Reggie Fils-Aime, the ham n' mustard flavored Nintendo of America president is suitably happy with Nintendo's massive success as of late. Unlike other executives in the PR arena, however, the beloved beefburger boss can give credit where it's due and respond to the work of his competition with a touch of class and respect.
Although claiming that he doesn't feel it belongs on the PlayStation 3, Reggie had some good words to say about Sony's upcoming exclusive LittleBigPlanet, claiming to be "very intrigued" by the DIY platformer. NoA's meaty frontman also had some very kind words for Microsoft.
"Microsoft has done well," admitted Sir Reginald. "There are a range of first-person shooter type games that are all very well done that could all do quite well on a Nintendo platform. Certainly, the Halo trilogy - anyone who would look at that and say, "No, I think we could live without it," probably doesn't think real long about this industry." Reggie spoke highly of BioShock too, praising its "tremendously clever" writing and wishing for more products like it in the industry.
It's nice to see a corporate spokesman admitting that he regards some of the competition's property with a touch of envy, especially in an industry where insults and petty gonad-measuring contests are the norm. Of course, it's very easy for a company to be so candid and complimentary when it's on top of the mountain, but it's still far classier than what we've seen anywhere else. Looks like that friendly image doesn't begin and end with the products themselves.
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2:12 PM on 10.29.2007
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Quick someone photoshop it.
So how long till the big N starts throwing moneys at bungie and the like?
i could be really cordial about my competition too, if i slept on a matress made of baby chinchillas and thousand dollar bills.
It's like he wanted for his Wii or they could do better.
Ninty would just GAY it all up!
Wait... It is alrea...!
I don't think so. It seems to me that it takes effort to keep your head when you are on top. Look at what happened to Nintendo before, and what happened to Sony just recently. They were on top, but it was obviously easy for them to become arrogant, not be cordial.
Maybe he's got a point. When I see brightly colored side-scrolling platformer, I don't think PS3. I also don't know that Manhunt 2 belongs on Nintendo's platform; no platform can be equally popular with every type of player.
Reggie is practically untouchable as far as Sony is concerned, you know with just having posted their billion dollar loss from the PS3 in Business Week. He could feast on baby fetuses while punting kittens and trash-talking and still look good compared to Sony.
I agree that it is a nice change of pace when the spokesman isn't immediately on the offensive.
Nintendo should really consider buying more non-Japanese developers in order to make games that they just don't do. In addition, it would help them put out more games so we are not left waiting with big game droughts. It would be great to have developers make some non-Nintendo based franchise games.
If Sadness actually comes out and is very good, then Nintendo should snatch up Nibris especially since the developer is already devoted to Nintendo platforms. I'd also like Nintendo to absorb Grasshopper Manufacture since it makes stylized mature games (something that rare to see on Nintendo platforms). However, Grasshopper Manufacture would probably prefer to stay independent so it can work on multiple platforms.
Nintendo already has Retro Studios and owns a part of Monolith Soft.
Nibris has not yet released a game so the hope surrounding their properties is actually just hype. It just gets old. Now, speaking about developers that have my respect, Grasshopper would be a nice acquisition. It would be nice if they could get Silicon Knights to work on an Eternal Darkness sequel, but Dyack and company are focused on the Xbox 360 (Too Human Trilogy) now so it is unlikely.
It boils down to this, he'd like to see some more "hardcore" gamers on the wii and something creative to catch more casual gamers. Halo increased system sales for Xbox, he would also like to have a game increase the Wii sales. He believes LBP is an interesting direction for PS3, maybe even a system selling.
What I think the Wii needs is a Pokemon MMO. Instead of moving hardcore gamers, breed some new ones. The Wii next year really needs a ground breaking GOTY games next year like 360 has for this year.
Thanks for giving some cred reggie.
PR talk is PR talk, no matter how you cut it. By being congenial, he's actively trying to make it seem like everyone else is being hostile but the Big N. It's bullshit, and I hate it worse than someone who bashes the competition.
Except Halo. I think he actually likes Halo.
I hope you're kidding. It's not going to happen.
Seriously this game would be ass on the Wii.
Halo, eh, I don't so much about since I always felt the series was simply overrated and mediocre. Might be more fun though playing with a Wiimote though, but still it wouldn't help much.