Originally Posted by
kupomogli
Being Nintendo, I kind of expect something like this. First party titles from Nintendo tend to be rather cheap. Sure they look nice, but they also don't ever push the power of the hardware. Super Mario 3D World for instance. Sure it wouldn't be able to run on the Wii, but graphically it doesn't look too far off. It looks a bit better than Galaxy 2, but that's it, a bit better.
Nintendo couldn't even put in the effort for the 3D mode to be active anywhere in Pokemon X/Y except for battles, and even then it's some of the laziest 3D on the 3DS. Then there's Fire Emblem Awakening and the characters with no feet, and the reason isn't because it couldn't be done, but at first they didn't know how many joints they'd need for the body parts, and then after getting it done, they thought it'd be easier to just do without. Simply because it's easier and cost effective to not go back and fix it.
The games Nintendo pushes out isn't shovelware, well, some is, but they're all definitely low budget compared to most games.