| dany612 said: Well I am new to VGChartz and this my first thread. I would just love to put my thoughts about what I think of Nintendo.
First of all I want to question Nintendo's choice of Wii as the name of their console. They made it clear that it of course means everyone. Everyone sitting down or up and playing and having fun. Joy!! But when you really think of it, Wii represents mostly the casuals and the core gamers Nintendo has been able to gather. Besides Metroid what other game has Nintendo its self created for the hardcore gamers? Wait, so Metroid is a "hardcore" game, but Zelda isn't? I'm a bit confused. You're using terms like casual, core, and hardcore. Stop grouping people together. It has failed to even create new characters, it just keeps refreshing old ones which is fine since I love them but I do want something new. Punch-Out!! hasn't seen a game since the SNES era. Sin & Punishment was a Japan-only game. Pikmin is a new franchise and they're still working on the third one. Now don't say "but the hardcores don't matter, Nintendo doesn't need them" that statement is true to some extent. If Nintendo wants to remain on top it needs to demolish the edge Microsoft and Sony have against them. Nintendo would need to "steal" those gamers as well. Just imagine how powerful it could be when all the three types of gamers are in their hands. Yes the hardcore gamers are important just look at the sales of games like Halo, Grand Theft Auto, etc. Again with the hardcore/casual terms! Nintendo has just as many "hardcore" games as Sony and Microsoft. I think I've put more of my life in Animal Crossing than I put into all the Halo games together. Let's stop catagorizing games as these silly terms. Nintendo needs to stop with leaving some technology behind in their hardware. Remember when Nintendo first lost? Why was that? Oh yeah it was because it failed to have CDs and DVD format discs. Nintendo has been ontop of technology every gen except this one. The NES was more powerful than the 2600, 5200, 7800, Master System, etc, the SNES was more powerful than the Genesis and Turbografx16, the N64 was more powerful than the PS1 and Saturn, and the GCN was more powerful than the PS2 and onpar with the xbox. Granted, Nintendo's choice to stick with Carts did hurt them but I still like carts more than CDs. Why was the Gamecube so disappointing? Oh yeah it failed to have the type of size discs the others offered. lol. I don't recall anyone complaning that the GCN used small discs. It was more or less the "kiddy console" it was labeled thanks to the marketing wars back in the 16bit gen with SEGA. Now with the Wii, its a different story. Their winning edge is their ability to capture a lost audience who never would have thought of playing video games. But as a long fan I felt betrayed to some extent. Wait, you felt betrayed? You were given a console with full back compatibility(something Sony and Microsoft seem to have trouble with) with the GCN. The Virtual Console? Revival of dead franchises? 2-D Mario? Two 3-D Mario games? Yeah, they're are betraying us SO much. I love their games but knowing that the Wii didnt offer HD or couldnt play DVDs so my family and I could watch felt bad. So what? The Wii isn't an HD console. Dude, remember how like, I dunno, EVERY CONSOLE BEFORE THE PS360 WASN'T HD? An HD console isn't required to play excellent games. I know graphics dont matter but it wouldnt have hurt Nintendo to release one that was capable of displaying it. I say this mostly because of how Super Mario Galaxy looked when we got our 50 inch HD tv for Christmas. In my standard tv it looked AWESOME but when I first saw it on the HD tv I saw blurriness and the color was fainting.Really I felt sad, I thought due to my lack of knowledge of that time that it was going to be mind blowing, so darn beautiful but that didnt happen. Component cables, bro.
I also have many people that I know who havent bought a Wii due to the fact of the reason of how ugly it looks in those big tvs and I cant blame them. My bro in law own all three and he said just imagine all those Nintendo franchises and how beautiful they would look in 1080p HD tv. I have a feeling for the next generation, Nintendo is only going to offer 720p. :( lol. Please, if you will, name a few games in 1080p this gen? Hell, many HD games aren't even true HD. Do some research, bro. I love you Nintendo but please listen to your fans. You even deleted those forums on your website. I love both you and Sony but Sony wins in terms of listening to fans and giving the best entertainment thus far. The Wii is fun but if you could only listen. Nintendo released a game two gens ago in Japan only. Because of the want for this game(Sin&Punishment) to be over seas, not only did the release it on virtual console, they're making a full-fledged sequel. If that's not fan service, then I have no idea what is. |
