[KillerGremlin]

I consider Nintendo relevant, yeah. I wish they focused on innovating in their games and less so with hardware or gimmicky tech shit. I still adore many Nintendo titles, or titles developed for Nintendo. Pikmin is one of my favorite games ever, and reminds me of games like Plants vs. Zombies or World of Goo. Games with a ton of quirk, big heart, and gameplay that is even bigger than the quirk and big heart. When a game captivates me like that, it reminds me that gaming is really art. There's been a handful of Nintendo games that have had that effect on me.

Nintendo held licensing rights over Rare, right? So that must have made it hard for Rare to develop new games. I think that is another factor brushed off. I remember when Rare was sold to Microsoft, the big talk was the fact that Nintendo retained the licensing rights to all of Rare's interesting franchises.