Should Nintendo develop more "Mature" rated games?

[F0X]

happydolphin said:

F0X said:
To answer the first post, I say that Nintendo produces plenty of games with stories that adults can appreciate, so there's not a need to make games with stories that are targeted solely at adult audiences.

Can you give examples? Apart from Corruption, I really don't see it. Not even 2nd party.

And Xenoblade (haven't played, but have an idea), Tri or TP wouldn't count. SS is getting closer, but even then what about the likes of Uncharted or Bioshock: things with humor, politics, and such?

I assume that adults have wider tastes and are more open-minded than you suggest. Moreover, the linked article does not strictly define "game-playing adults", so the group could be much larger than the target audience of Uncharted or Bioshock. Finally, I didn't say that Nintendo produces plenty of games with "mature" stories. I said that they produce plenty of games with stories that adults can appreciate, which means that Nintendo doesn't need to make games with "mature" stories in order to interest certain adults. Granted there are adults that still might not care, but that begs this question: would their dollars worth the effort? Maybe not if all they like is 20 million-dollar Hollywood-esque experiences.

But I will give a few examples of first-party Nintendo games that dive into "mature" territory.

- The Fire Emblem series. Especially the console versions.

- Xenoblade Chronicles. Don't even bother arguing this with me. How you can say "it doesn't count" baffles me.

- Kid Icarus: Uprising. Did you mean 100% mature presentation? Probably not, because you cited Uncharted as an example. Anyway, I'd like to point out that Uprising is very faithful to the "exploration of human nature" side of Greek mythology.

- Metroid. I don't think you need help with this one. Even Other M, at the least, provoked discussion.

- Paper Mario 2 and 3. These games are positively dripping in smart, sometimes adult humor (which goes far above the heads of young players). One could go as far to call the Paper Mario games satires.

This does not include games that haven't been released in the US (Mother 3 :'( ), nor games made by second (oh how I wanted to say Sin and Punishment) or third-party developers... or some games you discounted even though I could make a case for them (Skyward Sword...). The list gets much larger once those factors are considered, so perhaps NOA should localize more "mature" games. Maybe then we can drop this entire discussion.