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Foszy wrote:
> They may be universally accessible but they aim most of there games
> at the younger age group. They dont really aim to sell to the twenty
> plus market, unless there a hardcore gamer.
The majority of people who play Nintendo games are in the higher age range as they've grown up playing their games.
Just because they have cutesy graphics does not make them childish games. They're all about game play, it's just Nintendo don't feel the need to shove a load of needless violence and swearing in and create controversy to get their sales figures up.
> They may be universally accessible but they aim most of there games
> at the younger age group. They dont really aim to sell to the twenty
> plus market, unless there a hardcore gamer.
The majority of people who play Nintendo games are in the higher age range as they've grown up playing their games.
Just because they have cutesy graphics does not make them childish games. They're all about game play, it's just Nintendo don't feel the need to shove a load of needless violence and swearing in and create controversy to get their sales figures up.
gamesfreak wrote:
>
> Nintendo games are made for all the family to play, from pre-school
> to the elderly. It's just a bit of clean, family fun and enjoyment.
Why do you think I just said, taffer?
Also, my reply last night to NB appears to have been lost in cyber space and I can't be bothered to do it again.
>
> Nintendo games are made for all the family to play, from pre-school
> to the elderly. It's just a bit of clean, family fun and enjoyment.
Why do you think I just said, taffer?
Also, my reply last night to NB appears to have been lost in cyber space and I can't be bothered to do it again.
Nintendo games are family games, why bother trying to frothingly defend that they're "not for kids" when in all honesty, it doesn't really matter. If you keep insisting on defending the fact that Nintendo game's are not for children, you're just letting the fan boy's win. It's exactly the response they're after.
Nintendo games are made for all the family to play, from pre-school to the elderly. It's just a bit of clean, family fun and enjoyment.
Nintendo games are made for all the family to play, from pre-school to the elderly. It's just a bit of clean, family fun and enjoyment.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
>
> If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian
> plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games
> Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The
> thing is,
>
>
> You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who
> is 'adult' must be a criminal?
>
>
> I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally
> accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're
> also damn good.
They may be universally accessible but they aim most of there games at the younger age group. They dont really aim to sell to the twenty plus market, unless there a hardcore gamer.
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
>
> If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian
> plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games
> Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The
> thing is,
>
>
> You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who
> is 'adult' must be a criminal?
>
>
> I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally
> accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're
> also damn good.
They may be universally accessible but they aim most of there games at the younger age group. They dont really aim to sell to the twenty plus market, unless there a hardcore gamer.
Whitestripes DX wrote:
> You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who
> is 'adult' must be a criminal?
>
> I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally
> accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're
> also damn good.
No, not by a long shot. But it is a common theme because that is what people want. In real life if you steal cars and shoot people, you can go to jail. If you do it on your television, you've made Rockstar another few quid.
Nintendo games are universally accessible - by being accessible to the lowest maturity group of all, kids. I've not once said Nintendo made bad games, I have just said they are designed with kids in mind. Only by designing games with kids in mind can they be universally accessible.
> You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who
> is 'adult' must be a criminal?
>
> I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally
> accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're
> also damn good.
No, not by a long shot. But it is a common theme because that is what people want. In real life if you steal cars and shoot people, you can go to jail. If you do it on your television, you've made Rockstar another few quid.
Nintendo games are universally accessible - by being accessible to the lowest maturity group of all, kids. I've not once said Nintendo made bad games, I have just said they are designed with kids in mind. Only by designing games with kids in mind can they be universally accessible.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian
> plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games
> Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The
> thing is,
You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who is 'adult' must be a criminal?
I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're also damn good.
> If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian
> plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games
> Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The
> thing is,
You mean everything that is 'adult' has to be illegal? Everyone who is 'adult' must be a criminal?
I think you'll find Nintendo make games that are universally accessible, they're not 'kids' and they're not 'adults', and they're also damn good.
Mav wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
>
> Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
It is entirely true. Zelda and Mario are childrens games. It would be simply foolish to argue otherwise. I never said that they were superfluous like the majority of childrens games, in the way Spyro or Crash Bandicoot are. Nintendo make childrens games. Simple as that. Rockstar make adult games simple as that. It doesn't mean that adults don't buy Nintendo games or that children don't have Rockstar games, but it doesn't change who they are made for.
If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The thing is, Nintendo know that they make childrens games, that is their main market, hence they continue to develop for it. Unlike other developers however, they don't try and pawn crap off on kids, they put effort into their games.
It doesn't change the fact they are kids games. Kids are the main market for Nintendo. That is why the have managed to survive thus far - very few adults play Nintendo games proportionally. I do, but I appreciate them for being good platform and adventure games. Anyone with an ounce of sense realises however that any game featuring animals, ba-bombs or Hyrule is not an adult game.
If you take hardcore gamers like ourselves out of the equation, most people who own an Xbox would not want a Gamecube and vice versa. Most casual gamers pick their category and stick with it, or more likely pick a PS2 and have the worst of both worlds. That is why many of us hardcore gamers do own both, because the Gamecube and Xbox have very little overlap. My Xbox is infinitely better than the Gamecube for first person shooters and racing games. Bar F Zero GX, there are virtually none that appeal to me on the Gamecube. But by the same token, one of the things that the Xbox lacks is a decent platformer.
Because there is no overlap, they co-exist well together. Xbox does more mature games, Gamecube does younger games. Doesn't mean a thing when it comes to quality, just target market.
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
>
> Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
It is entirely true. Zelda and Mario are childrens games. It would be simply foolish to argue otherwise. I never said that they were superfluous like the majority of childrens games, in the way Spyro or Crash Bandicoot are. Nintendo make childrens games. Simple as that. Rockstar make adult games simple as that. It doesn't mean that adults don't buy Nintendo games or that children don't have Rockstar games, but it doesn't change who they are made for.
If Nintendo made adult games they wouldn't feature a fat Italian plumber trying to save Princess Peach. If Nintendo made adult games Mario would be a felon who wanted at the Princesses peaches. The thing is, Nintendo know that they make childrens games, that is their main market, hence they continue to develop for it. Unlike other developers however, they don't try and pawn crap off on kids, they put effort into their games.
It doesn't change the fact they are kids games. Kids are the main market for Nintendo. That is why the have managed to survive thus far - very few adults play Nintendo games proportionally. I do, but I appreciate them for being good platform and adventure games. Anyone with an ounce of sense realises however that any game featuring animals, ba-bombs or Hyrule is not an adult game.
If you take hardcore gamers like ourselves out of the equation, most people who own an Xbox would not want a Gamecube and vice versa. Most casual gamers pick their category and stick with it, or more likely pick a PS2 and have the worst of both worlds. That is why many of us hardcore gamers do own both, because the Gamecube and Xbox have very little overlap. My Xbox is infinitely better than the Gamecube for first person shooters and racing games. Bar F Zero GX, there are virtually none that appeal to me on the Gamecube. But by the same token, one of the things that the Xbox lacks is a decent platformer.
Because there is no overlap, they co-exist well together. Xbox does more mature games, Gamecube does younger games. Doesn't mean a thing when it comes to quality, just target market.
Mav wrote:
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
>
> Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
Being more nearer the Microsoft side i would say i have a nearly neutral say when i have to agree with Mav on that one. But depends how you mean it, as it is true when Nintendo are very good at making games for the younger gamers but are still good at the more older and hardcore gamers.
> Notorious Biggles wrote:
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
>
> Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
Being more nearer the Microsoft side i would say i have a nearly neutral say when i have to agree with Mav on that one. But depends how you mean it, as it is true when Nintendo are very good at making games for the younger gamers but are still good at the more older and hardcore gamers.
Nintendo do games for all ages. Not Childrens games (okay, bar Pokémon Channel)
It's like saying that Mirosoft only do childrens games because they released Blinx. Truth is, they do games that appeal to all too.
It's like saying that Mirosoft only do childrens games because they released Blinx. Truth is, they do games that appeal to all too.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
> what Nintendo do best - childrens games.
Oh do shut up. I'd have thought most of us were past this.
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