Elders (now Teens!) React to Mario Kart 8

[RCTjunkie]

Soundwave said:

RCTjunkie said:

They caught on pretty quickly to GTAV and CoD. Do you think Nintendo has a problem making the games casual enough to bridge for non-gamers?

Which seniors can play GTAV and CoD honestly?

There is no "bridge" to an audience like this, they may be able to play a handful of very, very rudimentary games (ie: Wii bowling only because they have a real life frame of reference from actual bowling, and maybe some smartphone touch games that are super basic) and that's about the extent of where their gaming ability ends. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHoOrFdgYR8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F457iJ2C8JY

 

They got the hang of those games fairly quickly. I wouldn't completely underestimate the gaming skills of the elderly. Maybe instead of throwing them in randomly, taking 20 min to teach them controls would mean the world to them.