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Nintendo Caters to Younger Generation

If it has not become readily apparent with the incredible success associated with recently released title’s such as Game Freak’s Pokemon Black and White 2, Nintendo doesn’t really care to cater an older generation.

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dedicatedtogamers4345d ago

They do, but they don't. The reason why they "cater" to a younger generation is because younger kids haven't seen Nintendo's content before. Me, I grew up with Nintendo, so when Nintendo comes out with a new game I think "Gee, Nintendo. Phoning it in a bit, aren't ya? Can't we spice things up?" But a little kid just goes "Mommmy! I want to ride karts with Mario on the Wii! BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT!" And then when that kid grows up and becomes our age, he will think "Gee, Nintendo. Phoning it in a bit, aren't we?"

Nintendo has the inability to cater to longtime fans. So they just discard you and look for a younger crowd.

oricon4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

You guys are idiots they always have been aimed towards making games for everyone they got their metroids, zeldas, marios etc their all for different age groups, hell the first nintendo console was called Famicom short for family computer, and lol @ the mario kart comment Mario Kart debuted on snes that comment is just retarded by saying inability to cater to longitme fans they've continued with the major Nintendo franchises for their old fans.

TheFirstClassic4344d ago

No need to call anyone names, its a valid point. Nintendo keeps using the same characters because there are always new kids coming up who aren't used to them. I still love me a good mario game, but I've had to play more playstation this gen. I've seen a lot of mario over the years, I do get rather tired of the same face.

Btw... Lol @ your comment about his comment about mario kart. His point is that they've been using the franchises for just so long, that those of us who have seen them for so long get tired of them, like I said.

miyamoto4344d ago

Nintendo has become the Peter Pan Fisher Price of gaming. But some ones gotta do it. If not Nintendo who? Sony? No way Sony is stooping down that level they pride them selves of " wanna be 19" games. Although I hate this of Sony but its their Japanese integrity & honor thing. They would rather go bankrupt than go down Nintendo's level. And I am cool with that.

CLOUD19834344d ago

Fisher Price of gaming http://www.hotcouponworld.c... lol :P nice description and I find it spot on most games on Wii target ages between 6 & 12 years old, that means elementary school kids, kids above that age prefer more mature games it was the same for me once upon a time I was playing games like Mario, Donkey Kong & Crash Bandicoot before I knew it I was past platforms and into more mature games 1st party titles of Nintendo all have an expiration day that's how I see it.

ShaunCameron4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

<No way Sony is stooping down that level they pride them selves of " wanna be 19" games. Although I hate this of Sony but its their Japanese integrity & honor thing. They would rather go bankrupt than go down Nintendo's level. And I am cool with that.>

And how would you know that? Sony only has "pride and integrity" now because they lost the casual market and they're left to contend with Microsoft for whatever remains of the hardcore market. It's very easy for anyone to talk about integrity and pride when they're not winning. And even more easier when their attempts to cater to the lowest common denominator all but completely fails.

Nintendo has always more or less been about the wider audience since day one.

TheDivine4344d ago

LOL. That why sony copies everything N does? Ps all stars, lbp, lbp kart, ps move, psp, avatars (miis), ps move all stars, near (streetpass/spotpass)? Sony tried to be nintendo, they failed. Now theyre trying to be MS with western games and online. I love all 3 companies for different reasons (and different games) but your honor and integrity line is the biggest pile of horse shit ive heard on here. None of them are honorable, they all want our money and will push it as far as possible (599 dollars, rrod, 3ds price drop, the ps2 hardware problems) before they apologise or offer something to rectify a problem (3 yr warranty, ambassador games, psn outage games).

Pretty nice stealth troll with the "i hate this about them" but you contradicted it with the "im cool with that". So which is it?

Prob havent even played any Nin game except mario 10 years ago. Go play Kid Icarus and tell me thats for kids. Play Fire Emblem, Fatal Frame reamke, Xenoblade, Last Story. Resident Evil Revelations?

Anything?.....

Didnt think so.

AdvanceWarsSgt4344d ago

Ignore the trolls. Speaking out of their ass is just like breathing to them.

miyamoto4344d ago (Edited 4344d ago )

Do you even try to understand before being understood?

Nintendo games appeal to kids and to OLD ADULTS like many of you guys here who refuses to grow up. Nine year old kiddie gamers who are trapped in a man's body by their biased Nintendo fanboyism.

History 101. Whether you like it or not the PlayStation gaming system is conceived & commissioned by Nintendo, for Nintendo, inside Nintendo to play Nintendo games. And you say its Sony's fault.

Nintendo games appeal to kids and to OLD ADULTS who refuses to grow up. Nine year old kiddie gamers who are trapped in a man's body by their biased Nintendo fanboyism.

When will you grow up?

Unlike you Nintendo only fanatics, we play games on any gaming machine possible whether its fun or aggravating.

We enjoy Nintendo games even more than you do because we play them in context of the bigger gaming universe.

We can play in Kiddie Mode with our DS/PSP and or Adult Man Mode with PS3/PC anytime we want.

We play in a bigger ocean of gaming unlike you fanatics who limit yourselves in your Nintendo fish tank.

Sony tried to move on and differentiate it self from Nintendo by making games for the adult gamers. Its was the "Wanna BE Ninteen" gamers back then & now they are still keeping up 17 years later with The Last of Us while Nintendo is stuck with the same old Mario, Pokemon and Link.

Sony is not a kids toy company like Nintendo and tried its best (with Sega) to relieve video games of the perception that "video games are for young kids" and I am glad they succeeded or else we will all be stuck with the stuff Nintendo makes for the next wave of toddlers.

" Go play Kid Icarus and tell me thats for kids. Play Fire Emblem, Fatal Frame reamke, Xenoblade, Last Story. Resident Evil Revelations?"

But.... you call these Man's Games?

How could these games stack up with Uncharted, Heavy Rain, God of War, Beyond or The Last of Us in terms of maturity?

Are your kind the reason why 3rd party attempts for mature games on the Wii failed?

Iwata said they they want to catch up on "hardcore" gaming on the 3DS and Wii U with Nintendo's brand image and fanatics I don't see it catching up soon.

Nintendo is better of doing games for the young kids because that is their role and job.

tehpees34344d ago

Funny I'm 22 and I love Nintendo's games. We can all make stereotype demographics but Mario has a universal appeal and doesn't solely cater to younger audiences.

What about the bronies that watch my little pony? That show is aimed at young girls and yet adult males can enjoy it. Not everyone plays mature games. I play my fair share of GTA and Ninja Gaiden but I still love Nintendo's games. At least it gives me a change.

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dboyman4344d ago

That image of Reggie they use for this article on n4g is nightmare inducing...

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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group

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Profchaos3d ago

Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform

H93d ago

Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal

OtterX2d ago

That is some serious brain gymnastics you have going on there. 🤔

H92d ago

I didn't do any gymnastics I can assure you, honestly I don't know why you think that, not hating I seriously don't see why you think that

ZeekQuattro2d ago

Yeah I don't know where that came from. It's rare for Nintendo to flat out aquire studios. Guess they were trying to be edgy but why flex on this studio. 🤣

Kneetos1d 18h ago

At least they are safer from layoffs with Nintendo then any other company

banger883d ago

I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.

Relientk772d ago

Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."

You can't make this crap up lol

Profchaos2d ago

Mortal Kombat 1 was never going to port well I'm sure they told wb it wasn't going to work but wb wants that sweet sweet 140 million install base

In the end wb approved the project cleared the milestones and allowed the product to release

SonOfOsiris2d ago

Yeah this guys ported MK11 which is great, Hogwarts Legacy which is great, and MK1 is now ok, play it every day

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Game Developers Have Begun Confirming Nintendo Switch 2 Support

Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.

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How Many More Victims, Like Garry's Mod, Will Nintendo's Hurtful Crusade Create?

Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."

RiseNShine19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.

gold_drake19d ago (Edited 19d ago )

i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.

nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.

people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly

mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.

zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.

nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.

its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.

but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.

Inverno19d ago

Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.