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"Childish Nintendo."

Nintendo's image towards the general public and gamers has always been a much talked about topic in the gaming world. Many say that Nintendo are a childrens company, and with all the many Pokemon games you would be pressed to argue against it.

Nintendo have had a childlike appearance since the family console the Nintendo Entertainment System. Back then they didn't see it as a problem because the games machines weren't powerful so the games were simple and effective...

...ever since those original classics they have continued along the same path which lead to the first consoles success. Choosing bright, colourful colours with cartoon-like characters for most of their releases.

Was this a bad choice? Representing games in that style for over ten years may have damaged the company in the release and life of the Nintendo64. The gamers that had grown up with the cartoon-like games would have moved on, they didn't want Banjo Kazooie or Diddy Kong Racing64 over Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil...was it a bad choice from Nintendo?

Overall. No. It wasn't a bad choice as last year saw Nintendo have one of their most profitable years in the market (maybe due to Pokemon). Nintendo have never denied being called a childish company, infact they rely on the superb originality and gameplay of their released to shut up the chants.

Real gamers out there will know that visuals aren't 'everything' in a game, they merely add to the fun, but maybe the child-like visuals are what should be kept in some games? I can't imagine Mario Kart64 with different characters, hell- imagine a lifelike Mario. It just wouldn't be the same.

The GameCube is where its going to be different. I feel Nintendo have learnt from the lessons of the Nintendo 64, and with many more companies backing the console this time around the choice for every gamer is going to be huge, an example of this is Metroid, which is already looking like an 18 rated game.

Yes, Nintendo still and probably will always have the child-like image, simply because that is very successful to them as a company, and they still make excellent games with that image. However, I do believe that Nintendo will now develop games for the all age gaming market.

The GameCube may be the start of something very promising indeed.

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er-no

i play wiv nintendo and it is not for kids

only styupid peeple would think that

hmm i'm puzzled on orcarina of time trying to do the water temple

<ÖÖ> wrote:
> I dunno if final fantasy X can fit on one of them 8cm DVD's.

Those mini disks hold twice as much as a PSOne CD.

And if it doesn't fit on ONE disk, then we'll get it on TWO :-)

Strafex wrote:
> Nintendo ARE childish.

At one point, they refused to let
> Squaresoft make games for the GBA and Gamecube, just becuase Square
> had released Final Fantasy on the Playstation instead of the N64
> (and everyone knows that Final Fantasy didn't fit on a
> cartrige!!)!

Immature or what!

OK i think we have a manufacturers war here well have to bring in the experts.

I dunno if final fantasy X can fit on one of them 8cm DVD's.

I've heard recently that the Gamecube WILL get a Final Fantasy game.

It looks like Nintendo have grown up a bit. :-)

I think Nintendo are stubborn sometimes but deliver the goods!

Nintendo ARE childish.

At one point, they refused to let Squaresoft make games for the GBA and Gamecube, just becuase Square had released Final Fantasy on the Playstation instead of the N64 (and everyone knows that Final Fantasy didn't fit on a cartrige!!)!

Immature or what!

I have another thing to say: I agree that Nintendo make a lot of Child games, but they are all very good. It doesn´t matter when you got Platforms like Donkey Kong and Banjo-Tooie.

Nintendo are NOT childish. Just look at the Turok Series, Perfect Dark and Conker´s Bad Fur Day.