Your Thoughts: Nintendo

[Larenxis]

To summarize: don't care about Mario, don't care about baseless arguments, don't care about Halo 3 and definitely don't care about you.

I wish I could've made that rhyme.

Now as I summarize, don't unfocus your eyes,
that'll really mess with the flow.
I'd like to conclude, if I dare be so rude,
I don't care about Mario.
Your arguments are baseless, your flaming is faceless, and your use of 'fanboy' is utterly graceless.
When it comes to Halo 3, the redundancy, of what you've said is blatant (do you disagree?)
And then there is you, when in this milieu, picks on Metroid Corruption and that Zelda chick too.


... Maybe I should go to bed.

 

[TheTakenOne]

Now as I summarize, don't unfocus your eyes,
that'll really mess with the flow.
I'd like to conclude, if I dare be so rude,
I don't care about Mario.
Your arguments are baseless, your flaming is faceless, and your use of 'fanboy' is utterly graceless.
When it comes to Halo 3, the redundancy, of what you've said is blatant (do you disagree?)
And then there is you, when in this milieu, picks on Metroid Corruption and that Zelda chick too.


... Maybe I should go to bed.

You rule. The end.

 

[FireFox170]

I despise Nintendo for one reason. The Wii.

The Wii is the bane of my gaming existance. All my mates have Wii's and I don't know why, their graphics make me cringe, it's like they've taken Nintendo 64 and added a pain in the ass controller that doesn't even work! Sure, on all the promo's and trailers released by gaming companies about their Wii games, everything works great with the flick of a wrist. Well, I rented out Mortal Kombat: Armageddon last night and well, if by flick of your wrist you mean violently swining your arm in a motion that can only be described as "The Windmill" then sure. But, it's the same in EVERY Wii game, take for instance Mario Party 900 where you get to play loads of repetitive uncreative mini-games, especially the fucking clock game. You have to turn your "Wiimote" in the direction you want to turn the clock hands, but then the bastard doesn't stop. The Wii should come with the Disclaimer; "Warning, May cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome."

You must be the only one that experiences that problem....ADHD maybe? Graphics aren't as horrible as N64. Take a look at Metroid Prime 3.

 

[Larenxis]

You rule. The end.

Shouldn't more debates be executed through slam poetry?

And despite my avatar, I'm not picking sides here. I think Nintendo seems to be resting on it's laurels when it comes to games (I'm not on the edge of my seat waiting for a NEW character), but doing great things when it comes to platforms.

 

[TheTakenOne]

Shouldn't more debates be executed through slam poetry?

And despite my avatar, I'm not picking sides here. I think Nintendo seems to be resting on it's laurels when it comes to games (I'm not on the edge of my seat waiting for a NEW character), but doing great things when it comes to platforms.

Unfortunately I can't freestyle worth a damn so that would put me at a severe disadvantage.

I think Nintendo saves new characters for Intelligent Systems to create because those bastards can whip out 40+ original characters in a single game. It's rather surprising when you're used to the same thing from Nintendo and then IS can pull a major cast of original characters straight from their ass.

I couldn't help but notice that your Yoshi avatar is specifically the Yoshi art for Super Mario RPG. Is that a coincidence or did you actually play that game? (Sue me, I'm an RPG nerd.)

 

[Larenxis]

Alas, it's one of the provided avatars. I haven't gotten around to making an original avatar yet.

 

[mintfresh]

*sigh* I do like Nintendo...but (there's always a 'but') I'm beginning to feel it wane. NES and SNES? Great, lots of brilliant games. N64, again lots of brilliant games. GC? Got off to a slow start, but made up for it in the end. The Wii though...it's fun, but it's too casual, I know Nintendo are trying to attract more casual gamers, and create a new market, but I don't feel they cater enough to their existing fans. The games are too easy, the only game I'm really looking forward to is SSBB, nothing else exciting is coming. The DS is a bit better, it too had a slow start, but quality games did come out for it, and it's redeemed itself, let's hope that the Wii can do the same, when are we going to get the kind of titles that we had on the GC? I know that it isn't Nintendo who made them, but they don't seem to be encouraging the kind of third party games the GC attracted, Eternal Darkness, Baten Kaitos, Paper Mario:TTYD (sure they did Super Paper Mario, but it just wasn't the same, it does indicate there may be some hope though).

Unfortunately, as casual gamers become an ever broader, easy to satisfy audience, we'll see this kind of dumbing down across the board, or so I fear. But there are some games that restore my faith; Portal, Ninja Gaiden 2, Fallout 3 (I hope anyway). Unfortunately these aren't for Nintendo consoles.

 

[Piorn]

The Wii looks pretty interesting,but there are only two or three games I'd buy. Mario Galaxy,Metroid Prime 3,and maybe Super Paper Mario. It just isn't worth the 250? in my opinion.
Same at the other consoles,the only reason for me to buy a 360 would be Banjo-Kazooie 3, and I couldn't even name a single PS3 game that I'd like to have.
I don't think consoles have so much future.
Nintendo should start making games for the PC.

 

[romitelli]

The Wii though...it's fun, but it's too casual

That is that exact reason why I won't buy a Wii, even if the price does drop to 5 bucks plus 10 coca-cola bottle caps.

My neighbour owns it, and at first it brought me excitement I hadn't had through a nintendo game since I learned of the special stage on Dr.Mario featuring Pamela Anderson. (Which was, sadly, untrue)

But, after some 20 minutes of stick-waggling yourself through colourful, insane-esque stages that almost every nintendo game offers, you just get tired of it. Wii sports does hold its own, but only if the gaming atmosphere involves beer, scantly-clothed women and stick-waggling of a different nature.

Buy it, but only if you are fanatic about nintendo, rich, or a twelve year old.

(Not defending any other console, to make myself clear. Until now the next generation has no appealing factor to me)

 

[FujinAkari]

Well, as for me, I love Nintendo. I didn't used too, I kinda divorced myself of the system with the N64 and had to play the staples at a friend's house, but have reaccepted the system into my home with the Wii, and I couldn't be more happy I did.

Its strange, but as I'm playing the Wii games, I realize that I'm actually having fun. I slaved away in Final Fantasy games for nearly a decade before now and, while I enjoyed -beating- the games, I don't know that I really enjoyed playing them.

With the Wii... I've been enjoying all the games I've played. Zelda, Mario Galexy, Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles, and even Mario Party 8 have become mainstays. When people come over, it tends to be either a boardgame or Mario Party.

I'm sure the anti-Nintendoers will call me a drooling fangirl because I actually like the system I bought, and will insist on calling the Wii a gimmick, and I suppose they are entitled to their opinion. I find it ironic that the same people who deride games for ceaselessly repeating themselves get up in arms whenever a -console- chooses to tred new ground, but then these are the same people who lambast games for never altering the story, and then call all the changes gimmicks that don't matter.

As a final note... though I haven't beaten it, Metroid Prime 3 is an absolutely beautiful game. It seems to be reinventing the Metroid saga. Samus is actually interacting with the Federation, mentioned but unseen for oh-so long, and is fighting alongside Federation Marines and other Hunters.

Is it a completely different game? Of course not! Its a sequel, how retarded would it be to have a sequel completely alter the game? But it does open up a lot of new ground and lay a much firmer plot to the game than "You're on a planet. Don't die."

 

[alexhayter86]

I've been a little disapointed by Metroid Prime 3. For me, its too 'by the numbers', too regimented in plethoras of objectives, door unlocking, meaningless expansions, etc.

It wasn't as atmospheric or immersive as I'd hoped it would be.

The worst thing is how unenjoyable I've found the combat. The control scheme is admirable enough, but I can only enjoy shooting fat plasma bursts at stick-figure aliens for so long. So without decent combat, the control scheme loses quite a lot of its appeal.

And the boss fights are rather hard in comparison to the preceeding levels... it goes from very easy/never dying to oh shit/this is hard. Might be a redundant point but I still didn't enjoy those fights.

I'll cut myself short to avoid straying totally off topic. At the end of the day I think that the Wii is a little disapointing in some respects but ultimately still worth owning. You have to admit, there's a very disheartening crap games to good games ratio. Like the DS (which I also own), there aren't enough truly classy games. But there's a few, and I like games, so I'll buy into the consoles at least to sample the superior delights.

 

[hickwarrior]

errm, cheeze, what are you saying? Can you explain it for a thicky like me?

 

[Kairiaku]

I think whoever you are you should really respect them being the oldest console in the "console war" at the moment, but it doesn't seem they are getting the attention they deserve in the more "serious gaming" community. Disappointing really, I myself bought a Wii and did not keep it for very long, never really hit the spot for me personally.

 

[cattypat]

As I've gotten older and found myself less willing to shell out my entire wallet for a bunch of wack-a-mole mini games, I'm seeing nintendo as simply a target of age. This is not a negative thing, it's just young people are more experimentative and willing to waste a bit of time to get a little reward, whilst older people like being told what to do, or do what they want to do, then and now or never.

They are THE master of making games for those who like cute crazyness and speedy cartoon violence. Nothing is ever explained as clearly as an Western game, so you've really got to work stuff out yourself. Although most of the time it ain't that difficult, you do have to experiment a little.

The problem with this is that after jumping on that 100th goomba, you start to want something a bit more real or sinister. Also no immediate documentation in game can put off oldies immediatly, because it becomes a kind of standard for most.
In a shooting game, you already know what a guns gonna do, and you can guess what your supposed to do with that gun, and where its best to aim that gun, all you then need is the objectives and off you trot. Drop the same person in front of a mario game and you have no idea what they'll get up to, they may even give up really quick without some help soon.

You could see it's a bit of a question of taste, but only a few recent nintendo games, metroid prime and resident evil for example, added some adult entertainment to its old staples.
I think also as you can see from the Wii, people were tired of Nintendo games by the playstation generation, but now that it's mostly over, are returning to their old favorites and finding the fun again.
Its completly perplexed their competition, for if PS3 or Xbox360 had the support of these players, we'd probably see a realistic chance of a home living room games network around the world with millions of users. Instead we're going back to where it all started!

 

[BigText]

If anything does the same thing over and over again, if it's ridiculously fun it doesn't matter. Many people, including myself, would be pissed and wonder what the hell Nintendo was thinking if they suddenly said that there would be no more Mario games. Same thing for Zelda and Metroid. Lots of people are pissed and say that Nintendo is just redoing the same old things over and over again, but Nintendo puts a few new ideas here and there in every game that keeps it fresh and, as always, fun. Many more people would be disappointed at a lack of a Mario game than people who would be happy about it.