Reggie thinks Nintendo should add Wii and GameCube games to its digital library
This guy has some good ideas!
Former NOA President Reggie Fils-Aimé is back to offer some words of wisdom in a recent interview with CNET. One of the more notable highlights of the piece comes alongside his thoughts on “mini-consoles” like the NES and SNES mini. When asked whether he thinks that style of device will make a return, he suggests that Nintendo put more retro titles up as part of their digital services instead:
Will it come back? Will there be other physical boxes with legacy content? I don’t think so. If I were back at Nintendo for a day, I would be much more focused on: How does the company leverage all of its great content, deliver it to the consumer through that Nintendo online experience? Which they are doing… they’re putting out some N64 content, they’re working with other platform holders to bring out some of that legacy content. But that’s where the opportunity is. Nintendo still has more N64 content to leverage. They’ve got GameCube content to leverage, They’ve got Wii content. I see this future of digitally delivered content to you, the consumer, as just this burgeoning opportunity that I would want to keep taking advantage of.
As Reggie acknowledges, Nintendo is currently providing various NES, SNES, and N64 games via their Nintendo Switch Online service. However, he clearly feels that there’s more that could be done, even going so far as to mention GameCube and Wii games. If Reggie were still with Nintendo, would he really be pushing for GameCube and Wii to be added to the NSO experience? If so, what would that look like? Could they be chosen from alongside the N64 titles, or would the larger file sizes and more complicated nature of the games necessitate a different method? Perhaps a return to the Virtual Console format?
It’s something to imagine, but for now, Nintendo seems content to release the occasional NES, SNES and N64 game here and there, including Pokemon Snap later this month. We’ll have to stay tuned to see if they’re listening to Reggie’s advice! In the meantime, you can read his in-depth thoughts on plenty other Nintendo and video game happenings by reading the full interview.
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socar
2y agoHmm....Gamecube and Wii could be tricky depending on the games being ported.
the schaef
2y agoThey need to add games to their digital library, period.
Nintendo has a 40 year back catalog of games, which is a market differentiator. With retro gaming being so hot that people are eating a lot more raspberry pie than their forebears, it has felt like a no-brainer going all the way back to the days of the Wii that they should just have a giant pile of games in their digital service, and not just a handful of old Mario and Kirby titles and like 15 games you never heard of. And somehow, their N64 service is executed even worse.
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