| archbrix said: I actually find it quite entertaining that Malstrom is getting so riled up about it. Also, NES Metroid superior to Super Metroid? Mach Rider > F-Zero? Wind Waker was a terrible Zelda game? Man, this guy seriously needs a reality check. |
He seems to think that his opinion is the law. He's delusional if he thinks any kind of majority is behind him. Calling his supporters a minority would be generous.
The reality of the situation couldn't be more different. I watched the ND with a friend who cares little for most Nintendo franchises and not at all for Mario -- the only Nintendo franchise he has any investment in as far as I can tell is Metroid. He bought a Wii for Bayonetta and Monster Hunter. And by the end of the ND he was beside himself. SMT X FE. Wind Waker. Xenogame.
And two of my other friends, both of whom were insistent before today that they would never buy a Wii U, blowing up my phone. Dat Fire Emblem. Dat Yoshi. Dat Wind Waker. Dat Xenogame. Nintendo did what they set out to do. Wii U owners are excited. Many of those who were on the fence have been swayed by some game or another. Prospective buyers are more confident. And even some of those most stringently opposed to the Wii U find themselves questioning their resolve. This or that game looks mighty nice, they're thinking.
Nintendo dominated gaming news today. Even gamers who can't find anything praise-worthy about the company, its consoles, or its software at all nevertheless find themselves discussing the Wii U in great detail. Even the biggest non-Nintendo fans are coming out of the woodworks to either express interest in or to revile the Wii U. The Nintendo hatedom is almost as active as its fandom here on VGChartz at the moment.
All Nintendo had to do was announce games that everyone supposedly "knew were coming anyway," and they find themselves the center of attention. (And that is shenanigans, there's not a soul on this Earth who could have forseen SMT X FE.)
