10 Mistakes Nintendo Got Away With (Because They're Nintendo)
Times when Nintendo played with power and lost.
Nintendo has unquestionably remained one of the most beloved and revered companies in gaming history since the industry's infancy in the 1980s, with the best games and systems one could ask for to this day, and no signs of slowing down any time soon.
However, Nintendo, like any company, isn't perfect and is prone to a misstep or two. They may be great, but they're people just like you and me, and people make mistakes, but the people at Nintendo - unlike the rest of us - have multimillion dollar franchises and quality assurance to fall back on, no matter the blunder, as this list proves.
Whether it be the performance of their titles, an ill conceived piece of equipment, or poor business decisions, Nintendo has that special ability to make decisions that might end any other company, but for them is just minor hiccup in a cornucopia of success.
With this in mind, let us now go through Nintendo's history together and explore the mistakes they somehow got away with (because they're Nintendo).
10. Nintendo 64 DD
Despite what its name might suggest, this isn't a failed foray into lingerie, but actually a CD add on for the N64, with the "DD" standing for "Disk Drive". A magnetic add on that could be attached to your N64 for added power.
On top of the added storage and memory that comes with disks as opposed to cartridges, this was also supposed to let you download games, create movies and animations, and even play games online.
Despite all of these features that surely would have gotten any N64 owner excited, they seemed to have lost heart for it at some point, and basically made true their prediction that it would be a commercial failure.
Nintendo didn't really do themselves any favors when trying to sell it, however. It was only available via mail order, and only in Japan at that. Resulting in only 15,000 of 100,000 available units sold, and its production was canceled a mere 14 months after it was released, condemning it to join the recesses of Nintendo's many other failed extras, but more on that later.