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Smear-Gel on 24 July 2014
phaedruss said:
Soundwave said:
I'm not really convinced this is all that different from any previous Nintendo gen though.

Nintendo had Perfect Dark and Conker's Bad Fur Day on the N64 and financed things like Starcraft 64, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, etc. too for the older crowd.

GameCube had Eternal Darkness, NBA Courtside, 1080, Geist (ugh), Metroid Prime, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, aimed at older players and they grabbed Resident Evil exclusivity that gen.

Wii had Metroid Prime 3, Xenoblade, Fatal Frame IV, The Last Story, Dynamic Slash (Zengeki), Sin & Punishment 2, for the older crowd, unfortunately NOA bailed on supporting some of these projects in favor of just riding the Wii Sports/Fit fads and telling us to be happy with Animal Crossing Wii and Wii Music.

So Wii U has Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade X, and Devil's Third as kind of the "hardcore" games. Hopefully we get Fatal Frame V too.

But I'm not sure if this represents a legitimate movement towards a new direction or if its Nintendo's token 4-5 games per gen aimed at an older crowd that they've kinda maintained since the second half of the SNES days.


Yea exactly. I mean it's 2 games over THREE years (by the time Devil's Third comes out). I don't think Xenoblade really counts, it's more of a game for teens (even Bayonetta is something targeted towards teenage boys and Devil's Third to a degree).


You dont think a significant number of "mature" games are aimed  at boys 14 to 19?



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phaedruss on 24 July 2014
Smear-Gel said:


You dont think a significant number of "mature" games are aimed  at boys 14 to 19?


I'm thinking more of games that appeal to 18-35 year olds.



Nintentacle on 24 July 2014
Mr Khan said:
cheshirescat said:
Nintendo securing Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third reminds me a lot of when they got No More Heroes and Mad World on the wii. Sort of trying to expand the demographics, except these games are sort of the hormone addled twelve year old's idea of mature (I am glad that the op put mature in quotations) and won't go far in changing anyone's preconceived ideas of nintendo. I'm sure that comes off harsh but I don't mean it to be, I rather enjoyed no more heroes and mad world, though bayo wasn't my cup of tea; I don't mean to imply that they lack merit, besides the real difficulty is more that the audience they attract is very niche and their overall impact on the wii u's success will be minimal.

It's the hormone-addled twelve year olds that are the backbone of most of the "mature" games anyway. Platinum's sense of style tends to double-cross that line to reach back to a more mature audience.

That'd be fun to see.

"Hey dad I want this game."

"What is it?"

"Bayonetta for the Xbox."

"But you're 12!"

"But my friends have it!"

"Fine..."

"F**k yeah!"

When he gets the game...

"Boner achieve- Wait I died! Looks like I'll have to actually play the game so I can get to some good cutscenes."

1 hour later

"Don't you think he's too young to play that? Plus, he's been in there for an hour..."

"Nah. He's just exploring his sexuality."

Meanwhile

"Man, I love this game! OH YEAH, OH YEAH, OH YEAH, OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!"

Meanwhile again

"I wonder how It's like to walk in on your son masturbating... Welp, here goes nohin'. HEY SON HOW IS YOUR GA- Wait... what the hell?"

"Oh yeah! That combo is so badass!!!!!"

"B-but..."

The End



phaedruss on 24 July 2014

I always wondered what Nintendo fans thought of Bayonette before Bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive........



AZWification on 24 July 2014
phaedruss said:
I always wondered what Nintendo fans thought of Bayonette before Bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive........

I can't speak for other Nintendo fans, but I have the 360 version of Bayonetta since 2011 and I always thought that Bayonetta was an amazing action game!



                
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Smear-Gel on 24 July 2014
phaedruss said:
I always wondered what Nintendo fans thought of Bayonette before Bayonetta 2 was announced as a Wii U exclusive........



It was a very niche game, so not too many people knew about it in general. But I never got the seemingly generally accepted idea that people who owned a Wii last Gen never played/owned anything else, an assumption that makes people think there are no Bayonetta fans on Nintendo's consoles.

 

phaedruss said:
Smear-Gel said:


You dont think a significant number of "mature" games are aimed at boys 14 to 19?


I'm thinking more of games that appeal to 18-35 year olds.

 

Eh, I'm sure many, many "mature" games are trying to appeal to teenagers as well. I'm not really sure how other mature games appeal to 18 to 35 but Xenoblade Chronicles X, Bayonetta 2 and Devil's Third, other Ninty "mature" games appeal to 14 to 18.



HBninjaX on 24 July 2014
phaedruss said:
Smear-Gel said:


You dont think a significant number of "mature" games are aimed  at boys 14 to 19?


I'm thinking more of games that appeal to 18-35 year olds.

Well I'm in the ~35 demographic and from what I've seen people don't really concern themselves with how cool a game is or what have you...  most are just playing shooters, driving games, or strategy games -- a couple others own a wii u because we grew up playing nintendos and we have kids and want to carry on that tradition.  I don't know a single person that bought watch dogs for example --but the autistic 17 year old in Gamestop wouldn't stop talking about it when I was picking up my Mario Kart 8 preorder



phaedruss on 24 July 2014
HBninjaX said:

Well I'm in the ~35 demographic and from what I've seen people don't really concern themselves with how cool a game is or what have you...  most are just playing shooters, driving games, or strategy games -- a couple others own a wii u because we grew up playing nintendos and we have kids and want to carry on that tradition.  I don't know a single person that bought watch dogs for example --but the autistic 17 year old in Gamestop wouldn't stop talking about it when I was picking up my Mario Kart 8 preorder


It's not about "how cool" a game is.



Raziel123 on 24 July 2014

Yes. Though i'm more interested in Fatal Frame



noname2200 on 24 July 2014
Lucas-Rio said:
outlawauron said:

Not is it not being made by Nintendo, it wouldn't be the first time a 1st party published title ends up on another system.

Not that I'm predicting or expecting it, but this is still laughable.


It's a game made by Nintendo and totally financed by Nintendo. Nintendo hold all the rights of Bayonetta.

Not even close to your distribution deal (Ninja Gaiden) Sould Calibur 2 was also published by Nintendo on GC with Link in it. But it wasn't a Nintendo game.

It's coming to the PS4. You'll see. You'll all see...