The latest news makes it clear that the NX is aimed at kIt's looking that the NX is aimed squarely at kids and smartphone users. Has Nintendo abandoned its adult fans, or do we just need to get over ourselves?
Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.
In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.
TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”
I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.
Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....
Another very weird article.
Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.
Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.
Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.
There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.
Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)
The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.
In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.
I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.
They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.
my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.
and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.
* o wow Disptaches...
Are you guys even trying anymore.
Just straight up bashing Sony, Nintendo & Microsoft in every article now.
They just rotate between which of the 3 they hate on any given week and then every once in a while they bash indie & 3rd party.
* Dispatches.cheatcc.com does Not like Video Games. = Fact.
* They use us for clicks and hits to their site but saying outrageous things that have zero credibility.
* Do they not understand that Sony & Microsoft games & indie and 3rd party games are also Nintendo fans as well ?
I'm about done with N4g........Every single day....day after day of this BS.......can't do it anymore.
* I'm a fan of all companies so I'm choosing no sides, but they just obviously don't like video games.
They are using us.....lets put a stop to it and never go to their site.
Spread the word.
Sony & Microsoft Fans.....they bashed you guys a couple weeks ago and will do it again next week and the week after.
They don't like us.....they don't respect us....they just use us for money.
They stopped getting attention from me with the Wii and have yet to introduce anything Id considered purchasing.
There is one major point in this article that is quite salient - Nintendo needs to capture the minds of young children, in the console space and they already have them, to a large extent, within handheld gaming. They have franchises designed with children heavily in mind for consoles (they're catered to just as much as the adults), but the main demographics purchasing them are adults, so they need a better delivery system.
However, it questionable whether a hybrid is the solution, and whether integrating the console portion of their business into a handheld is necessarily a good idea. This is where things could get very complicated. If the NX is too expensive (above $250, and at most $300), kids will automatically be alienated, and if the components don't raise the cost much more than this, it may be too under-powered to attract core gamers (especially those who simply don't care about handheld gaming), good quality ports, adequate third party support, etc. It's going to be a tough balancing act, and I feel like at least one side (most likely those gravitating more to console gaming) are going to be burned.
This article made some good points, but some of it felt like blatant damage control, with overused fallacies we've had to endure over the last few years. "while others will still be yelling about how the games need more maturity (whatever that means - boobs and violence, I guess)". Are we still honestly having this debate? Look guys, engaging in this sort of rhetoric is just as bad, and just as dumb, as saying that Nintendo games are only for kids. They're 2 sides of the same coin.
In what other medium do people talk like this? You like Inception - well obviously you just want violence and boobs. Bad movie, amirite! Silence of the Lambs would be no different if it was PG! Mature themes - only if you're a kid who wants to pretend to be a grownup. Game Of Thrones? Just boobs and violence. Worst show ever! Try TMNT!
^^^ That's basically what this amounts to; it's misleading, brain-dead commentary. It's an incredibly easy issue to understand. The GameCube was a better console for having games like Resident Evil 4 and Eternal Darkness, alongside Nintendo's other staples. Stop playing dumb, and stop the deflection.
Going back to the point though, if Nintendo truly wants to be relevant in the minds of children, it could be argued that getting their software out their to as much people as possible (going third party for console gaming, keeping a normal handheld line, and continuing their mobile efforts), could be the best solution.
I might print this article out. Just so I can wipe my butt with it.