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Nintendo is leveraging their IPs in a relatively monolithic fashion, and I'm not sure why. They need to allow their different IPs to express individuality, and certain franchises certainly need more games, good and bad.

They also need to stop hand-holding gamers. Nintendo Hard doesn't exist anymore.

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I think they kind of respect their own franchises, trying hard not to destroy their fame for quality, improving on them only if they have something novel to introduce in the series or a new way to do a particular game, like non-linear dungeon order on Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, or a 3D Metroid when they did Prime, etc.

They don't make the same game in different clothing just because they can. And their games generally age well.

A different approach when compared to most game makers nowadays, surely. But one I can definitely respect.

That implies that video games in general have not become significantly easier since the days of the (S)NES.

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