Soundwave said:
JGarret said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Soundwave said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
3) Miyamoto already admitted they will never create a hardcore character for older audiences. He said himself that he would never create a character or a game he cannot play while on the couch with his family. |
And this is why, quite frankly, Mr. Miyamoto's "semi-retirement" may not be such a bad idea.
He's a great developer and should be allowed to make whatever crazy game idea that pops into his head without any question. He's earned that right.
But holding your entire company hostage to whims of one creator is asinine. It would be like every movie made by Universal Studios having to be cleared by Steve Spielberg or made for Steven Spielberg's family. I mean it's a ridiculous notion.
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Iwata agrees with him and Nintendo as a company insists upon the family image. There are no mature first party titles.Thats probably why I havent purchased Nintendo products in a while. I just feel they haven't grown up for me. They were there for me when I was a child and I will get it for my children when they are young, but they just never grew up with me. I grew out of Mario and it hasnt been my cup of tea since N64. Mario Sunshine was nice but meh.
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Iwata is a developer himself, so there´s the whole 'empathy' thing.Maybe he gives just too much freedom to Aonuma and Sakamoto.
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I actually don't mind Nintendo having some sense of social responsibility with the content they create. I cringed during Sony's press conference when a bunch of cheers erupted during "The Last of Us" trailer where the guy got his head blown off. To me that reinfornces the "games are for high school boys or those who are stuck at that age".
But damnit, not every game needs to be the same rainbow-colored asthetic with a mascot or furry animal as the main character. It becomes as cliche from Nintendo as the bald space marine.
Surely there's some middle ground between Mario or Animal Crossing and extremely violent/sexualized video games. One of the reasons I've suggested Nintendo take a look at the Bond license, because even though there are "adult themes" in that property, they're generally done in good fun/tounge in cheek.
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some very good posts by you in this thread. espcially agree with bold.
