Over the years Nintendo have come under fire for not being a serious competitor in the mainstream console race. In recent years Nintendo products have been seen as more for casual gamers, despite the fact that the NES was one of the original consoles that brought video games into the mass home market. The good days of the N64 and GameCube have come and gone. I would never try to argue the mainstreamity of those consoles, though they are some of my favourites, as there’s always something, let’s say, “unique” about a Nintendo console.
