| JinxRake said: I'm not one to judge Nintendo but I can say that I'm not going towards them anytime soon. I have nothing against them really, I haven't actually played most of the Nintendo games outside of NES and SNES (and those were on my PSP in most part), but I find it hard to shell out money to a company that seems so very unwilling to take risks anymore. I can believe that the new Mario Games are great, or the new Zeldas or Metroids....but they are just the new same old franchise. Nintendo doesn't seem to want to actually do something new, to create new characters, new worlds, new concepts that are more than hardware. Sony however seem to be ready to back just about any piece of rubbish. Lair is a terrible game, but at least it was a new attempt at something. Folklore is pretty fun. Flower and Journey are beyond words in my opinion. Heavy Rain was an interesting experiment, which for me succeeded in some aspects. Uncharted has its pros and cons, but it's a series that seems to be growing beyond just its looks. inFamous 2 is one of my favorite games of this generation. Demons' Souls deserves an actual sequel, a blood relative rather than a spiritual one, as it was in some regards beyond Dark Souls. Heavenly Sword was a good transition between the older PS2 sensibilities and what would become the new gen, with some very good points in its favor. Little Big Planet created something that I had not expected to see on consoles any time soon The Last of Us has potential to be something great this spring. Unfinished Swan and Papo & Yo are two other games I have a vested interest in and believe they have a shot at impressing me. Also Gravity Rush is one of the first games I'm buying for a Vita this spring. Where Nintendo have a constant trickle of good titles - judging by reviews - that are mostly centered around well established franchises, Sony seems to always bet on some project or another that may or may not pan out. A lot of people seem to confuse interest with sheep mentality when us fans choose to try out and, consequentially, praise something new from Sony. But at least it's always something new that they back up, one way or another. Sometimes it's too little, if at all, but hopefully that will change in the future. I may buy Wii U sometime. I doubt I'll have reason to take the PS2 and PS3 down from my rafters, but it may happen. I just wish Nintendo would trust themselves more with what they've created, enough to actually risk creating a new monster. Would it be so bad for Mario to retire in the wake of a new mascot, one with fresh ideas and a whole new world to expose? I doubt it. |
Hmm well yeaa i sometimes don't understand how some of Nintendo's franchises still have survived to this day either. We all know Mario, Zelda and Pokemon still have cause they got a big fanbase and believe it or not DO innovate in their latest games also they always get people's attention. But when it comes to games like Metroid and StarFox i question the fans how they don't ever get tired of the same thing. While i do like these games and respect the legacy they left behind these 2 games usually try nothing new Metroid Prime was a big and refreshing change from Super Metroid but it still had the same items, powerups, basic non existent story, no character development and they kept going with this with it's sequels. Star Fox is another franchise which i don't understand how fans think that a on rail shooter can survive these days with so many non linear and open world games Star Fox would be unheard of and simply a game stuck in the past.
