Nintendo Badge Arcade - The Jimquisition Review - 2 / 10

[Aielyn]

Dunban67 said:

Aielyn said:

Yet you still haven't responded to my point about it not being a game of luck.

Let me put it this way - you know what Skee Ball is? It's a game of skill. It's found at various arcades and similar places, and if you do well, you get a heap of tokens, which you spend to buy little trinkets, not unlike the badges. Playing Skee Ball is not gambling, because it's not a game of luck, and it's not a competition. Your reward does not depend on anything except your own skill. It is not even in the realm of gambling.

It is only "risky" in the sense that you won't do well if you screw up. But it's within your control, not the game's. And the only rush you get it when you play really well and pick just the right badge to get, thus getting a heap in one go... and that sort of "rush" isn't the sort that gets people addicted.

The game is a diversion, not a gambling machine. It's a little something you spend a few minutes on each day for the practice, and hopefully free, plays. And if you really want to get a particular badge or set of badges, and aren't patient, you spend a small amount of money, and get those badges.

Black Jack and various other gambling games do involve skill and they are still considered gambling-  

The Nintendo game has you paying for a chance to win nothing

They *involve* skill. But they also involve luck. The only "luck" in this game lies in what happens if you screw up. Basically, it's a lot like Tenpin Bowling, in this regard. Also a game that has you paying for a chance to win nothing (unless you're in a league or tournament, of course).