October November Live Magazine

HOW
NINTENDO
DESIGNS
GAMES
The
Nintendo
Way
Nintendo has always done things
differently from nearly all other major
developers around the world,
and industry trends rarely have any
bearing on the kinds of games it
creates. This has allowed Nintendo
to remain relevant in an business
that commonly sees other companies
being bought out or going
under because they’re unable to
adapt as the industry changes
around them. Nintendo has never
really worried about that, although
that’s not always been to its
benefit.
The thing is, Nintendo makes mistakes
just like every other developer
and publisher in the world.
Its development teams don’t always
produce great or successful
games, no matter how talented the
people behind them are. It’s also
stubbornly set in its ways and this
has resulted in practices and decisions
that are and have been woefully
behind the times in more ways
than one. There are times when
Nintendo deserves to be criticized
for what it does, no matter how
great much of its output is.
So no, Nintendo isn’t perfect, and
its way of doing things isn’t the only
right way, but even with this in mind
Nintendo has managed to develop
a huge number of the greatest
games of all time, and continues to
do so to this day. Nintendo knows
how to make fun, unique and just
plain excellent games, and one of
the main reasons for this is that it
approaches the art of game development
differently from almost anyone
else. Its teams don’t always
succeed in what they’re trying to
do, but when they do, the end results
are often absolutely amazing.
That is the Nintendo way.
BY TANELI PALOLA
FROM VGCHARTZ.COM