ARS - Company is counting on strong software sales to turn a profit this year.
Other nominees include games like SimCity & Tony Hawk's Pro Skater.
There are some good nominees in this list that are deserving to be inducted also, but I feel Metroid has had the most impact on the industry out of all of these. Look how Metroid influenced the evolution of the Castlevania games, and the "Metroidvania" subgenre of games have become a prevailing force in gaming today. Especially now, Metroidvanias are bigger than ever.
I can very much see Resident Evil being added later too, bc it really did popularize and define the survival horror genre. I would say that one is next in line.
If any Metroid game should get the honor it should be Super Metroid , it's perfection in my eyes . 30 years later and I still feel it's the most epic shit ever .
The GBA remake deserves it or Super Metroid, the original was a very sloppy and rushed game programmed in 3 months and it shows.
If you've never played the remake, it's absolutely a must play, fixes basically every flaw in the game. Check out ExoParadigmGamer's comparison video.
“Before even Kirby was born, HAL Laboratory released the super-cute puzzler Adventures of Lolo in 1989 and it has held up beautifully.” - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums.
Cultured Vultures: True Nintendo fanatics may know some of these, but we doubt that everyone knows all of these facts about the NES.
I bought always awakening and it's sequel off Amazon for ps4 I didn't know it was released for nes for retro people lol.
I say its the WiiU gamepad as the only thing causing them to lose money, but with WiiU Pro and WiiU motion(Wii controller) also out there I expect them to make it up with those sales too.
I say the whole system is causing the to lose money. 3ds is sold for a loss and it's half the cost and has 20 percent of the technology used in the WIIU.
I Believed that Nintendo are just saying that their losing money on each Wii U sold due to manufacturing cost. They want the public to believed that they are spending money on "tech" that has been available for years and costing them a fortune to developed. Supply and demands, Investors and Tech enthusiast are Nintendo's business scheme.
Also, If you think Nintendo are losing money on each Wii U sold. Investors would likely cash out and not Invest on Nintendo's stocks at all. It's a big risk in the business world.
I'd assume Nintendo loses no more than $50 each system sold for the 8gb and lesser on the 32gb model and the gamepad don't appear to be that expensive its a 480p tft low res 1 point touch screen with no CPU , GPU, ram etc the screen should be way cheaper than even the Vita's screen
Isn't the R&D cost included when the first consoles are sold? I think if Nintendo operates at a loss, they probably wont for long. They really need to offer a Metroid or Zelda game within the Wii U's first two years.