atomicblue said:
| spemanig said:
I don't buy the nostalgia claim at all. I never played an F-Zero game (GX) until I was an adult. I didn't play Metroid Prime or Super Metroid until this year and those are my first metroid games. Super Mario Galaxy was the first 3D Mario I ever truly played. Mario Kart Wii was the first Mario Kart I ever truly played a lot of. Brawl was the first Smash game I ever truly played a lot of.
I still felt the "Nintendo magic" with all these games despite having absolutely no nostalgic links to them. Even Nintendo games that I feel are over rated like Ocarina of Time, have that magic. I even feel silly using the word magic, but there isn't any other word to describe it. I can explain to you why Super Smash Bros. is such a technically superb party brawler, but I can't explain to you why it's so fun to play a game that literally makes me hate my friends. I can explain to you why Wind Waker is one of the most well designed games of all time, but I couldn't tell you why a cynic like me cracks a smile when Link gets the Master Sword and realizes for just a second how much of a bad ass he's become before becoming humbled in it's presence. I can explain to you all the smart design choices that makes back tracking in Super Metroid fun, but I couldn't explain to you why feeling lonely in Super Metroid is fun. And I couldn't tell you why all the unexplainable feelings I get from these three completely different games is, in truth, the same single feeling.
Nintendo makes games that make people feel something that can't and need not be described, because everyone feels the same thing. It's like Nintendo crafted a secret language of pure emotion that only it's players can hear, speek, and understand. That's magic.
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Thank god, some intelligent comments in this thread. This perfectly articulates the unique quality of Nintendo's games.
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The interesting thing is the inclusion of F-Zero GX, as that was an Amusement Vision game rather than Nintendo. I'd actually say it exculted SEGA's mastery of arcade racing more so than Nintendo magic.
Overall I agree though, Nintendo are certainly good at checking that quality is in games representing their franchises etc.
I think there have been a lot of non Nintendo titles displaying this quality too lately though. Just not the big mainstream AAA stuff.
