dongo8 said:
That is quite possibly the best Nintendo game trailer I have ever seen - seriously. It looks like a lot of fun, and it is right on their path of making people be active to play their games, plus it forces people to be social with each other outside of the digital world. It's a brilliant idea bringing people together through the use of smartphones blended with the real world. Vintage Nintendo if you ask me, hopefully this is a sign of things to come :) |
That's exactly what Ingress does, get people together, making them go outside and get to know places. There are already Ingress meetups, tours and what not. For the people that say "HURR WHO WOULD WEAR THAT IN PUBLIC IT'S RIDICULOUS"... Do you think playing with a 3DS while taking your commute doesn't make you look like a nerd? Also, Ingress agents already wear gear (aesthetic, non-functional) that shows their alignment. And all of this is for a a no-name game from a no-name studio... What would happen if you attach a household, almost-universally loved name to it?
And if you paid attention to the trailer, you could see that all the "players" were adults, with only Generation 1 pokémon. That's the market for this game, people who grew up with Pokémon, with a deep nostalgia for it, but can't afford the time to breed, train, or everything that require the mainline RPG games. But these adults can afford the smartphones, dataplans and 'travelling' needed by these kind of games.
If you ask me, this move by Nintendo is brilliant. Actually, it could be Nintendo's best idea in years. This is Nintendo moving to the future, to a new level of gameplay and interaction beyond mashing buttons... And well, Pokémon never needed any button-mashing skills to begin with. But then again, for the people that still want to stay on their own, or still have vast amounts of time, the mainline RPG games are staying.
