As great as the Kevin Butler ad campaign may be, the downside is exposing a glaring weakness for the gaming industry. And the more successful he is, the more apparent that weakness becomes.
Microsoft has announced the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox will be discontinued in April and has confirmed that weekly streaks will also be coming to an end.
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.
"one of the great failings of ...the gaming industry: the media like himself."
Why do people over-analyze things?
If you'd been there for the press conferences, you would have seen it for yourself!
"instant hint" hmmm
wow,what the fuck is wrong with this guy....KB 4 prez...
I'll say this....not reading the article
I think KB and the marketing is brilliant but I feel like if he's overexposed or too much constant KB comedy makes him less funny. Like at E3, it was awesome at first but then that style of humor got old...he saved it with that moving speech at the end but I hope you get my point.
I hope these commercials stay around for a long time and I bet they will. The marcus ones can go though...already not liking those