Whoa, chill out! I couldn't find anywhere in the rules that someone can be banned for criticizing Malstrom!  

Edit: oh, sorry, I didn't get your sarcasm all the times you want people to get banned, then the scene with the crowd stoning to death whoever mentions Jehovah in "Life of Brian" came back to my mind.   

He should have just gone after the company. I don't see the point in breaking down the statement itself. It looks petty and childish and that sort of blogging leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Once again, Nintendo never, ever said "target casuals and dumb down your games."  Nor did they ever say that "the casual market is the way to go."  You're just as bad as Ubisoft.  You don't understand anything about what Nintendo is trying to do.

They're trying to make gaming less complicated for people.  They're offering a learning curve--something you don't get with PC, Xbox, or Sony gaming.  A learning curve so that video games are no longer intimidating.  So that average people can adapt to gaming more easily.  Wii Sports and Wii Play were only intended to be cheap, though effective, tech demos for consumers and 3rd party devs and publishers.  They were never intended to be a blue-print for all Wii games.  If they were, Nintendo wouldn't have bothered making hardcore-inclined games like Super Mario Galaxy, Metroid Prime 3, Super Smash Bros Brawl, Fire Emblem, and Batallion Wars 2. 

The Wii is meant to offer a learning curve for former and non-gamers, as well as it is supposed to offer a new way to look at gaming for the hardcore crowd.  The reinvented wheel was designed to benefit the non-gamer crowd and the hardcore gamer crowd.  Three years into the life of the DS, devs are still finding creative new ways to play games on the system as Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword shows.  The Wii has far more options with it than the DS which is relegated to "play a different way with a touch-screen."  The depths of creativity have yet to be plundered on the Wii.  That failure is not Nintendo's--it's the fault of the foolhardy who just don't get it.

 Ok. I'm going to close my mouth now. Can't have it hanging open like this any longer or some bird's going to start nesting in it...

I SERIOUSLY hope that that was sarcasm (If it was, I apoligize, but I'm notoriously bad at spotting it).

Anyone implying that you have to be rich to be a 'real gamer' is seriously warped, and I hope I do not need to expand my argument.

I like Malstrom. He actually makes sense most of the time, he's writing with zeal and he's funny.
Jumping on Raide was a bit cheap though. Leave the poor guy alone. He's been attacked by plenty of people already, especially on the forums.

Hmm, I already took apart the parts of his argument and pointed out that he was putting words into Nintendo's (reps) mouths, there was no hidden meaning, what they said is what they said.

Nintendo doesn't make retard games, unless your saying everyone who likes Wii sports is retarded, in which case your calling a lot of people's mom's(tennis/golf), dads(boxing/baseball/bowling), sisters (tennis/baseball) and brothers (boxing/baseball) retarded.

FTR: What is in the parenthesis is subject to express an anecdote.

@Dib8rman

Uhm... noone actually said retarded, and I do not belive that malstrom ever said that Nintendo said anything like it. If you read that, you're obviously not getting the entire picture.

I think you're looking at Raide's statment, no? That was a Ubisoft Forum Moderator, or something. Not in any way connected to Nintendo. What Malstrom means is that most of the gaming companys treat the 'casual' audience badly (because they think they are stupid and have no taste), and that 'casual' therefore is a degratory word, that could just as well be substituted with 'retard'.

@Killergran

Strike 2

#1: Yes I was joking around, but yes that is actually my room, minus the extra computer, that's my PS3 as I use it to browse the web.

#2: I've read all of that persons articles (Sean Malstrom) minus the 'Nintendo's Sword' and I keep up to date on his news section; rest assured my stand is indicitive to his stance. I also believe you need to read Raide's post again, the one with the bullets.

1) Some people do not know the difference between article and news post.
2) Just like Malstrom said, no one tries to debunk his ideas it is all about him being a bitter fanboy.

"The other place that linked over is another GAF thread. Naturally, the discussion is aimed almost about Malstrom himself, who is he, is he a creepy Nintendo fanatic, is he a former poster, how dare he make such an article, and does he live in his mother's basement (yes, I got that, hah!)? Only later on does the conversation become more sane.

It fascinates me how people are so curious about the motivations of the author instead of the content itself. Whether the content could be delivered more effectively is debatable but isn't the issue; is disruption occurring via the Wii"?

Ok, now I'm thourougly confused.
Please, help me out, dib8rman.

To whom was that post aimed (with putting words into nintendo's mouth)?
Where is Raide's post (with bullets?)?
What am I talking about?

... and thank god you were joking around. :D