Your Perspective on the Gaming Market

[Lilly]

Gotta agree with Kriven there. Even during the 6th gen on the Gamecube, most of my favorites were still second party developments, (Smash Bros Melee, Star Fox Adventures and Assault, Metroid Prime, etc.) and then maybe four first-party games I really cared about.

Very few games were being pumped out on Nintendo's end even then, or at least any that were high on the radar. For the most part, Nintendo kinda left most of their other non-Mario/Zelda francises to the other guys, which I can't really blame them for. Game development is more time-consuming and costly than it ever was in the 4th and 5th gens, so it's probably limiting how many games they can actually create in-house themselves.

Which is why the Wii depressed me so much. ;__; Can't say it was much the same thing this time around, but it was close. I can't think of many first/second party games that peaked my interest besides Mario Kart Wii, Brawl, Skyward Sword and the Wii version of Twilight Princess. (After giving my GC copy to my sis, I'd rather buy the Wii version for myself than drop $60 on another GC version. I don't like where the used market is going, it's driving my frugal spirit to tears.)