REGGIE.

I agree with what that interviewer said. I LOVE Nintendo, I've grown up with them, and I love everything they produce, from the NES to the Wii and all the core titles on them, but for Reggie to say that doing the same thing over and over isn't fine is a little hypocritical. Skyward Sword was really fun, and it was my favorite game to come out this year, but the only difference was the combat. Though, seeing the Goddess Sword evolve into a legendary sword that plays a big role in the entire Zelda lore is quite epic.

You spelled his name wrong.

lmao that picture is amazing

Who knows? Never underestimate the simplicity of the American mind. We have the attention spans and memories of goldfish now. Personally, I have given up what little Crapbook games I've played and anything on Kong that resembled it and I feel great. So tedious, so much pointless waiting... What does Nintendo have for F2P? Because I really don't want them to get into the habit of nickle-and-diming. I think they're too smart for that anyway, but don't start.

Whatever Nintendo does will be mind-blowing and epic, with some revolutionary unheard of genius thrown in. if Nintendo gets involved, you can forget everything you think you know about social gaming. They aren't always perfect of course, but how they will try will still amaze you. Go for it Nintendo!

Sorry, Reggie. What kinds of "innovations" are you talking about for Mario Kart 7? 3D? A hang glider? Give us a break. The Mario Kart series has thrived because it delivers more of what has made the series great. It doesn't necessarily "innovate". Angry Birds does the same thing with each version. It doesn't necessarily innovate, but it doesn't have to. Players simply want more, and Rovio delivers just that. Big difference? Players pay a fraction of the price for more Angry Birds than they do for Mario Kart, and that's why more and more casual fans are moving in that direction. Reggie also probably understands that it's his butt on the line if 3DS sales don't pull Nintendo stock up and if WiiU fails to sell impressive numbers at launch next fall. Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime are unquestionably on the hot seat in 2012, and it doesn't matter how much the latter blusters about how allegedly irrelevant that social or mobile gaming may be.

Reggie and his politicing, the boys in Japan seem pretty certain that they wont be exploring the F2P model. But Reggie, he always answer yes and no.

LOL Reggie, N's. Had the same games since the 90's. That's why I don't play their games. No innovation. I'll stick to the 360. (I also doubt WiiU will be good or sell good).

Gotta love Reggie, he comes from the Duke Nukem school of interviewing...

Mario Kart 7 = Every Mario Kart ever+

I need that pic ASAP!

and Reg, although I defend your games when people say they are the same thing all the time (which is BS), let's not act like they are entirely new experiences.

I remember when they had me hyped about nintendo was about kicking ass and taking names. I remember the name revolution and the hype. then the name wii came out and i left nintendos side

I'll give the man credit: He takes his job and all of its responsibilities seriously.

Social games aren't video games, in a sense. They don't really offer that experience. Reggie is correct in saying they don't really evolve. What's going to keep me playing a social game? Nothing. They're cool for a day, then you play for another day because your friends are, and then they quit, and you move on. Doing the same thing repeatedly for very little payoff isn't fun. Having to pay money, or wait hours, to progress, also isn't fun. When I can sit down, sink hours into a social game, and actually feel like coming back the next day, I'll know they're on the right track.

The only games I've really put time into, are the ones that are building off older games. Tetris is fun. Words with Friends was all right. Bejeweled is entertaining. I have yet to find an original facebook game that can really hold my attention. Knights of the Crystal or whatever it is, was fun for awhile, but it's so fundamentally flawed that I had trouble going back to it, and only did so because a friend of mine played.

F2P falls into the same hole. The game isn't free. Developers don't make money on free. Their primary goal is to shoe-horn as many possible ways for you spend money on this free game as possible. Then they worry about how fun, or how playable the title is. That just doesn't fly. Some of these games might kill some time, but they'll never hold a candle to their P2P brothers.

On a side note, Guild Wars 2 doesn't look good. Okay, it looks decent, but it's F2P (pay to own) and it shows. I saw a trailer and it was clearly lower quality than other games releasing in it's time frame. And yet, for a F2P title, it looked decent. I feel like there shouldn't be that distinction. Give me something I can enjoy, without having to constantly remind myself it's 'free'.

I can't stand that guy.

To his credit Mario Kart is a big case of "if it isn't broken, don't fix it". Many games release the same thing year after year like Dynasty Warriors or any Activision title. Mario Kart games are fairly different from one another, though I guess on the surface they are pretty similar.

I'm with Nintendo, also, I think those games are still casual and they are easy to pick up and easy to use, but I would never want social gaming to mix with casual or hardcore, or especially Nintendo, who shouldn't find them a threat, thirty fans will always be there for them, and they always deliver consistant quality compared to the somewhat limited style social games offer.

Nintendo is doing the right thing. Games should be designed with the hardware in mind, this is the only way to achieve innovation and high-quality, whereas social games are more about innovating business models really.

Go Reggie!

And his last name is Fils-Aime by the way.

"Nintendo innovates" *looks at Skyward Sword and the newest Mario game* I'm excited to play SS, but people will eventually realize that Nintendo releases the same game with little-to no tweaks constantly.