the_dengle said:
Pixar is not a producer. Pixar films are produced by Disney. Saying you like or dislike Disney movies is just as nonsensical as saying you like or dislike Nintendo games. But there is a greater awareness of what movies are actually made by Disney's animation studios (and thereby considered a part of Disney animated canon) than there is of what games are made by Nintendo EAD. I would accept "I (dis)like games made by Nintendo EAD," I suppose. It might still bother me that Nintendo EAD is actually about seven different studios, maybe even more. But those games probably wouldn't even comprise half of the Wii U's library, so I don't see why you would base your purchase of it on that. And a lot of people tend to group whichever games they see fit under the "Nintendo game" qualifier, leading to lists counting Tropical Freeze and Smash Bros as Nintendo games, but not Xenoblade or Bayonetta. |
It's not meant to be something official or exact, but games like: all Mario's, Donkey Kongs, Pikmin's and Zelda's are very Nintendo-like people know they are made by Nintendo and they have a Nintendo feel. It's true that there are also a decent bit of games that aren't very Nintendo-like, for example Xenoblade and Bayonetta, but these aren't used to compell Wii U potential buyers because games like these are plentiful on other platforms unlike the Nintendo-like games that you can't find many of on other platforms. At least that's what I think.
I understand your point though, Nintendo games include many genres so it doesn't make sense to group them all together, but many Nintendo games do have distinct styles that make you think they are made by Nintendo. Kresnik pointed out that it's the same for Indie games. Different genres and developers, but most Indie games have a certain style which is why people group them together.
