Johnny2900
CAGiversary!
First I would agree with Wombat on the whole Gamecube factor. The fact that the discs were so small and the platform did not offer anything but just to play games. The Gamecube was, however, the most powerful console last generation, i.e. Resident Evil 4, Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes, Super Mario Sunshine, Twilight Princess, etc. I have recently become a Gamecube fanboy myself what with the Wii being backwards compatible with those games. I do believe Nintendo is trying to say is that since they have tried to do something powerful last console generation and their sales did not do so well, they thought it would be best to be concerned on the gameplay. Once again like Wombat said, some of those missing buttons did hurt the Gamecube but luckily they stayed in the race and we now have them with the Wii giving the consumers something different to play instead of a basic controller all of the time...