I’m going to be brutally honest. It seems to me that Nintendo is letting go of the older fans and making games for young children now.
You can see it with every game that’s come out so far. Donkey kong bananza has been disnyfied, the art style of Mario kart has shifted to more cartoony and even look at the new yoshi game, it adheres to more of children’s nature of discovery and curiosity and the art style is obviously geared towards kids more. Like even if you look at the game and level designed of the biggest games on switch 2 so far, donkey Kong has great movement but the mechanics and level design is very simplistic for kids to enjoy with mindlessly destroying and exploring the environment, and with Mario kart world older fans complain that there’s nothing in the world, but you know who’s not going to complain and is going to explore every corner tirelessly… Kids! Yes these games even seems to be deliberately made for young kids
I’m not saying these games are not great and fun to play but I think we should let go of expectations from Nintendo making games for “us” or the older fans, it’s obvious that there strategy as a company has prioritized the young children now which I personally think is great but sad at the same time. As we grow up and pass things to the next generation it seems Nintendo is doing the same thing, which is sad but still very beautiful.
To further prove my point just look at the new Mario ad on Nintendo Japan YT channel
What do you guys think?