How Nintendo makes the video game industry look good

[Onyxmeth]

BornFirst. said:

Onyxmeth said:

It's still misleading. Violence is violence and that includes both cartoon style and realistic. My cousins weren't allowed to play any videogames with noticable violence and I had to handpick them games that my Aunt would allow. Even most Nintendo games were out of that range. A game that doesn't rely on violence is a game like Katamari Damacy or Tetris, not Zelda and Metroid. When an article is written it should be more clear on what is meant by "violence" as it's a very vague term in gaming. Here's what the ESRB rating says for Nintendo's three big Wii games:

Super Mario Galaxy-Rated E for Everyone
Mild Cartoon Violence

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess-Rated T for Teen
Animated Blood
Fantasy Violence

Super Smash Bros. Brawl-Rated T for Teen
Cartoon Violence
Crude Humor

I agree that the article was referring to extreme violence based on them bringing Nintendo and kiddy into the equation, but in any case, games like Zelda, Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars and Metroid are still violent and are not meant for "everyone" as is stated.

 

But the article was talking about games like the Eye training game, in which that guy who plays baseball uses it to improve his eyesight. Its those types of games he is referring to anyway.

 

No the article began with Flash Focus and then went elsewhere, to the whole of Nintendo. This quote:

Nintendo has been able to do something that no other company in the industry is willing nor capable of -- create compelling gameplay for people of all ages without using sports or violence to do it.

This was implying that Nintendo does not use sports, nor violence to create compelling gameplay for people of all ages. It is five paragraphs down from where Flash Focus was last mentioned. Nintendo uses both violence and sports to create compelling gameplay, thus I said I didn't agree with it. Re-read the article and you'll see he was not speaking about Flash Focus in that quote. Violence means more than blood and guts. There is violence that is E rated, T rated and M rated, but all are still violence, just acceptable for different audiences. Also if you think Nintendo doesn't use sports as compelling gameplay then you know nothing about Nintendo. 

As far as the other debate we had going about story and voice acting, it's enough. It's not going anywhere and we'll have to agree to disagree on this issue.