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Soundwave on 04 October 2012
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lilbroex said:
Soundwave said:

Nintendo has a "kiddy" image because by and large they are more kid-centric than the other two console makers who market primarily to teenagers/adult males first and foremost.

Also most Nintendo franchises that end up defining the platform are cartoony/colorful/Disney-esque in nature.

A Ninja Gaiden port with more blood is not going to change that really. It doesn't hurt though.


That is reality only in your mind and Nintendos detractors.

Nintendo has always been a family oriented console aimed at providing something for "everyone".  People began mass labling it as kiddie last gen as insult out of spite for its success with the Wii last gen.

Cartoony/colorful in no way equals childish. Its a matter of style for those who have more taste in artstyle then whatever looks the most grimy and violent.

Nintendo has made very few games that were "aimed" specicially at children.

Their games aren't aimed at age groups. They are aimed at different types of gamers which is why they have such a large variety.


I'm not a Nintendo detractor, lol, I've been buying Nintendo consoles since the very first NES.

This label has existed since the Genesis days now 20 years ago, you must be pretty young if you think it started just last generation.

I agree cartoony shouldn't equal childish, but to many people it does.

Who's to say Nintendo doesn't like it anyway? They make a lot of money off kids, a market that Sony/MS largely neglect. Money is money. When did you first fall in love with Nintendo? Probably when you were (gasp!) a kid likely in elementary school if not earlier. What's wrong with that?

Nintendo's concept of games for everyone is sound, I think the problem with it in the West is that what defines "family friendly" has changed from 1985 to today. Mickey Mouse is actually not a character that appeals to everyone anymore (maybe he did in America circa 1940s-70s). But Spider-Man and the Avengers (a little more violent, edgy, but still kid friendly) are more of what the modern blueprint for "family entertainment" truly is (as in something everyone enjoys). That's where I think Nintendo's thinking is perhaps outdated a bit.