Storytelling in Ninty games

[gumby_trucker]

Nothing wrong with a story when it's done right and properly integrated with the gameplay in a way that benefits all components of a game. Story in Other M is a pretty good example of how *not* to do story in a game.

I was pretty forgiving of it on account of Nintendo having very little experience with these kind of things, as well as feeling a large part of the story's awkwardness came from it being "too Japanese", or perhaps simply not given enough freedom in the localization department. That being said, I hope Nintendo's next effort at story telling and cinematic presentation is a big step up or they should just leave it be.

Even if it isn't, I find it hard for a bad story to truly bring down the experience as long as the gameplay is there.