Nintendo blames... itsself???

[OB1]

Well of course they're not nearly as revolutionary as their predecessors, but saying that they "fall short of the improvement curve of the rest of the industry" is ridiculous. The videogame industry is filled with crummy sequels and copy-cats, and even though the last two Mario and Zelda games weren't as innovative as their older siblings (which would pretty much be impossible since you can only go from 2D to 3D once), they still stood out above every other game that was out at the time.

But considering that Mario Sunshine came out a whopping seven years after Mario 64, it definitely should have been more innovative than it was. Nintendo had a long time to do something new and original with it, but instead they simply improved upon the last game. However, if the rumor that Sunshine was made in a relatively short amount of time and that the "true" sequel to Mario 64 has been in development for a while now (Mario 128), I'll forgive Nintendo.

Or whatever, as long as we get to see some real innovation net time. Miyamoto said that the next Mario and Zelda games would take the series in a whole new direction, so hopefully that will happen. I'm not complaining about WW though since we've gotten plenty of new, great Zelda games since OoT came out and it was made in just two years, but seeing a new kind of Zelda next time would be great.