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mZuzek said:
Ninten78 said:

With the Switch selling well and the plethora of (2 new Metroid games) new games announced,stock prices running and increased awareness of Nintendo IP.Is Nintendo enetering a new golden age akin to the Wii/DS era?

Your thoughts?

I wouldn't call Wii/DS a golden age

 

Maybe not for gamerd but for bank acvounts? Yea



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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
mZuzek said:

I wouldn't call Wii/DS a golden age

Maybe not for gamers but for bank acvounts? Yea

As a gamer, the Wii age was pretty golden for me. It's still my second favourite system of all time.



Mar1217 said:
A Golden Age is coming .... wait Golden ....

GOLDEN SUN CONFIRMED !!

This made me laugh so much XD

 

I also want a Golden Sun :(



Anything would be considered golden after the wii u.



Golden Age applies that this will be the best era ever. I do not think the Switch will do that. NES was super popular back in the day. I don't see the Switch as being influential. However we have a while before we can decide on that. Anyway I always saw the ages as
I always saw it as
NES = Golden Age
SNES = Silver Age
N64 = Bronze Age
GC = Dark Ages
Wii = Renaissance
Wii U =Really Dark Age
Switch = ????? (Renaissance Part 2?)
Keep in mind these include handhelds in these eras.
On second thought the Wii + DS might have been more popular then NES + Gameboy.



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NES/SNES was the Golden Age. Wii/DS was the silver age.

For Switch to enter a Golden Age Nintendo would need serious backing from most of the Japanese devs. This means a new Monster Hunter, Square JRPG, Capcom Fighter, Atlus RPG, and Tales RPG all on Switch. To top it off Nintendo would need to put out several more masterpieces on the same level as BotW.



Well it seem like that.



curl-6 said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Maybe not for gamers but for bank acvounts? Yea

As a gamer, the Wii age was pretty golden for me. It's still my second favourite system of all time.

It literally got me into gaming , but some people feel differently



Wii era is overrated. Only really Mario Galaxy 1/2, Skyward Sword/Twilight Princess, Xenoblade, Metroid Prime 3, DKC Returns, Mario Kart Wii, and Smash Brawl are "must plays" and a lot of mediocre to "OK at best" third party stuff.

N64 alone had more must plays IMO. Mario 64, Zelda: OoT, Zelda: MM, GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie, Star Fox 64, Paper Mario, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 64 despite having a year less on market.

I understand Wii was successful with casuals, but they abandoned Nintendo anyway and a lot of the software aimed at this audience was frankly shit, so not sure what the net end benefit of all that was. In terms of actual high quality games, the Wii is not much better if at all than the N64 or GameCube. It's claim to fame is a gimmick. 

Even GameCube ... Resident Evil 4, Smash Melee, Pikmin 2, Luigi's Mansion, Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda: Wind Waker, Zelda: Twilight Princess, Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2, F-Zero GX, Wave Race: Blue Storm, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II, Mario Kart Double Dash, Animal Crossing, DK: Jungle Beat, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, more than holds it own with the Wii. 

The Wii had a gimmick, the actual software the GameCube had was not that much below the Wii, it may even be a superior lineup if you compared the best 10-15 games against each other. 



Nope, still doomed.



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