I don't really have a problem with Nintendo having an all-ages audience. This is kind of their thing and they're great at doing it.Nintendo's a gaming company not god damn parents of brats, plus in that regard there's the fucking Parental Control feature to block them from accessing other content/features.
As long as Nintendo keeps this backwards mentality they'll never be looked as more than a kiddy console with crappy games and a ton of yearly Mario games.
2012
2013
- New Super Mario Bros. U
- New Super Luigi U (reskinned NSMBU as if it were a Luigi game)
2014
- Super Mario 3D World
2015
- Mario Kart 8
Wouldn't be surprised if they were yet to reveal another Mario game on the Wii U for this year.
- Mario Party 10
- Mario Vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars
- Mario Maker
Sure there are lot of Mario games, but most of them are undeniably great games. I think the problem is that people expect Nintendo to create an entire ecosystem of games by themselves... Nintendo themselves try their best to give their costumers all kind of different games, but they're only one company. That's where third party developers must enter to fill the void... Since the Wii U is not receiving much third party support, it's a matter of weighting pros and cons.
What I don't agree though is that they restrict their games and sometimes their entire platform so much trying to protect children. It's not Nintendo's duty to care what children are doing, parents are the one that must take care of their children.