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Pavolink on 05 November 2016

Those great artists failed even in this joke.



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justiceiro on 05 November 2016

Ah, if only people could still see jokes as just jokes instead of some superficial critic of society...



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forest-spirit on 05 November 2016

I thought those where funny. Almost makes me want to fire up AC again.



Lonely_Dolphin on 05 November 2016

Let's be honest, they're completely right! 10 years from now it'll be the Gamecube all over again... maybe!



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hershel_layton on 05 November 2016

why are people being so butthurt? It's a joke, not a dick. Stop taking it so hard.



 

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Wright on 05 November 2016
hershel_layton said:
why are people being so butthurt? It's a joke, not a dick. Stop taking it so hard.

That's the funny thing. The one that is being butthurt here is Nintendo, not the other way around.



Asriel on 06 November 2016

Astonished that people are reading so much into this. It's a joke, it's not like Miyamoto or Nintendo's board voted on this message going into Animal Crossing.

There's a similar message in Wind Waker which can be seen as a reference to the GameCube.



Xen on 06 November 2016
RolStoppable said:
Xen said:

That statement can be used about the Sega Saturn, certainly not the Wii U.

(I know it's a joke)

I am convinced that the Wii U will be looked upon a lot more favorable in hindsight than during its time on the market, at least on gaming forums. We've already seen this happen with plenty of bad systems, like your example of the Saturn, so it would be unreasonable to expect otherwise.

Well, surely it will be looked upon more favorably, but I don't expect it'll be one of the icons of the future retro gaming communities for example - my statement uses the Saturn as THE example of a system that went from zero in its time, to hero now. Once all the shit is forgotten, and only the good games are remembered, everything gains a better light, of course - but there are different degrees to that, with more than one factor in effect.



Barkley on 06 November 2016
RolStoppable said:
Xen said:

That statement can be used about the Sega Saturn, certainly not the Wii U.

(I know it's a joke)

I am convinced that the Wii U will be looked upon a lot more favorable in hindsight than during its time on the market, at least on gaming forums. We've already seen this happen with plenty of bad systems, like your example of the Saturn, so it would be unreasonable to expect otherwise.

You say that, but if Mario Kart, Smash & Splatoon get superior "directors cut" ports onto the Switch then where does that leave the WiiU's Legacy? Even in hindsight it's becoming an irrevelevant machine. Of course there won't be as much hate flying at the thing, because as it won't be a current product people just won't care as much.