This week has brought us an interesting story about Wii U eShop restrictions that are limited to European consoles, but perhaps provide greater insight into the relationship between gamers and their new Nintendo systems. It came to light that what was initially thought to be a botched parental control issue on the platform was actually a deliberate policy, limiting downloads of 18-rated games to four hours a day — they can be accessed between the hours of 11pm and 3am. This disregards the submitted age on your Nintendo Network ID and the Parental Control settings — even if you have them all disabled — on the system.
Nintendo Life looks at this policy, how it affects gamers and its wider implications.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
the wii u or nintendo doesnt have to do a thing. you as an adult or person of free will have the option to buy a wii u or not to buy it.
i would never buy a nintendo console to be my main gaming machine nor would i buy it to game on occassionally. when will people see and learn about nintendos silly over-protective tactics and realize its meant for children and casual gamers.im a core gamer that likes to play familiar franchises and new ips that ahe standards tech advanced. i dont make excuses about what i like or want and nintendos path doesnt lead to my likes. there might be a few core games but they are tech inferior to the standards im use to so nintendo isnt an option.i know fanatics love to talk about owning all systems so they can play all games but im an adult who dont have time for a console posing as a core machine nor do i have time to game all day like some. nintendos machine as a core gaming device is a waste.
there are a lot of restrictions when it comes to nintendo consoles and games. some fans deal with it for the sake of playing exclusives and nostalgia. nes fa natics spin every negative about nintendo and lie to people and themselves for silly reasons. ask a nes fanatic what are the 5 most beautiful games graphically on a console this gen and you will start hearing a bunch of lies like "mario galaxy, conduit,and all sorts of rubbish just because they dont want to indicate that the playstation 3 is more powerful.
Every time i buy a nintendo console, im left with nothing but regret.. They have some cool games here n there but in between those games, MONTHs go by with nothing to play.. 1-2 decent 3rd party titles for my 3ds & theres still no zelda or metroid in sight.. Im really losing my patience with them & will sell all things nintendo that i own if i dont see any changes within the nx yr or so.. Ill give em til E3 to show me whats coming.. If i see all casual & kiddy games as their exclusives, im done with em...
Please define the word adult in gaming.