WerePuppy said:
There's also another basic mismatch that always goes on between Nintendo and certain categories of gamers and self-proclaimed "journalists", and it's basically an angraphic problem.
On one side Nintendo is great at making some things that they've been making for a long time now.
Franchises such as Mario platformers and Zelda have been updated to 3D or some motion controls or the DS touch controls, but they basically aim at offering a certain well known kind of experience. More recently the same thing has been true for Mario Kart games, the Metroid Prime series or SSBB/Melee/whatever.
The business sense is obvious: in 5 years from now there will always be gamers that will enjoy a great Mario or Zelda game. Every time Nintendo keeps that request niche well fulfilled, and that's an evergreen one.
But some gamers can't live with that because either they've grown up into being sincerely unsatisfied with such offerings, or they are trying to distance themselves from their younger selves. Whatever their psychological motives, they blame Nintendo because it's not following them and they feel betrayed. The knee-jerk reaction is the "kiddie" argument.
The press and critics can get just as bad, because in their case there's an obvious, almost excruciating need for them to see the whole industry emancipated from its 80's image. They suffer of an inferiority complex towards other really mature media, and instead of working hard to make a better gaming critical analysis and commentary happen, they just mainly cater to those demographic of gamers who can be whipped into the same "adulthood frenzy". But we had this discussion about M-rated games and maturity several times yet.
So basically there's nothing the people at Nintendo can really do for this very vocal minority, because deep down they want to be have a scapegoat for their frustration and Nintendo is the ideal one.
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Wow, I agree with this so much.
