Nintendo has been going downhill for years. They push Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda too hard. Also, I think the "clean" cut image hurt Nintendo, too.
The last Nintendo system I had was the Super Nintendo. I think it is about time for Nintendo to exit the console market and focus on software production outside of freaking Zelda, Mario and Donkey Kong.
Side note: Did you guys know that Nintendo dropped Sony's CD-ROM add-on to the 16-bit Super Nintendo (or was that the 8-bit NES?) in a last minute move? Sony laughed all the way to number one because that CD-ROM add-on became Play Station I. -- The White House needs to go on the Atkins diet to rid itself of the fat heads ruining our country.
One where Sony had offer a cd addon to snes and nintendo refused
The other was sony apporached nintendo back in the early n64 planing stages and offered there CDrom idea with there tech and nintendo gave them the line about how games will always be on carts as that the fastest and best means blah blah blah....
Either way both stories have the same ending .... Sony got rejected built there own machien and kicked some butt.
I was one of those people that looked down on CD load time. After a while, you get so accustomed to it, you don't really notice it because you are so dazzled by the game graphics, animations and all the other bells and whistles.
X-Box and PS2 does what Nintendon't. -- The White House needs to go on the Atkins diet to rid itself of the fat heads ruining our country.