I have to say that the simplicity of the Nintendo games is highly attractive and addictive. It amazes me that Nintendo makes a fortune out of regurgitating a lot of the same games or game play, but it does. Not to say it does not come out with some newer stuff once in a while, but you have to ask why the same old crap is so popular with kids and adults alike.
I think it is quite simple, and illustrated in a conversation I had with a philosophy major a while back. He says that when you reach a certain age, you begin rejecting new achievements and advancements, and that applies to music, games, etc. My retort was that new things are often good and often bad, but what makes old things so good is not necessarily the nostalgia, but that there are plenty of old things which are timeless; think about how some games, no matter how they age, are still fun and challenging to play.
