| Mr Khan said: Alas, i am going to have to disagree with the right honorable Mr. Malstrom
Certainly these old games were founded upon arcade gameplay, but there was a distinct quality, the "Nintendo magic" if you will, that set them apart. I don't really feel like writing a really long, ambiguous reply that still wouldn't quite explain what i mean by "Nintendo magic," but there was that quality in most or all of Nintendo's old titles that has set them apart from the herd, and continues to do so
Nintendo has not lost the magic, in my opinion. The charm that their games carry with them has not diminished
Now, if the reason you were into Nintendo games was founded upon the values of gaming in the NES era, and that's the reason you liked Nintendo specifically, you are going to be disappointed as the punishment goes out of their titles. However, those who have been in it for the charm, i think, are not disappointed, unless they're the kind of person who only sees originality as a "you have to reinvent the wheel every time," you will equally be disappointed |
I fully and personally agree with your opinion about Nintendo's games, but as Malstrom (and liquidninja) are pointing out, it appears that many people do not share our opinion. Nintendo's core game sales have been declining until recently, and only some core games have really regained the traction that their NES counterparts had.
For example, Mario Galaxy, as awesome as I thought it was, lags behind Mario 64, which lags behind Mario World, which lags behind...well, you get the point. Somewhere along the line, the series lost part of its lustre with the masses. But, Malstrom argues, when they brought the series back to its roots (New Super Mario Bros) that magic returned with it.
The only part I take issue with Malstrom is in the definition of the games' "roots." I'm still uncertain as to what qualities he refers to with that term, so I haven't bought in yet.
Nonetheless, the data does suggest that, while Nintendo has not lost its touch with you and I, more and more folks were no longer feeling it (until recently, and then only for selective titles).
