I ask a random guy on the train who made Mario, he would (probably) know?

So here are some of my thoughts on this:

1.    Nintendo comes up with original and practical ideas

You might’ve heard of this one for a lot of things, but trust me, it’s actually impossible to think of a truly original idea. I’m sure Nintendo’s had its fair share of lawsuits on copyrights and etc, but there are some ideas and concepts that blew out the rest of the gaming world. 

Take Super Mario Bros - possibly one of the world's most iconic games in all of history, had a control scheme and jumping system that blew every other game out of the water. It was one of Nintendo’s brainwaves. It amazed the gaming world … and that’s what original and practical ideas do.

2.    Nintendo always has a thing for polish

Really, it’s true. For pretty much every Nintendo product, there’s always some sort of polish in it. Especially how they create the controls and how it responds back to you. 

Remember the old DS? Well, Nintendo wanted to make it seem better by introducing the DS Lite and it kept going and going. Just polishing up the last one for the next. Plus, compared to others, Nintendo’s controls/gameplay/presentation are always fine-tuned to the maximum, while others tend to overlook these things.

3.    It’s more than what it seems with Nintendo

Because there are some true geniuses in Nintendo, there’s always more than what meets the eye in their products. Diamonds in the rough, as they say. Skyward Sword’s an example. At the start of the game, all of the events come together to make you actually like Zelda’s character, so you feel like she’s a friend. And when she’s kidnapped, you want to rescue her – just like Link. It’s these amazing things you don’t really notice that make Nintendo stand out so well.

4.    Nintendo has amazing people in it

Think about it; without Satoshi Tajiri, Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and the like, Nintendo wouldn’t be what it would be now – and Pokemon, Mario, Zelda, etc, would not have existed. And if they didn’t exist, what would the gaming world be like? 

And what about their revolutionary ideas? Most of which brought a trend along with them. Motion gaming? Touch screen gaming? Manual targeting? There’s probably more, but they all come back to Nintendo’s amazing people.

Without the above, Nintendo would probably be struggling in the gaming world. But, because it does have the above, Nintendo remains an absurdly strong competitor in the gaming world. Yep. And plus, I can’t wait till the Wii U.