The reason for Nintendos issues with third parties, Sony and gamers (Doc vid)

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RolStoppable said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Anyone could play a link to the past. I learned how to play that game when first started gaming. Metroid was a nice change of pace though, I wouldnt deny metroids place as a core title, but there were more challenging games done by third parties. Nintendo always had a way of making games tailor made for their consoles though.

You specifically mentioned Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct and Contra before. You do realize that pretty much any fighting game could be played by just mashing the buttons? There's nothing demanding about getting into them. People could use the Konami cheat for Contra (and most kids did), so seeing the end of the game wasn't much of a challenge either.

It's also worth pointing out that Killer Instinct was a first party game. Not the first that this has happened to you. Famous "third party" games for the Wii include The Last Story and Xenoblade Chronicles, after all.

Not MK and Killer Instinct. Those games had strict button commands. Newbs would get owned in the arcade when I was little and would just watch the more experienced players destroy inexperienced gamers. Those games cannot be put up with the button mashers. When you heard "Ultra" in a house party with the SNES it meant your fight was over. Its not even fair to compare those games to the button mashers that were soon to follow mostly in the form of 3D fighters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m8nqX9yyc8