When you hear 'Nintendo' what's the first thing that comes to mind?

[Mr Khan]

Zlejedi said:

Mr Khan said:

Given that all the polemics and vitriol seem to come from HD fans and, outside of isolated pockets of Nintendo reactionaries (like what exist here) nothing going the other way, the hate and efforts to diminish and undermine Nintendo's achievements is very active

Die-hard Nintendo fans have generally detached themselves from the console wars, or take a more philosophical approach towards them. Whereas someone invested in the console wars would say "Uncharted is teh suck" if a Nintendo fan lobs a critique, it's usually against cinematic games in general, or gray shooty games, or "mature" games, but rarely do we fight individual games as you see Sony and Microsoft fans do (like debates about Forza and Gran Turismo)

We're more removed from the day to day actions of console warfare, and any flamewars we get involved in are mostly defensive, at least on the whole

That distance seems to be directly proportional to the sales of Nintendo hardware ;) Because i quite well remember blue ocean/motion gaming crusades of 2008.

True, but as i said, those were philosophical.

Grand Theft Auto IV was definitely a target of the Nintendo camp, though