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Believe it or not, Miyamoto, in this months Edge, has announced why exactly Ninty consoles have kiddy games...
Apparantly, when developers ask Ninty for a licence to make games on the console, Ninty say that the games released have to be "suitable for Nintendo". Now, what he MEANS by this is that the games are original, creative and fun.
However, Shigsy then says that too many companies think this means that they have to make kiddy games! DOH!
The problem is being rectified with the GC though.
Sonic
Apparantly, when developers ask Ninty for a licence to make games on the console, Ninty say that the games released have to be "suitable for Nintendo". Now, what he MEANS by this is that the games are original, creative and fun.
However, Shigsy then says that too many companies think this means that they have to make kiddy games! DOH!
The problem is being rectified with the GC though.
Sonic
The Gamecube is for the big kids who owned and loved the SNES, but were shocked by the crapness of the N64. So it's about time Miyamoto-san laid down the law and asked developers to make games as violent as they can.
I want to see heads chopped off, guts pulled out, and eyeball being chewed as I play Super Mario Sunshine in gore mode!! OK, I take this too far, but Nintendo have finally realised they can't rely on kids as a demographic to target their console at. It's the older ones with the cash, and that's who they should make games for, along with the kids!
I want to see heads chopped off, guts pulled out, and eyeball being chewed as I play Super Mario Sunshine in gore mode!! OK, I take this too far, but Nintendo have finally realised they can't rely on kids as a demographic to target their console at. It's the older ones with the cash, and that's who they should make games for, along with the kids!
And all this time people have said that Ninty don't encourage kiddy games! Well, mayeb not on purpose;)
Wow. So over the past 15 years or so, the games we played could've been so different.
We could've had games like Resi Evil and co., but instead were given Kirby and Mario.
But I don't think it would've made Nintendo any 'better'. The games we've already seen have been fun and enjoyable (like Shigsy wanted), and that's the way it should always be - even if we do get critisised for liking them!
We could've had games like Resi Evil and co., but instead were given Kirby and Mario.
But I don't think it would've made Nintendo any 'better'. The games we've already seen have been fun and enjoyable (like Shigsy wanted), and that's the way it should always be - even if we do get critisised for liking them!
Yes but this statement will show developers that they are allowed to break the mould, this could lead to even more 3rd party support (which is already stifling) and allow the machine to become more generic.
I really dread to think...
But don't you think it's worrying that Miyamoto-san said this! For all these years, some developers have believed they've had to make kids games.
Remind me, was it Namco or Capcom who, after ninty fans had waited for years to get an N64 game from them, got Mickey Mouse Tetris?
Sonic
Remind me, was it Namco or Capcom who, after ninty fans had waited for years to get an N64 game from them, got Mickey Mouse Tetris?
Sonic
Capcom were unsure about how bloody they could make the Resi-evil games. Miyamoto had to reassure them they could make them as bloody as they like.
Believe it or not, Miyamoto, in this months Edge, has announced why exactly Ninty consoles have kiddy games...
Apparantly, when developers ask Ninty for a licence to make games on the console, Ninty say that the games released have to be "suitable for Nintendo". Now, what he MEANS by this is that the games are original, creative and fun.
However, Shigsy then says that too many companies think this means that they have to make kiddy games! DOH!
The problem is being rectified with the GC though.
Sonic
Apparantly, when developers ask Ninty for a licence to make games on the console, Ninty say that the games released have to be "suitable for Nintendo". Now, what he MEANS by this is that the games are original, creative and fun.
However, Shigsy then says that too many companies think this means that they have to make kiddy games! DOH!
The problem is being rectified with the GC though.
Sonic