What's off with Nintendo is that they're getting old. Unlike US software companies with high turnover, a lot of Nintendo people are lifers (Japanese business cu

What's off with Nintendo is that they're getting old. Unlike US software companies with high turnover, a lot of Nintendo people are lifers (Japanese business culture). Nintendo's well-known for taking risks with gameplay (Mario, Metroid, and Zelda were all new genres). But, as people get older, they get more conservative. The company is very heavily invested in their franchises and they seem to be taking a lot fewer risks in terms of gameplay innovation and new IP.