More reason to not say such things like if it was a fact.

Do I really need to write "imo" after every single thing I write?

If I'm saying it, obviously it's my opinion.

This is a wierd thread because ur taking things a few vocal fanboys said and act like all Nintendo fans feel this way. Of course gaming would go on if Nintendo went under but the same could be said about Sony/Microsoft/EA/Capcom/Square/Sega/Activision/Ubisoft or any other company. But I think most can agree that Nintendo is the single most important company in gaming history.

They brought console gaming back from the dead in Amercia and console gaming didnt really exist in Japan before them. They were the first to make many things standard in gaming like D-Pad, shoulder buttons, diamond layout, rumble, analog stick, motion controls. They have completely dominated the handheld market for 25 years. They have sold more hardware and software than any other company.

They dominate the top selling software charts.

Top 10 all belong to Nintendo

21/25 belong to Nintendo

30/50 belong to Nintendo

52/100 belong to Nintendo

Mario is the best selling franchise ever, Pokemon is the second best selling franchise ever.

So ur right gaming would go on without Nintendo but they are by far the most important company in gaming history.

Nintendo is THAT important because they are the last large publisher that insists on creating games of high quality. One by one other publishers are falling to the 'story driven' and 'emotion driven' drivel that the mindless consumer demands. Don't worry though, Nintendo will not be along in this form for much longer, soon the  true quality will be drowned out in an ocean of high polish, lowest common denominator bullshit that 'AAA' publishers are pushing, and quality gamemaking will be relageted to niche status and chased off onto the indy market.

I know most people don't give a shit and are eagerly lapping up the latest 'epic story' or  'hyper realistic' graphics that one of this turdfactories churn out, but I am saddened to see that making games is becoming less and less important while rolling out glitter and confetti gets you 'Game of the Year' awards and 9.9 on metacritic.

Fuck you all.

Thanks.

Moderated,

-Mr Khan

Your lack of basic gaming knowledge and inability to take a few seconds to verify the things you ream off as fact is truly shocking, how someone lacking such basic fact finding skills was given a role of creating a game database is truly beyond me.

When you make a statement such as "first dual screen gaming with the 3ds" and are corrected to game and watch, it does not make you "right" it makes your guess lucky, as clearly many of your other claims fell short of being right in any way.

I would discuss the topic further but your platform bias makes the notion of doing so seem nauseating at best.

Enjoy that imaginary world you're living in but for the sake of accuracy and others, ha d in the game db admin keys at the next staff desk you see.

I would not consider wii fit that original. Wii sports is about the same. Skyward sword is ANOTHER zelda game, and mario galaxy is another mario game. My argument was more towards the wiiU. In a year there has been 3 or 4 games with mario in the title. That's not original. 

Wow, you may need some help man...

Off-topic, I'm surprised this guy didn't get banned

What are you talking about of course it's original, they changed some of the other words in the title.

:P sorry, couldn't help myself.

I don't think that's a fair statement especially to sony and MS to a lesser extent.

Here's why:

As far as Sony goes, it was MS who ended up copying their winning formula with the ps1 and ps2 so the fact that the systems are "HD twins" is hardly sony's fault. Microsoft built the xbox and xbox 360 to challenge sony not nintendo. Maybe if they jumped in after the Wii's runaway success, we would have seen a very different xbox, one built to challenge nintendo instead, as seen in their introduction of kinect for that very purpose. The playstation platform has always had lots of niche titles that wouldn't get noticed on nintendo systems either and somehow, you dismiss it as catering to dudebros? Does the likes of Valkyria chronicles, Disgaea, MGS4 and dragon's crown cater to dudebros? or even a first party title like The Last of Us?

As far as MS goes, when the 360 was launched, some actually favored it as the real successor to ps2, because it was the one that got the game variety and saw a lot of JRPGs. Down the line, MS found that moneyhatting JRPGs was no longer needed as the system established it's foothold, it was then it became more dude-bro-centric. But even then, games like dark souls, dragon's dogma, Nier etc are multiplat now thanks to MS initial effort and I wouldn't classify those as dudebro.

In summary, I know nintendo has a special place in your heart but the essence of this thread is to show you that that feeling doesn't hold true for everyone. Is that so hard to accept?

Wow, just wow. How dare people enjoy different games then you. We should all like the exact same type of thing! Then gaming will be awesome again! Jesus Christ, get off your high horse because this is disgusting to read. Some people like having great storytelling in addition to great gameplay. Who the hell are you to tell them what they should and shouldn't enjoy? Please grow up and realize that not everyone is going to have the same tastes as you.