I agree that they innovate when you look at hardware. Unfortunately with hardware innovation you need software innovation to back it up. Nintendo lack in a massive way any real software innovation. I mean, I can't say for certain as I don't play on them much, but Pokémon and Mario Kart are both excellent examples of how to release the same game over and over and over and over and over again. Sony may not have much hardware innovation by comparison, but what they do have is Flower, Journey and Final Fantasy. These games innovate because they do things differently each time. I don't know how much Metroid or Super Mario Brothers innovate, but... yeah. Zelda, perhaps?

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They could do much better with the promotion of their games. It's strange to me that someone does not know What Metroid and F-Zero is in 2014
I've heard of the former, absolutely, and seen some pics. It looks old and archaic from what I've seen. I'm guessing there are more modern variations. Are they more innovative and new, or more remakes of the older games?

but it's understandable as Nintendo have done nothing to advertise them in recent years (to my understanding. I tend to ignore advertisements anyway). Funny thing is, Nintendo have gone and released one new IP for the Wii U so far, called "The Wonderful 101". Only thing I know about it is that you control 101 superheroes to fight for justice and each member of your team has special unique abilites that when combined can turn into things like giant swords controlled on the touch screen. I seem to have missed all if any advertising for this game, so I cannot actually comment if it looks good or not before playing it. Suppose that's another issue with Nintendo's Draconian polices.
Yeah, you're right. It's no good if nobody knows about it. You need hype. Sony hypes even third party games, so I don't see why Nintendo can't but then again, it's Nintendo, and Nintendo only Nintendos Nintendo. I just searched for "The Wonderful 101" and the reviews seem pretty good, particularly user reviews. Although apparently it's the kind of game that you have to play over and over again and hone skills and improve scores and that isn't really my bag. :S

EDIT: Wait, I'm sure I've seen something about that ages ago, looking at the images. It looks like it would be fun for co-op.