Malstrom: "Nintendo is screwed if they keep embracing...

[mike_intellivision]

mike_intellivision said:

noname2200 said:

 

ph4nt said:
I'm not entirely sure what his point is.

Nintendo shouldn't embrace user created content? They don't, I can't think of one Nintendo game that has user generated content other than something simple like the stage editor from Smash Bros.

Or is he saying Nintendo doesn't pack enough into their games? In which case most Nintendo games are 20+ hours long while your average HD game is 5-6 hours.

 You echo my thoughts. Wii Music had user-generated content. Mario Paint back in the day was the same. Wario Ware DIY is coming soon. I'm sure there are a few others that I can't think of right now throughout the decades that also relied on it. But they are few and far between. Again, I'll have to read the article to see if he's said something new, but I suspect he's putting the blame almost exclusively on Wii Music, as it DID kill the system's momentum (according to no less an authority than Iwata).

 

 

If I recall correctly, both Iwata and Malestrom cited the "failure" of Animal Crossing City Folk and Wii Music for the Wii's current relative malaise.

It is ironic that the experimental game -- Wii Music -- is made the "whipping boy" because of its approach of having the user generate content and then decide if he/she is satisfied with the result.   Meanwhile, the slightly better selling sequel to a GC title gets little criticism, even though its content is roughly the same of the previous GC and DS versions.  It had almost no content.

 

Mike from Morgantown

Actually, Malestrom makes a brief comment on Animal Crossing in his diatribe. 

"But imagine their disapointment with Animal Crossing Wii which could have been so much more than a Gamecube Plus version."

 

But he goes off on Nintendo like every game it has produced lately has been content-devoid, when he only has four or five examples, including free DS Ware offerings and a title he cannot remember.

Nintendo's "slide" has as much to do with external events (the economy has stalled sales for all systems) as it does its own releases.  Also, I still contend that Nintendo intentionally left the door open last holiday season for third parties, only to see them not rush through it. 

Still, only Nintendo can have a game (Wii Music) sell 2.5M copies and bought by 5% of its owners considered a "failure." 

 

Mike from Morgantown