How the hell can trophies and achievements be that important to anyone?! I will never understand, I think they're just annoying and serve absolutely no purpose at all.

I think achievements can actually be a nice addition to a game when they're designed to encourage the player to try out alternative playstyles and enjoy the game in a way they might not have thought of. Like getting through a specific section without being detected by an enemy, fighting a certain boss using without using (or by using nothing but) a specific weapon/item/gadget, et cetera. It can be a way for the developer to tell you "Hey, man, play like you wanna play, but you can also do it like this if you want to. Just saying", which is something I much prefer to getting smacked in the face with a tutorial that shows us just how we're supposed to enjoy the game, or having my options limited by a compulsory stealth section or randomly getting my equipment snatched away. Those kinds of achievements are great. And of course, about as common as polio.

Most achievements are either ineluctable, which you get merely by progressing in the game ("You started the game!" "You beat the first boss!" "You beat the second boss!"), a way to add a side objective of sorts in hopes of getting the player to play (just one with no in-game rewards at all), or just an additional "bling!" that accompanies the completion of an actual in-game side mission, presumably added because the developer could not come up with an in-game reward to make it ultimately feel worthwhile and/or because actually doing the side quest was just not fun enough. Those kinds of achievements are nothing but irritating to those of us who are not into the whole, uuuhh... metagame of comparing and showing off your achievements, don't really offer any motivation, and I feel like their presence sometimes even deprives the game I'm playing of its full value, as things that would've been integrated directly into the game in the past have been replaced by a cheap pop-up.

How do we know that's not photoshopped? Only a certified trophy is incontravertable *proof* of your gaming skill.

Although I've done my fair bit of Trophy hunting over the years (and still do) I find it liberating to be able to actually just play a game sometimes without having to worry about what gun I'm shooting an enemy with because I need that 50 kills with the shotgun Trophy.

For that reason I hope Nintendo never implements one. What does it matter if I can jump on 30 Goombas without touching the floor.

Its another reason why for me its all about XBox OR PlayStation PLUS Nintendo.

You don't mean achievements you mean something like a gamerscore that everyone can see.

Arkham Origins automatically posts your achievements online on the Wii U with a screenshot (if you say yes when it asks).

You want Nintendo to turn that into a, look how many points I got!

Trophies and achievements is the dumbest reason to play games.

Lol... hehehehe... relax, bro

don´t take that so seriously. This is internet after all.  I was just being sarcastic.

We could raise a lot of similar questions about it. Why do people judge the ones who doesn´t care about achievements ? Why do people judge the ones who doesn´t care about shooters? Why do people judge the ones who doesn´t care about mature content? Why do people judge the ones who like casual gaming ? why, why ,why....

And... who are you to say what I can do and what I cant ? And who are you to judge anyone´s personal opinion ?

See ? Just take it easy and have fun here.

Achievements are a gimmick like canned laughter in sitcoms.

You sound like one of those people who can't find comedy funny without sitcom canned laughter constantly happening.

Yes,

And yes.

I wonder why you even got a Wii U in the first place.

Yep. Only worthwhile feature I've seen added in a PS3 firmware update is the option to STFU the stupid trophy system.