"After a year on the market the early adopters will already have the Wii U and despite the expected difference in graphical power Nintendo’s system will be ripe in appealing to that core market everyone desires so much."
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.
"Pole Po-si-tio-ooon!"
Now that dumb song from cartoon based-off the Arcade Classic is stuck in my head.
It was a good article, not a doom and gloom- Just impartial journalism that looked at the WiiU's position from both sides.
Much props Craig Shields (tell you bosses I said, you deserve a raise).
Yeah they're in a good spot. After Monster Hunter Japanese sales may just take off. Smash Bros, Zelda and Kart appeal more to the American audiences. Add in the 101 n Bayonetta and u got something good cooking.
I feel like MS will be in the worst position Next-gen. Both PS4 and Nextbox will be competitive in price, but PS4 will have the better strength, and if recent history had shown, better exclusives. For your competitive, hardcore system PS4 will fit better if it's how I predict. We will most likely see Kinect and multimedia a big part of MS, where PS4 will be about power, free internet services, and some other goodies
Meanwhile, Nintendo will be there for your 1st party exclusives, gamepad, and VC. It will be interesting to see how their 3rd party develops, also exactly what MS and Sony are producing.
I'm not saying it will 100% be PS4, WiiU, then Nextbox, just my predictions off current trends and observations. It's almost anyone's game
"This ‘core’ market that companies continually identify as being valuable to growth likely moved onto the PS3 and Xbox 360 after the Wii."
Right your buddy boy has that backwards, the first poster is full of it if you think this article maintained any impartially. But then again the 3 articles listed were all nintendo articles, more like casually nintendo addicted.