Metro: ''A reader takes a scholarly look at the strategies of the big three console manufactures, and predicts a gloomy future for the Wii U…''
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.
"Their strategy regarding consoles has in recent years been to enhance the gameplay experience through innovations in control."
This is a stupid strategy if the controller is not hyped for casuals. Adding a screen to an oversized controller and only using it for menus is not even remotely close to being innovative.
So i think we have seen enough guys predicting the future of consoles...
Seriously we have to delay this discussion until 2014 when all the next gen consoles are on the market. No one knows how the PS4/XB1 will sell. Basically nothing about those upcoming consoles is written in stone. As Adam Sessler said recently if you preorder Xb1/PS4 now you buy a story. You buy a console based on game trailers from E3 that ran mostly on PCs.
There is a big advantage for WiiU, we know exactly what we get (and in my opinion what you get is just great) and WiiU already has an ownership base. Where the PS4/XB1 has not sold one single unit because its not on the market yet. No one knows or can predict how good the PS4/XB1 will sell in their first year. Yes there are "fanboys" "hardcore gamers" however you wanna call them, that will buy on day one (they were there for wiiU on day one as well) but that is not the big mass.
Just a small example: PS3 sold very bad in the beginning for obvious reasons but it began to sell extremly well (especially in my country) later on when the really deep price cuts came. Suddenly everyone bought a PS3 because they were cheap and offered free online play. Nobody predicted anything like that when the PS3 came out as a big black box for 800$ with no games.
If there is one constant in the console industry it has to be that things never come out the way they initially look :D
So please lets just wait and see... Thats the only thing we can do.
That mock up photo of Wii U looks awesome.. SNES-like color.. I want one lol.
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