| allthehoneys said: I don't know how you could be a fan of a Nintendo series of old and not appreciate what Nintendo has been able to deliver. Where other developers have struggled to take their frachises to new levels, Nintendo time and time again succeeds (moving franchises to the realm of 3D as well as keeping their gameplay fresh). Playing Metroid Prime was incredible to me, not because it was a FPS that I could compare to all the other FPS I had played and eventually gotten bored with (Half-Life 2, I'm looking at you - story isn't my motivation for games, it's the fun factor), but because it felt exactly like a Metroid game only now I had a glorious 3D perspective into that world. I find it hard to believe how anyone could claim that Nintendo has done more harm than good with their franchises. As for the other bit, I'm 25 and haven't felt kiddish for enjoying a good movie or a good game. I find it sad a lot of people can't say the same. That says more to me about your vanity and need to impress others than anything about a particular game or movie. |
Ahhh see, but I LOVED the classic feel of what originally pioneered and basically maintained lock down on the particular genre. The ONLY metroid I played before prime was Super Metroid, and I LOVED it. It was like my 5th or 6th favorite game on the SNES. But I didn't love it because of the guns, I LOVED it because of the tools. No other game had anything as badass as super metroid in that aspect, I LOVED being able to screw attack with the moon jump through narrow halls with precise timing, I could run down a hall and plasma blast everything OR I could gain some serious speed, stop, and do a horizontal jump crashing endlessly through wave after wave of enemy. It wasn't the guns AT ALL. So the first thing Nintendo does is take it and turn it into a generic FPS. It didn't feel like metroid at all! It took everything I loved from the series and tossed it out the window! Metroid used to be in a genre of it's own, then bam they ruined it for me.
And honestly, do we even need to talk about Star Fox? Adventures was terrible :/
Nintendo did NOT make that leap very well at all, they're entire lineup changed, and it changed for the worst in my opinion. The feel of what made Nintendo gold disappeared and let company's like Insomniac, Naughty Dog, and such win my heart over. I have very fond memories of that one stage in super mario world where you can run/dodge past almost all the enemies on stage till about 3/4th's in, grab the gold P block, slam that shit, make all the enemies turn into silver coins, and just collect life after life after life. It was something you couldn't do in any other game, and it definitely made it feel like mario :P
I guess with the competition being so fierce, I just don't feel like Nintendo has it anymore. I feel they've gone way off the deep end and really lost touch with home, they're games seem to be getting better on the Multi-player front, and honestly that's the only place that feels right for me when it comes to Nintendo.
Part of it might be about vanity :D But I don't have to show off to my friends ;) it's just what I enjoy. Games like Metal Gear solid and Final Fantasy 7 showed me that video games can bring a massive dosage of epic and fantasy at the same time. And after those games I've grown to WANT it, Nintendo does't supply that want anymore, they're still creative and innovative, but that's not what I'm looking for. It's like I said ealier, it feels like the cards they're playing with are amazing, but they just don't have that full deck anymore, I've played many a game that do new things, that are creative, that look better, have more engaging stories, and in my opinion play just as well if not better.
I am still looking for something to fill that void that super metroid has left though ;/ I miss my side scrollers ;-;
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