| JWeinCom said: *Sigh* This is what I mean. Sony fans dig up some obscure picture from the corner of the internet to say "SEE SONY COPIED NOTHING!!! NINTENDO COPIED IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE!!! HAH!!!" |
EPIC fail. I'm actually generally a Nintendo gamer, I can't help that they've been pretty underwhelming lately, though Pikmin 3 fills me with optimism again as that took me right back to 2002. With the exception of the Virtual Boy (not released in the UK), there hasn't been a Nintendo console I haven't owned.
Just because I don't consider Nintendo the be all and end all of innovation and creativity, doesn't mean I don't think Sony have adopted some of their ideas. In 2006 I was one of the few people who thought the Wii would be a huge success. General consensus was it's f**ked because it's not as powerful as the 360 or PS3.
I actually strongly disliked Sony until recently, but lately they've been the company consistently churning out interesting software, moreso than Nintendo who are currently just relying on similar updates to their previous output. Great for the younger audience and people who are newer to gaming. But if you've been gaming since the early 80s, it's been there, done that, got the T-shirt.
I just hope the fact that the Wii U is struggling so much at the moment will mean they find that spark they had back in the SNES, N64 and GameCube days in a fight for Wii U's survival. Pikmin 3 was really promising, so I have high hopes for Super Mario 3D World etc. But their 3DS output left me incredibly underwhelmed. Though it was ace to replay Lylat Wars.
RIP Dad 25/11/51 - 13/12/13. You will be missed but never forgotten.
