I met Nintendo Christmas morning under a Christmas tree when I was 6 years old... He was only 64 bits back then but I thought he was so cute, we started playing and instantly became inseparable. I loved all our little games, rescuing the princess, flying spaceships, and even fighting! My favorite I pretended to be a little boy in little tunic rescuing a princess, and as we grew older I thought that Nintendo would be my one true love, always full of a youthful joy and wonder.
Cartridges became disks and we still were madly in love. Still playing our old games but in our haste to grow up we played more mature fair, guns and violence, but still Nintendo kept that beautiful sparkle that made me fall and love. Then I noticed some changes, he got thinner, more active but still seemed like the same Nintendo so I accepted him with love and open arms, and in the beginning it was just as beautiful as ever, we would stay up all night hanging out and smiling but soon... he started to change... he was losing that sparkle instead asking me to do things I just wasn't comfortable with, and instead of our grand adventures he wanted to play cheap, throwaway little mini-games... I felt so dirty... but I couldn't tell anyone...
So I kept my shame bottled up as Nintendo exploited me. He started fooling around with more casual types, almost ignoring me completely at times, occasionally coming back with that little glimmer of hope, and I came running back only to have him beat me down again and leave me crying... I was so stupid... I just wanted him to be back to what he was, to be innocent again... but now I realize that he's over me... he doesn't need me anymore... and all those years we spent together meant nothing to him.
I'm with a nice PC now... strong... I think I need that... and I have my 360 for support... but I know... the minute I see that little spark again... I'll come crawling back... I just can't help it... I still love him.
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My suggestion is, once you go black, you never go back. Get a PS3 or a Black Wii :]
I guess it can't be helped. Nintendo is seeing a new audience of people who don't need any level of complexity at all to be entertained, and I'm now hanging out with PS360 and PC on weekends. I think we're both better off now.
I've always been a fan of CRPGS and FPSs. I just never really owned a PC that was powerful enough to handle brand new PC games as they were coming out, whereas a Playstation (I'm talking PSONE here) allowed me to be on the cutting-edge of console gaming. Every once in awhile though, a PC game would come along and totally dominate my life and remind me there was an another world beyond Italian plumbers and mute Japanese protagonists, and that I loved that gaming world just as much (if not more).
These days, Western game development has increased in popularity to the point where many devs (such as Bioware) have become interested in the console market, which is like a dream come true for me- because I still don't have a PC powerful enough to handle new games like Crysis or The Witcher (despite how much I desperately want to play both of those). As far as I'm concerned, the more devs that move from the PCs to consoles the better. I'm sad that Nintendo and I don't see eye to eye anymore on what constitutes a great game (could you imagine what Bioshock Wii would be like?), but I'm beyond happy with my Xbox.
Loved the post.
Also, just because the Wii is marketed to more than just gamers doesn't mean there are any lack of "traditional" Nintendo games on the thing. Galaxy, Wario Land, Twilight Princess, Prime 3, and Brawl are here now, with Galaxy 2, Zelda Wii 2, New Super Mario Bros Wii, and Metroid: Another M on the way soon, not to mentio Sin and Punishment 2 which is SEX.
Like Saskatchewhoa, maybe your tastes have just changed.
Also, you should all feel dirty encouraging us to compare a gaming company to violent sexual abuse, naughty naughty gamers.
Is your problem more with third parties? Nintendo hasn't put out that many "Casual" games. Wii Music, Play, Fit, Sports, Resort and the upcoming Fit Plus. Okay that's 6 games in 3 years.
Compare that to Animal Crossing, Galaxy, Galaxy 2, NSMB Wii, Twilight Princess, Brawl, Punchout, Mario Kart, Another Code R, Metroid Prime 3, Wario Land Shake It,Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn, Super Paper Mario, Metroid Trilogy, Metroid Other M...the list goes on.
Personally unlike Holmes I'm more interested in the 3rd party efforts than the 1st party ones for once. The Wii is the new home of survival horror this generation it seems. Okami, No More Heroes, Madworld, The Conduit, World of Goo, Boom Blox, Boom Blox Bash Party, Umbrella Chronciles, Bit Trip Beat/Core, Lost Winds, Resident Evil 4, Cursed Mountain, Dead Space: Extraction, RE: Darkside Chronicles, No More Heroes 2,Monster Hunter Tri, The Grinder, Little Kings Story, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom , Muramasa, Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon.
I'm going to be getting a PS3 soon but there's nowhere near as much on the system that interests me as much as the Wii is offering right now. I have about a dozen games I'm interested in...it'll be more than enough to keep me occupied but I think the little white box's library is extremely undervalued. It may not be HD but it's impressive in its own right and it's getting better all the time...especially lately.
So is it really Nitendo's fault for courting the "casuals"? Is it your fault for not caring? Or is it 3rd parties' fault for clogging the system library with shovelware?
And I don't care about Spirit Tracks because I don't have a DS and haven't purchased a portable console since the GB Pocket.
And shame on me for forgetting Super Paper Mario and Punch-Out!!
Cadtal, we think it's a combination of all three, The Wii has allowed itself to become what it swore it wouldn't, a Gimmick, and this has attracted the 3rd parties because they know that the casual gamers will buy into these gimmicks, so we've stopped caring for the system when we go to our local gamestop and great games like some of the ones you listed (While others were merely ports, just sayin') are overshadowed but shovelware. And we state at the end of our little story that when they wave another Metroid in our face, we'll come crawling back. Which is true, we're probably going to buy Metroid M the day it comes out. We just miss old and whimsical Nintendo. Maybe we're just a little jaded?
It's alright I missed several that I could have pointed out in my list of quality third party games. I was also thinking about how this fit your theory when I was writing my response. Fits right into that newly maturing age group trying to rebel from what interested them when they were younger as well.
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I fail to see how the Wii is a Gimmick. It's a console. The leading console, regardless of what you think about it. If you think motion controls are a gimmick, that might hold a bit of credence. However, not all Wii games require Motion Control and many use it sparingly and very well. It doesn't always work well and in some cases it is very gimmicky and waggle heavy. However, Sony and Microsoft are developing their own motion controls and are hailing it as the future. Nintendo was ahead of the curve when those companies were calling it a gimmick. Now they're eating their words. The Stylus and the DS have absolutely trodden over the PSP. Motion controls are here to stay for the foreseeable future whether you like it or not.
Also, we're glad to see such spirited debate! We weren't sure about putting this psuedo-rape story up even if it was nothing more than a tawdry attempt to get our name out to the masses, while waxing forlornly about our childhood, y'know? Do we sound like jackasses?