Guess I am 33 and weird.

Well if loving Nintendo is considered weird, Iwill be weird for the rest of my life.

In this instance, "weird" is not meant as a term of endearment.

If you can imagine being over the age of 30 and going to a Disney animated feature at the movie theater alone, that's the kind of "weird" we're talking about. Which is fine of course, but when you're a 30 something year old sitting in a theater full of families and children, we're not talking about being whimsical, free-spirited or independent. It's just a little odd.

Granted, we can all play Nintendo games in the comfort and privacy of our own homes free of judgment, but again, for the over 30 demographic, which seems more appropriate: the 30 something who plays Mario Kart with their kids as a family, or the 30 something single person living alone, regardless of whether they're playing with buddies or random strangers online?

And yes, there are 30 something, childless couples living together who enjoy playing Mario Kart or Smash Bros or Wii Sports together, but these are a small minority.

Let's just say this: if you're over 30, married with children, or maybe just married to another 30 something year old game playing geek, it's perfectly healthy to enjoy the same Nintendo franchises you grew up playing as a child only now with a partner or as a family. It's just like going to Disneyland with the family.

I agree.At age 30 I don't get the appeal of being a diehard Nintendo fan.They just don't offer a great experience overrall, but mostly from theur hardware and controller design plus features.The 3DS is so poirly made and too small for my hands and the second screen is another gimmick.Also Sony has tons of colorful, cheery and lighthearted games.LBP and Puppeteer has giving me hours of fun compared to the outdated Nintendo games.

I think you need to reassess. This is entirely your own personal opinion and it's flawed. You are perverting something that isn't necessarily corrupt. Are there possibilities of weirdos going to see movies like you speak of? Yes. However in many cases it's just because the person enjoys these kinds of movies and there is nothing wrong with that. It's the reasoning behind it that changes everything and people like you that have a twisted stance on it. Not every person whether they are a single male of adult age or not, going to see a movie like Wall-e or The Lion King by themselves is not a crime and shouldn't be viewed as such. How is it different if someone the same age you speak of goes with their wife or husband or alone? Is it weird if a single women the age you speak of goes to the same movie by themselves? Because your answer should be the same for both genders.

Shit, looks like I only got 3 years left.

So it's normal to play Gran Turismo but weird to play Mario Kart ?

Great post and I agree.

There are things that are unequivocally for kids, such as Dora the Explorer for example, and there are things that are definitely for more mature audiences such as violent movies like Hostel.  Nintendo games like Mario Kart are just fun for people of all ages.  You don't have to play with your kids or family to justify enjoying them.  Furthermore, many Nintendo games are deceptive with their cutesy appearance; beating Tropical Freeze on hard mode, for example, is no "childish" task.

Some people are just too self-conscious about some things and, ironically, need to grow up.

This guy sums it up nicely


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Originally Posted by ChoklitCow

Ok, so I was one of the most critical people when it came to the Wii U (and for good reason). You look at the specs, when it came out, it's lack of features, etc. and it is hard NOT to criticize it. When people would say "next gen has already begun" I would laugh. I've played games nearly my entire life since the NES, and owned a majority of consoles since. Gaming has become one of my only hobbies because of my line of work (24/7 live-in with college students) so I take it more serious now than ever. If I'm not working, I am probably playing a game.

I've been playing with my Wii U for a little over 24-hours now. I know it will take awhile to get a genuine feel for it as this could just be a honeymoon period, but holy cow.

No matter what game I am playing, no matter what feature I am examining...I feel joy. Joy to the point where I am often smiling ear-to-ear. This is something I have not felt in a long, long while while gaming. I don't know when gaming became a chore to me, an endless grind, or a depressing emotional roller coaster, but that seems to be the only type of games I play on PC, Xbox, or PS4. I thought I was immune to toxic MOBA-style behaviors, constant blood and gore, and "adult situations". In fact, I thought that was what I wanted most because I kept purchasing it over and over.

I am absolutely blown away by this recent impromptu purchase. Whether it is the cute Mii emotions at the end of MK8 multiplayer sessions, the amazingly youthful comments scattered by children from across the world in 3D world ( I could read them for hours. Kids love fart jokes), or just everything about Pikmin and the gameplay of the aforementioned games, I am having legitimate, care-free fun. Whereas I'm used to hating everyone in a gaming lobby, I suddenly feel like I want to be everyone's friend and have an endless friends list. Where I usually care about being on top, often raging in my head when a teammate messes up or I screw up, I suddenly do not care about endgame stats. I've lead 2/3 of pretty much every online Mario Kart match I have played only to end up 4th because of the last corner and I couldn't have more fun. All it takes is one "I'M USING TILT CONTROLS" and I'm nearly crying in laughter for some reason.

For all companies, branding is vital to their survival. Nintendo's emphasis on "play" and "fun" I felt were just buzzwords such as "Greatness Awaits". Little did I know that it is very real.

Thanks NeoGAF for another great impulse purchase. Between my Plasma and this, you all continue to stray me in the right decision.

And once again, that wise C.S. Lewis quote comes to mind:

“Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”

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Gosh, you beat me to it!!! xD

Still, I'll leave mine there, since I included the complete quote! =P