First, let me start by stating that Nintendo gets the award for best video game company...of 1989. Like many of you, I have fond memories of my NES as a child. Although Nintendo has been a driving force in the video game industry, it is also it's own worst enemy. Recently Nintendo confirmed that it would be dropping the price of Wii again to $150 on May 15th. While this seems of no great consequence, it shows how desperate the company is becoming to try and push systems. The Wii, already being the cheapest of the 3 major home consoles, will now come bundled with Mario Kart as an added incentive... you know, in case you haven't played it for the 9 thousandth time.
Folk's I've said it before and I'll say it again just in case you guys missed it the first time: NINTENDO IS DROWNING. For many years now, Nintendo has been guilty of many crimes against its core audience and they're starting to feel the long-term effects. Don't get me wrong I'm all for innovation; (i.e. motion gaming) however, Nintendo has been putting out the same game formula for far too long.
Observe and embrace:
Nintendo 64 = Insert Mario title, Zelda, Mario-Kart, Mario Party, Starfox.
Nintendo Gamecube =Insert Mario title, Zelda, Mario-Kart, Mario Party, Metroid, Kirby, Smash Bros.
Nintendo DS = Insert Mario title, Zelda, Mario-Kart, Mario Party,Metroid, Kirby, Nintendogs.
Nintendo Wii = Insert Mario title, Zelda, Mario-Kart, Mario Party,Metroid, Kirby, Super, Smash Bros.
Nintendo 3DS = Insert Mario title (coming soon), Zelda (coming soon) Mario-Kart (coming soon), Nintendogs, Starfox(coming soon).
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....I think your starting to get the picture, I'm not even going to go into the Gameboy.
If it isn't bad enough that Nintendo keeps basically selling you the same game every year, they now have perfected some ridiculous scientific formula to make its audience by a new handheld almost yearly as well. See DS original, DS Lite, DSI, DSI XL, 3DS.
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Couple all of this with the fact that they single handedly brought back the shovel-ware of the 80's and that 3rd party development is still on the fence about how they feel about the 3DS and Nintendo's future console's as a whole, and Nintendo as a company has a shaky foundation at best.
Now that they've announced that a new home console will debut in 2012, don't be surprised if any and all of the aforementioned titles find they're way back onto a "new" console, all while costing you the same $50 bucks.
Finally, let me just give Nintendo a quick suggestion to help (because why stop giving my opinion now):
Put out an HD system that has a solid multiplayer platform (no more of this friend code nonsense), remake (not recode) the majority of your untapped 80's classic's that made your library the definite console to have, and stop catering to the "family friendly" audience and allow for more mature rated games (this will greatly improve 3rd party development and will help to not alienate the "hardcore" gamers).
I personally refuse to do a barrel roll and let Nintendo burglar my wallet until any of these things begin to happen. However, once it does, Nintendo can make the check out to "Infinitecontinue" for all the wonderful financial advise.
Okay. So Nintendo gets rich off of already existing franchises cutting budget costs and that is a fail, how?
ReplyDeleteOh right, because they don't have any cookie-cutter faggy monotonous first person shooters, so they automatically suck ass. Yes. Makes perfect sense.
headlesspony you're probably a bad kid at shooters which would explain your terrible attitude...Lay off the snapple and the doritos and maybe you will be in a better mood.
ReplyDeleteI loved Nintendo back in the NES & SNES days. I even bought a N64 on release day for 300 bucks. Bought the rumble pack for Rouge Squadron so can feel ever rumble of blaster fire when my X-wing was taking on the Empire. But when Square announced it was going to release FFVII on PSX and not Nintendo. That was the last straw. I bought a PSX, FFIIV and never looked back. Its a shame cause great childhood memories all traced back to Nintendo.
ReplyDeleteI meant FFVII not FFIIV it was 6 am when i posted
ReplyDeleteI have owned every Nintendo system, minus the virtual boy shit.
ReplyDeleteI had an n64 and a ps1. I had a gamecube and ps2, and I have now a wii and an xbox 360.
So what if its the same character over and over? Its the games that expand around the heroes anyway. Master Chief is the most retarded character of all time, but the halo games are rad.
If you hate stereotypes, cliches and bs, don't play video games.
Meaby you don´t know this, but Capcom keep doing Megaman, Street Fighter and Resident Evil, Microsoft Keep Doing Halo and Sony God of War, Esquer Enix keep doing Final Fantasy, Team Ninja DoA, Activision Call of Duty, etc, etc, etc, for one and only the same reason Nintendo keep doing Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc; If a franchise is good, you keep doing it, the only diference is that Nintendo have keep doing this for more time that the others, because they have been in the industry many more years that the other.
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