Nintendo has a long history of amazing franchises. Many have existed since the gaming industry's spark reignited in the 80s, and still go strong today. However, it seems like every time the Big N announces a new title, many gamers call foul on it, stating that they keep 'rehashing' their IPs.
Is this true?
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."
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Danish from eXputer: "Nintendo has historically gone against player-made content and emulation of its games. This has done much to harm the company's image."
They need to stop announcing these mods and fan remakes until they're finished. Finish it, upload it, and then if Nintendo dmca's it tough shit. Once it's online, people can share it around, even if the original download gets taken down.
This is all coming from the mouth of short-sighted fandom and grifting madness.
No.... it wont. There is a clear defined reason why they don't. This is nothing new. Make your own shi7 from your own original ideas especially if you are trying to capitalize of it it. Duh.
Yeah, hire people that have zero respect or understanding for an established process. Wow. Yep. Totally makes sense.
A poll if you would:
How many entries of COD or Bloodborne would you guess to see in the next 30 years?
TLDR for my post;
- Nintendo's advertisement sucks, needs work.
- They need more teams and more exclusive deals with outside sources to increase their game count.
- Despite those issues, the Wii U's library is strong enough at this point to be worth owning. If you don't have it as your secondary console, you ARE missing out on great games.
Moving on...
If you're gonna accuse Nintendo of being the biggest perpetrator of rehashing their IP's, by virtue of looking mostly at spin-offs, without giving criticism to the many others who not only only over-rely on their key franchise, sometimes even on an annual basis, but also do so using main line titles instead of spin-offs, then you aren't giving Nintendo fair credit for how long and hard they work to put out main line games in their big series.
Like Zelda for Wii U, for instance.
That's not even including the small number of outside exclusives that Nintendo sometimes makes big deals out of despite not being first party, like Bayonetta 2.
The console may lack multiplats, but it's still got enough great games that it's no longer a boring console.
I think it's fair to say that, at this point, if you don't own a Wii U as a compliment to whatever you rely on for your multiplat needs, then you ARE missing out on a lot of worthwhile games.
Having said that, I feel I need to be a bit harsh on Nintendo right now regarding a few things...
Nintendo definitely needs to open up some new teams and acquire a few brands that are practically synonymous with their consoles.
They can't rely on multiplats to sell their system (not only because many of the recent ones won't hit Wii U but also because third parties made Wii U owners hate/distrust them with the way many of the games arrived on the platform), so Nintendo needs to take the initiative to get more games available to replace what's missing. (side note; Devil's Third is looking like a great CoD/BF alternative for Wii U owners)
It would behoove them, for instance, to either outright purchase Mega Man, or acquire a deal to make some new ones exclusively for the Wii U.
Lord knows Capcom isn't gonna do anything new with Mega for a while, at this rate...
They also just need to start making as big a deal about other games, in advertisement, as they do with games like Mario Galaxy.
Bring out games like F-Zero, Fatal Frame, Xenoblade, SMT X Fire Emblem, and other games that aren't a part of the Nintendo Triad, and get a REALLY strong TV presence for them, and watch gamers flock to the console.
Splatoon's a good start, but you'll need more than that.
And for that, more teams and more exclusive deals are essential.
But really, for emphasis...
WORK ON YOUR DAMN ADVERTISEMENT EFFORTS, NINTENDO.
You need it.
People grow out of the kiddy game phase. Sorry kidtendo
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Legendary.
NSMB Wii is almost identical to NSMB Wiiu. Both of those games are very similar to the SMB3 and Super Mario World. Other than graphics and a suit here and there, these games are all rehashes.
How Nintendo is able to release these rehashes and escape criticisms that other titles receive is impressive. Of course they are well made games but the story is the same, the voice acting is the same for what little there is, and in the case of the NSMB series the games are carbon copies.
Now I'm not talking about the 3d games. Those are all Mario, but completely different. Obviously not talking about Zelda because they're all unique. But you're fooling yourself if you see a difference between DKC, DKCR, and tropical freeze...