| maykissthebride said:
Oh, btw, remember I asked you why are two Todas such a big deal and why is NPC a bad idea? You didn't really answer any of that, did you?
Because it isnt a big deal. The article wasnt even about it. Cmon, i know youre smarter than this! You just messing with me, arent you? I thought you were joking with this question! |
yes it was. Those were 2 of the examples he used of nintendo being lazy. For wii music, animal crossing and wii play he kinda has a point but everything else is just stupid.
NPC wasn't lazy since it wasn't done in replacement of other products. It was done in addition to other products.
the main problem is that that he examines them in isolation. NSMBW has 2 characters that are the same just with different colours. Well in halo all the characters in multiplayer are the same just with different colours. I guess microsoft is lazy too. What about Buzz on PS3, that could have had much better textures, clearly sony is lazy too. Whilst we are on the subject, MW2's single player can be beaten in under 5 hours. I guess activision are lazy as well. No, this is not laziness. This is the companies knowing that its not worth doing because the vast majority of the games fans will not care.
Finally I found this passage to be quite insulting
And really, why should Nintendo try when its strategy not only pays off by the millions but goes largely unquestioned by the fans, some of whom vehemently defend the company's every move. I've heard all the excuses. The primitive graphics of the Wii Sports series are intentional and therefore it's all right. Sure, the characters are limbless, lack fluid animation, geometry and texturing, but the game is supposed to look simple. It's supposed to be accessible, not daunting. And hey, everything's really crisp and it runs at a great framerate. Give Nintendo a pass. And so what if New Super Mario Bros. Wii plays and looks like the DS title before it? Who cares if the game's graphics aren't dazzling? It's fun, isn't it? That's what matters.
the parts in italic are made to look like idiotic fanboy excuses trying to defend their company of choice. But this is EXACTLY my point of view. they arnt excuses they are how I feel. As a gamer i care not how much effort nintendo puts into games but how much i enjoy them. Often they go hand in hand. lack of effort in AC hampers my enjoyment. Lots of effort into prime 3 increases my enjoyment. But a lack of textures or limbs in wii sports does not effect the enjoyment I get from a game. The effort they went into providing the hidden depth in wii sports resort gives me a much better game than the effort of going through giving all the miis arms and legs. Likewise, with NSMBW he again focuses on the the minimal graphics. To me.giving us 10 suits instead of 6.5 would be a much better improvement than putting the graphics up to galaxy level. Is this a bad thing?
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