The silliness of "hardcore"?

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Lost tears of Kain said:

akuma587 said:
That is one reason I have shied away from Nintendo games, because they are not story driven. That is not to say that Nintendo doesn't produce fantastic games, I am just not compelled by Mario's quest to save the princess.

I am still dying to play Super Mario Galaxy in any case. I am not willing to purchase a Wii for it though. I do appreciate the artistic break the designers have taken with the game though, because it looks fantastic and very surreal. Definitely a step in the right direction.

bingo, the same for me, gameplay has always been fun with nintendo, but i also think story is almost as important in some games. Look at the FF series, if not for its fantastic story telling it wouldnt be where it is today.

 

Actually it would be exactly where it is today... because that's where it is.  IMO Square hasn't told a good FF story since 6 and even 6's story kinda slowed down in the World of Ruin.  It's all be rehashes and repeats of the same cliche characters since then.