| o_O.Q said: i've learned a lot from this thread... apparently "mature" content is separate from "quality" content, nintendo is apparently one of the rare companies still producing this "quality" content and those who appreciate mature content in reality are immature and appreciate that content because they desire to grow up... pretty interesting |
Some "mature content" is more quality than others, but I think broadly that statement is correct. Ask any teacher/person who works with kids what games the ten year old kids are into at the moment and you will find the vast majority are into the violent/"mature" stuff for obvious reasons.
A guy who works in Gamestation told me that it is a battle to get the kids to try anything which isn't violent or "mature". These kids claim anything which doesn't have mature themes is "gay". That's immaturity in a nutshell.
When I was a kid we would gasp in amazement at the pixellated blood in Mortal Kombat, some would even claim it was a better game than Street Fighter 2 because of the "more realistic" graphics. Only in hindsight can we now see this was a bit pathetic - the theme of the game is just the window dressing, it's all about how it plays.
In short, a gamer should be out to play quality, regardless of the theme. I'd say it would be inadvisable for Nintendo to stray to far from what they've been doing so well all these years. Stick to what you do best etc etc.
Too much planning, and you'll never get anything done.
Karl Pilkington.
