Critical Miss: Nintendo vs. Rovio
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If it were any dev besides Rovio, I'd say Nintendo wasn't right. They had a point, but a flawed overall arguement.
But I hate Rovio. All they did was take a flash game, one that you'd probably find on Newgrounds or some other site, put birds as the cannonballs, and now their one of the bigshots in the indie scene, a fucking insult to indie devs who MAKE THEIR OWN DAMN GAMES.
Also, in defense of Nintendo, Mario Party excluded, Nintendo themselves don't make most of the shovelware. Hell, if you want to blame Nintendo for all the party and mini game collections, how about we blame Infinity Ward for all of the modern realistic FPS games? It's not Nintendo's fault for the shovelware, it's the companies who made it's fault for trying to cash in on a fad with no regards to quality. Sure, some blame goes to Nintendo for letting them put it on the Wii, but like I said, don't blame the one who started the trend for those who follow it poorly.
But I hate Rovio. All they did was take a flash game, one that you'd probably find on Newgrounds or some other site, put birds as the cannonballs, and now their one of the bigshots in the indie scene, a fucking insult to indie devs who MAKE THEIR OWN DAMN GAMES.
Also, in defense of Nintendo, Mario Party excluded, Nintendo themselves don't make most of the shovelware. Hell, if you want to blame Nintendo for all the party and mini game collections, how about we blame Infinity Ward for all of the modern realistic FPS games? It's not Nintendo's fault for the shovelware, it's the companies who made it's fault for trying to cash in on a fad with no regards to quality. Sure, some blame goes to Nintendo for letting them put it on the Wii, but like I said, don't blame the one who started the trend for those who follow it poorly.
Fail insult from Rovio right there. But the best joke was what Erin said in the last panel. Round two of the duel will probably involve Mario and the Angry Birds duking it out to see who can take down a Bowser and Pigs alliance first. Oh and whether Mario can save the princess before the castle comes crashing down. Did I just make an idea for a business deal between Nintendo and Rovio?
Haha!
It-It's funny because they're both companies that made their fortunes from shilling casual nonsense to idiots who don't know any better!
It-It's funny because they're both companies that made their fortunes from shilling casual nonsense to idiots who don't know any better!
Heh. The sad thing is Mario Party is one of the highest quality minigame collection games out there. Even 8 is probably better than most of the crap out there....and 8 is crap.Onyx Oblivion said:
Eh. A big fallacy is that the indie scene is pumping out highly original games when it isn't. Look at most of the big indie hits and you'll see they're fairly derivative. Well made but derivative. Angry birds is no exception.Mr. Omega said:
As for Nintendo and shovelware. Nintendo makes a profit on every game sold for the Wii and like Microsoft and Sony, they decide which games can be certified for release as well as which devs get dev kits. They decide, perhaps indirectly, what kind of games can be released on their system and, like Sony with the PS2 before them, they decided to embrace shovelware chode. On a tremendous scale.
There aren't really a ton of quality third parties developing strong titles for the wii. Best I can come up with Ubi(No More Heroes)/Capcom (Tatsunko Vs. Capcom) and Sega (Madworld). I think they kind of have to take what they can get in that respect. Only idiots buy that shit anyways.Grey Carter said:
Yeah, mayber her lower lip's a bit too big, but either way looks good on her.TheYellowCellPhone said:
Do you mean idiots buy shovelware, or idiots buy the games you mentioned?SanguineSymphony said:
While I admit, Nintendo has embraced shovelware a little too openly, third party devs aren't exaclty helping. Making a good Wii game without resorting to waggling minigame collections is possible. It's hard, but possible. But yet nothing is made but shovelware. A bit of a "nobody is blameless" scenario. I'd give more blame to Nintendo, but there ARE good third party Wii titles, so it's not like one can say "well, they try, but it's just too hard."