Had Nintendo Avoided These Unforgettable Mistakes, the Success of the Japanese Giant Would Have Been Unmatchable
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Nintendo has been doing pretty well with Nintendo Switch lately. Very often their console is at the top of sales charts, their games break sales records and are usually critically acclaimed.
If we ask the fans, then it is very rare that Nintendo makes mistakes, but they do. And today we will be talking about 5 times when Nintendo made a mistake and failed.
Nintendo Virtual Boy
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The biggest game that launched on this console was Mario Tennis. The console got negative reviews on account of the uncomfortable experience while using it and its high price. Even though it led to the development of a very successful 3ds console, Virtual Boy is still remembered as one of their biggest failures.
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Nintendo Switch Joy Con Drift
Joy-con drift was an issue that was not even random. It happened to almost everyone, almost every switch owner was online discussing how to fix the drift of the left joy-con. They eventually fixed those for free, but the damage was done.
The confusion that Wii U caused
It was technically their first HD console and it can be given a credit for starting the second screen trend. But all the same, it flopped, only because Nintendo was not able to relay its purpose to the buyers.
Using Carts instead of Discs
And people see this as one of Nintendo’s biggest mistakes.
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Price of a 3ds
So, Nintendo had to drop the price of that console to $169.99. It did attract a bunch of buyers and was eventually successful. But its initial launch price decision was taken as a failure on Nintendo’s end.
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So these were 5 of Nintendo’s biggest failures. Yes, Nintendo took a few bad decisions, but they did ultimately emerge a winner, and that’s all that matters to fans.
Edited by:
Gideon Mathson