Reggie: Nintendo's Diagnosis Of The Industry Before Wii Was "Too Much Complexity, Too Many Sequels"

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"The same general game, but now it's version five or six".

Reggie "The Regginator" Fils-Aimé, former Nintendo of America President, has been discussing -

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- how Nintendo believed that before the Wii the games industry was in trouble, with stagnation setting in and increasing complexity in games blocking growth.

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, Reggie discussed how following the relative failure of the GameCube Nintendo flagged up complexity and 'sequelitis' as indicators of industry stagnation before ushering in the Wii era:

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