| Mr.Y said: Why did you want us to read all of that? None of it was anything we didn't already know and most of it came off pretty whiny. |
Because unfortunately is not alone in holding this viewpoint. How many folks on this very forum have declared that Nintendo has turned its back on us, the traditional gamers, in favor of the expanded market? Most of those articles are focused exclusively on the latest E3, and ignore the new policy of keeping titles quiet until the last second.
I posted this article not only so that we can discuss that notion, but because I'm fairly confident that it marks the beginning of the next phase for the enthusiast press. When Spring rolls around, and the Nintendo's traditional titles inevitably come out, I firmly believe we'll start hearing more things like this article: "sure there are a few games for us coming out from Nintendo, but most of them are for casuals only, and Nintendo now thinks we're second-class citizens. And even the games that are for us have been dumbed down because of those stupid casuals." We've seen similar comments from Brawl and Mario Kart Wii, but I think the worst of the misinformation is yet to come, and that it'll take shape in editorials like this.
I'm convinced things will get better before the generation's done, but we're not out of the woods just yet.
