Happy Birthday Nintendo you old coot! It's weird thinking about it in those terms. They really must have some good heads on their shoulders to last this long. But hey, there are plenty of companies today that are this long lived.
Happy Birthday Nintendo! Japanese Developer Turns 125 Today
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To be fair, it's not like Nintendo totes around their true age at all. Some companies have est. 1902 or something like that on all their products. As far as the general populace for everyone outside of Japan was concerned, Nintendo became a thing when videogames became a thing.VinLAURiA said:
Hell I didn't even know they had ties to the Yakuza. Then again, considering how the Yakuza was basically the Italian mob of Japan there is a high chance that at the time- Hanafuda card and toy company Nintendo didn't have much say in association. Either pay up or get shit faced.
Huppy Birfday Nintendon't!
Wether it's saving Bayonetta 2 or having a grand time with the NES you've never ceased to add some amazing moments that shaped my/many others lives.
Stay forever "doomed" in the eyes of the internet. You seem to be doing pretty well in this "doomed" state of yours!
Wether it's saving Bayonetta 2 or having a grand time with the NES you've never ceased to add some amazing moments that shaped my/many others lives.
Stay forever "doomed" in the eyes of the internet. You seem to be doing pretty well in this "doomed" state of yours!
I posted a thread about this before this article was posted, lol. (It got locked, though...)
Oh well, happy birthday, Nintendo!
For all the dumb things you've done in the past (mishandled marketing of the Wii U, inadvertently leading Sony to the gaming market, region-locking, anything involving the Virtual Boy), the gaming world would be a very bleak one without you.
Here's to 125 more!
Oh well, happy birthday, Nintendo!
For all the dumb things you've done in the past (mishandled marketing of the Wii U, inadvertently leading Sony to the gaming market, region-locking, anything involving the Virtual Boy), the gaming world would be a very bleak one without you.
Here's to 125 more!
Nintendo obviously didn't hear that gamers are dead, though; otherwise they'd just pack it in now and go 'well, that was a good 125 years.' /snark
I'm always amused when people talk about nintendo being doomed. They could do literally nothing except pay their employees for a couple of decades and still be fine. And I have to say, after using a friend's wii u for a while, that the wii u is pretty brilliant; much more than a simple iteration like the competition. (I'm not a nintendo fanboy, in case you were wondering; still pissed at the lack of games for the wii.)
Rock on, nintendo. Looking forward to even more decades of fun.
I'm always amused when people talk about nintendo being doomed. They could do literally nothing except pay their employees for a couple of decades and still be fine. And I have to say, after using a friend's wii u for a while, that the wii u is pretty brilliant; much more than a simple iteration like the competition. (I'm not a nintendo fanboy, in case you were wondering; still pissed at the lack of games for the wii.)
Rock on, nintendo. Looking forward to even more decades of fun.
Congrats Nintendo. Here's hoping for another 125 years.
Yeah, that blew my mind too.Rainbow_Dashtruction said:
[HEADING=1]Long live the king![/HEADING]
Nintendo has been bringing me pure joy for as long as I can remember, and I can only look forward to a future equally blessed with their unique brand of happiness.
Don't you XKCD at me, mister. Y'all should know your gaming history so you don't get left behind by those who came before you. Anyone who aspires to have their finger on the pulse today should realize that the classics were also once the games of the present, and if a dev did stuff before it made games it can't hurt to know that as well.MetalMagpie said:I'm not entirely sure what you mean in this context by "do their research". I've personally never had a reason to read up on the history of Nintendo, hence why I didn't know this little titbit either.
Also...
Just because I was born in 1992 doesn't mean I'm about to get one-upped by those who were alive during the NES days and earlier (after all, who wants to be bested by some lame-o '80s kid?), and it's also no excuse for kids born after the turn of the millennium to be ignorant of the games I myself grew up with. The only way to break free of the confines of your own era is to know EVERYTHING.
Otherwise you're a slave to where you fall on the timeline.
Can't wait for another set of Mario Party games again, maybe 500 more games starring the same characters and hardly ever introducing new ones. 
Nintendo games are not really the most original but considering that more children are born it's actually possible for them to work as a company with this tactic, kids will keep buying this stuff and their kids will buy it too. I doubt that Nintendo is really aimed at their original fanbase(s) from years back.
At least we know that we have good old Nintendo for our next generations, that much I can be happy for in the future.
Nintendo games are not really the most original but considering that more children are born it's actually possible for them to work as a company with this tactic, kids will keep buying this stuff and their kids will buy it too. I doubt that Nintendo is really aimed at their original fanbase(s) from years back.
At least we know that we have good old Nintendo for our next generations, that much I can be happy for in the future.
before nintendo got into gaming business, it was a pretty diverse adult oriented company. Nintendo is very old and has quite a history.Rainbow_Dashtruction said:
the company is not doomed. WiiU on the other hand is doing extremely poorly. Sure, Nintendo can just sit on their asses for another 125 years and dont go bancrupt, but thats hardly the desired direction.MetalDooley said:
Of course it's not the desired direction and yeah Wii U ain't doing brilliant but that's not my point.My point is that how many times over the last 2-3 years have you heard people say things like "Nintendo is doomed because of the Wii U/the poor launch of the 3DS" or "Nintendo should go software only" when a quick google search reveals that the people saying these things have no clue what they're talking about.The most common comparison people give is with Sega and the Dreamcast yet it couldn't be more wrong.Sega were on their last legs financially and the DC was essentially one last roll of the dice.Nintendo meanwhile are currently very much in the black as evidenced by the fact that they opened a new multi-million euro development centre in Kyoto this year.Meanwhile one of their main rivals Sony is selling off it's US HQ and it's PC business to try and reduce it's massive lossesStrazdas said:
It just seems sometimes that there's people who are so eager for Nintendo to fail that they're willing to completely ignore the facts and maybe,just maybe they should check these facts before opening their mouths
Nintendo SHOULD go software only, but not becuase of financial problems. They should do it because they make great software and horrible hardware. I do agree that there are a lot of misinformed people that think WiiU failure would be financial demise of microsoft, however lets face it, Nintendo is taking cuts from this and the shareholders are getting restless, so while they wont go bacnrupt they themselves find this situation to be bad.MetalDooley said:
See, Sonys situation is a bit different. their console division is making profit, its the other divisions thats bleeding. Nintendo has no other divisions. So it makes sense for sony to close down unprofitable divisions (altrough PC wasnt one of them, which makes me wonder what the hell are they thinking). The most red divisions for sony are TVs and phones. they already anounced cutting the phones one, i wonder if they still try to muscle thier TVs in. there is one feature from Sony TVs that no other rival has - it has an attachment that could allow you to stream 4k videos. and i mena actual 4k not some upscaled bluerays. the selection is very small and being Sony they ask an arm and a leg for it, but no competitor has this as a choice to begin with.
There are people who are eager to see competitors of thier chosen platform fail and will attack it at every opportunity. this is true no matter whitch company does a mistake, whether its nintendo, sony, Xbox or one of the PC giants. heck people even delebrated the death of smartphones when zynga died. this thinking is just extreme version of our natural choice defence mechanism. people have biological need to defend their choices, and since gaming platform is an expensive one, the need is high. to defend it they sometimes make ridiculous stories (ive got one guy claiming that Xbox CPU is more powerful than my PCs) just to not realize they made the wrong choice. not much can be done about them other than changing human genetics.
I like how people think Nintendo needs to go software only to become successful, when they'd actually make LESS money, because of licensing fees and royalties.
They'd also have to downgrade as a company.
Going software only also didn't work for Sega, Atari, SNK, or Hudson. And before you say that Sega's still around, the only reason they're still alive is because they were bought by Sammy.
They'd also have to downgrade as a company.
Going software only also didn't work for Sega, Atari, SNK, or Hudson. And before you say that Sega's still around, the only reason they're still alive is because they were bought by Sammy.
Nintendo isn't some lowcard jobber, one instance of momentum and they're back in the title picture credible as ever.Strazdas said:
Swearing off the world title and going after midcard titles exclusively isn't a smart move by a main event talent...it simply makes no sense.
This again, really? No being a mark isn't ingrained in human genetics as I told you last time. A cadre of guys saying stupid crap on the net about X device proves nothing. This is like me making a claim and than backing it up with youtube comments (which is what your evidence last time amounted to), utterly without merit.
Additionally by that comment "not realize they made the wrong choice" it is clear you're involved in this sides business (well actually I'm going by all your other posts too...but lets go slow with just this one for now)... so who is in the wrong again? They are yes...but you don't get away from it either. If you're going to call other people drones/thralls/marks/fanboys/whatever term you want to paint them as than at least have the good grace to admit you're among that number, even if you are wearing a different coloured tie.
I don't take part in this sides business and couldn't care less if you've undertaken the "choice" of being a PC guy, Xbox guy, or a PlayStation guy, Nintendo guy, Apple guy, or whatever. What I could care less for is folk who'll call others out yet be just as guilty, if not more so.
Yes, if they start making good hardware again they will be firmly back in the game. however, currently they do not. and havent for quite some time. Going software only means they will be able to deliver thier software to all the people they want as they will likely release it on all platforms as they no longer have to hold it hostage to their own. everyone wins.Rozalia1 said:
Defending your choices are basic human psyche. This does not necessarily mean being a mark, however some people do go that far.
Oh, and are you going to go around insulting people you disagree with again? werent you the one calling everyone a heel just last month?
Except if you want to buy any of the many Nintendo products you're forced into buying their console. Nintendo have the most powerful lineup in gaming, they don't need to put their games out on everything. It may well not increase their sales all that much (you telling me Nintendo fans are going without Nintendo products by not buying their hardware?) while forcing them to develop their games for a bunch of systems thereby increasing their costs, and the time it'll take for them to put out games.Strazdas said:
Well you give the impression of otherwise considering how you always put it. People who post crap on youtube, or the comment section of an article prove nothing, and besides many of them are pretty much being as they are for the fun of it. Lets put it this way, they are like heel commentators who upon seeing a face get driven through a window by a heel will remark at what a coward the face is for diving through a window to try to escape the heel (obvious blatant lies).
Or to use the other side of the coin due to your bottom remark, a face commentator who'll cry foul at everything a heel does...but when a face does it the victim had it coming/deserved it, or if you have a straight up cheating face (rare) than their cheating and their cheating alone won't get a single cry of condemnation from the commentator.
I wasn't calling everyone a heel last month firstly, and secondly that isn't an insult anyway.