Since the SNES era maybe but not ever because SNES.
Far from it. Their finest hour was when they were selling much more hardware and software then now in the form of ds and Wii.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.
Think of this as overcoming great odds that were not in their favor - and 2017 being Nintendo's Finest Hour suddenly makes more sense.
I WON A BET AGAINST AZUREN! WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
:3
| TheWPCTraveler said: "Finest Hour" means nothing without context, which everyone else seems to have missed in this thread - including the OP.
Let me quote the last two paragraphs of a speech by Winston Churchill.
What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour. Think of this as overcoming great odds that were not in their favor - and 2017 being Nintendo's Finest Hour suddenly makes more sense. |
And here's another quote by Winston Churchill:
"I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place."
VGPolyglot said:
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All I was doing was placing this statement into the proper context necessary that a thread like this makes sense.
Making the context of the thread about how well Nintendo is doing financially or in terms of unit sales does not make sense given the performances of the Wii and DS that came before the Switch.
Making the context of the thread about how good Nintendo games have been for this year does not make sense given that (1) this varies upon the taste of the player, and (2) there actually have been better years for Nintendo software in the past - 2007 is one for me, and I'm sure that others in this thread can point out other years where they felt that Nintendo software output was better.
I WON A BET AGAINST AZUREN! WOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
:3
2007 was Nintendo's finest hour? 2017 was Nintendo's finest hour? What do those two years have in common? Oh, yeah. Games. Tons and tons of games.
bigjon said:
no. I could care less what other people say. After year 2 (we got Mario Kart, SSB, Mario Gal, TP, Fire Emblem in those 1st 2 years) of the Wii through 2016 Nintendo was no longer making games for me. And what I mean by that is I felt the content they were pushing out was not targeted to me. I really did not enjoy too much of it in that period. BoTW and SMO are 2 over my favorite games ever, so clearly Nintendo is now making games I like again. |
So, essentially you only like Mario and Zelda the first time they're released? Fire Emblem, Smash Brothers, and Mario Kart. None of the other franchises? No Xenoblade, Donkey Kong Country, Last Story, Pandora's Tower, Kirby, Animal Crossing, Punch-Out, Sin and Punishment, Metroid, or Kirby? And since Zelda Skyward Sword or Super Mario Galaxy 2 - I would have thought you would have liked those games.
Unfortunately, it looks like the Switch is probably going to disappoint you in the not so distant future.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
| bigjon said: Nintendo has a rich history and has turned the gaming world upside down multiple times. They made 2d finally "work" (invented the D pad), ...
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2d already worked fine on arcade machines, home consoles and home computers before Nintendo invented the d-pad patented a specific design of the d-pad.
| TheWPCTraveler said: "Finest Hour" means nothing without context, which everyone else seems to have missed in this thread - including the OP.
Let me quote the last two paragraphs of a speech by Winston Churchill.
What General Weygand has called the Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilisation. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands.
But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour. Think of this as overcoming great odds that were not in their favor - and 2017 being Nintendo's Finest Hour suddenly makes more sense. |
ya, that is the connotation I take with he phase. Part of what makes 2017 their finest to me is the fact they were cornered many considered Nintendo finished as we knew them. Then they came back with a vengeance.
End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)
Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases
360- 37 million Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak
PS3- 29 million Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut
VGPolyglot said:
And here's another quote by Winston Churchill: "I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place." |
I think the point he is making is that if the people of those regions had gotten their shit together over the millennia prior to the European colonial era that they would not have been conquered essentially. See place like Japan or China that also figured out how to create functional civilization.
End of 2009 Predictions (Set, January 1st 2009)
Wii- 72 million 3rd Year Peak, better slate of releases
360- 37 million Should trend down slightly after 3rd year peak
PS3- 29 million Sales should pick up next year, 3rd year peak and price cut
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