Could a simple achievement system help the WiiU?
Two married costume designers share stories from a decade of traveling the globe with Nintendo.
In a YouTube video showing Nintendo Switch owners how to create a Nintendo Account, Nintendo of America revealed that Bowser is canonically 34 years old.
TG: “Most of us also grew up with Nintendo, likely forming a nostalgic connection with games that have long been crowned as our personal favourites. The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker was an experience that shaped my view on open world fantasy, and Super Mario 64 changed my life like it did for millions of others. These titles have earned their place in history, and remain loved to this day for so many worthwhile reasons. We replay them and beg for remasters all while delving into their worlds time and time again because they mean that much to us. It’s a shame then that the company behind them often kicks its own sweet darlings to the curb.”
I never got the love for Nintendo games personally. The annoying vocalizations and ugly character designs do nothing for me.
Don't forget the constant hand holding with tutorials. Learn this new ability by pressing Y, now prove that you can press Y 8 times before you can move on....
Another very weird article.
Nintendo is a great company by almost all possible normal measures. The biggest one being: their own staff is happy, and they seem to be very happy, well compensated and retain rate is solid. They are also financially very stable, profitable, and cash rich, so shareholders love them.
Overall it is an extremely creative group of people, and their mission statement is fantastic as well "to put smiles on the faces of everyone we touch. We do so by creating new surprises for people across the world to enjoy together." The social impact is also massive, not to speak culturally. Additionally, they have a really strong core business, high customer retention rate and loyalty. Nintendo's reputation is extremely good, I think in the US alone they are 9th most reputable company, their customer service is better than the average company. Plus, the press gives them a pass, because they are Nintendo. But there's a reason why they do that, it's not "because they are Nintendo", there are more layers to the argument.
Then, then there's the random negative gamers online...and their "reputation" which is inside their heads. And their western ideas of how a Japanese company should behave or what they should do. But they have no right to ask a company to do anything for them, because they can vote with their wallets.
There's a small vocal community online who dislikes Nintendo for what they are, but then again, there's always a small vocal community that dislikes something.
Nintendo also disagrees with the Western world about IP, but most people call Westerners "hidoi!" when they emulate Tears of the Kingdom and do not experience it the way Nintendo wanted them (even if it is not the best visual way), because it is a matter of principle to them (Japanese are very much against anything close to plagiarism, and there are laws that are tight about creative works copying etc.)
The Western Braveheart "freedoom!" shouters need to understand that it is not an American company, nor they need to behave like one. They can have their own fights based on their principles (against emulation). And they very well may lose the battle with that and change, or find a new audience.
In the end, it is so very simple. Don't buy the products if you don't like a company, but there's no need to paint a picture that is unrealistic about Nintendo either.
I hate virtually everything about their business practices, actually. Suing everybody for virtually anything, shooting down fan projects, games they never let devalue, their online infrastructure and how they handle BC.
They're lucky they make great games, because that's the only thing I feel they do right.
my issue with them, is the complete refusal to have decent tech for us.
and their odd censorship and lawsuits for modders.
I still don't see what the big deal is about achievements. I understand why people like them. But why so much they refuse to buy a console simply because it lacks achievements?
And why am I the only one who thinks this way? Just think about it...
1. They don't do anything. After you get the achievement, nothing happens except it says you got it. Do they do more than I've been told?
2. The games don't tell you what you have to do to get the achievements, so what's the likelihood you'll get any of them? Doesn't seem to likely to me.
If Nintendo were to do this, I'd hope they make it better.
First off, I'd hope they'd be called accomplishments instead. I don't know why, but I like that word better. But, call em whatever, I don't care.
And how bout, with every time you get an accomplishment you get a piece to a jigsaw puzzle of artwork from the game you got it in. And with every finished puzzle, you get some free eShop credit.
Ooooooo ket me buy a Wii u for achievements. Breaking News: Nintendo Wii u is seeking by the bucket load because of an achievement system.
Stupid
Why do Nintendo fans hate achievements so much?
Its not like having them will make a console worse or anything instead it gives gamers who like them some additional objectives to complete within the game which can add to the length of it.
The Wii U doesn't need achievements but they are nice to have.
wiiu's achievement system is better. post high scores on miiverse and compete with everyone. that's new achievements everyday. id rather have things like secret levels in Mario u then I would a "bling" if I watch the credits all the way through.
Satoru Iwata commented on an achievement system in the past:
"I have not thought that offering the same features that already exist within other online communities would be the best proposal for very experienced game players.Nintendo has paid a great deal of attention to the dynamic of people playing video games together in the same room. With Wii U, we thought about expanding this concept into separate rooms which are connected online. Miiverse is a network community dedicated to video games that represents a very unique game-dedicated social graph that has never existed before."
http://www.nintendolife.com...
People should except the fact that Nintendo enjoys being a different type of console manufacturer. It does not have any desire to be a copycat, it doesn't want to make a third console similar to Microsoft and Sony's. For better or for worse, Nintendo does things its own way,and if you don't like it, then don't buy their consoles.