Then there was the Game Cube. Poor Game Cube...
Sure the Game Cube finished third in the previous cycle of consoles, but Nintendo rebounded with a killer combo upper cut to take Sony out of First Place and push them into third while Microsoft stays number two again. Nintendo itself is synonymous with video games with Mario as a poster child for the industry itself.
There was always that rivalry between Sony and Nintendo...with Sony usually coming out on the winning side...but now the tables have turned financially with Sony posting a Billion Dollar Loss...a first in 14 years. But Sony still has it's supporters right?
Sack Boy...what do you think about that???
Mario has evolved from a 2-d side scrolling sprite into and 3-dimensional force in the gaming world. He has been through the Olympics, drove numerous race tracks, danced with the stars, and even went toe to toe with Sonic the Hedge Hodge and Solid Snake in his own game on his own system. The guy has been through his fair share of battles and adventures and he s still here with a smile on his face.
He even brought the blue guy over to his side.
Sega and Nintendo???
Side by Side no less...
Samus Aran has evolved as well. From a nameless bounty hunter to a heroine supreme. Her Zero suit debut has won over even more fans. Her battles have grown darker with each game. Especially with Metroid the Other M coming soon...
Link. What else is there to say here? As good as Mario has been adventure wise for Nintendo, Link has brought the "cool" fact with his hero look, good deeds, and his ability vanquish evil no matter how great the task may be.
Nintendo may have made mistakes in the past, but lucky for them their brand backs them up. They have so many fun characters on their roster that if a battle royal erupted the sheer number of Nintendo's First Party characters trumps what Sony and Microsoft have to offer.
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Master Chief, and Kratos may be cool... and sure they could wipe out the entire smash brothers roster with ease...but they have decades to go before they can even touch Nintendo's Big 3.
So after more than 2 decades the phrase Nintendo Power still carries weight! Right Mario?
Classic Iconic Hero...
Nintendo's strengths are also there weakness, by using classic characters as their brand the new and exciting titles (also more mature and popular) are always on the 360 and the PS3. However how many gamers out there would have put money on Nintendo's rise from the depths of the Gamecube?
Venturing into a post-apocalyptic world, Bandai Namco resurrects the forgotten treasure, Sand Land: will it capture the magic of the Manga?
I enjoyed the demo so I'll be picking this up. The gameplay made me think of Metal Max Xeno so it sold me on it.
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Do you really not know this is about the n-word or are you saying that black people can't get offended because it upsets you?
I can't believe they're censoring this game on day 1. Games just aren't the same.
/s in case it's needed. I'm fine with them making these changes that they might not have known is culturally insensitive to some people in the big ole world. But that's just me.
They are censoring something that is deemed offensive by Journalists quoting the offensive term verbatim. They are typing it intentionally in articles while in the game it's a wall texture saying Hard next to a unrelated 3d model sign that says R store. Is it offensive or not? Crazy town.
At least IGN just shows the term with a screenshot of the game. Because it's their "discovery" and to not show hypocrisy in their HUGE vitue signal.
Hard R is the not offensive way to describe an offensive term. Are they going to type "Ha$$ R" or not use the term now?
Oh, hey, I agree with you that IGN and other journalists are dumb. Not disagreement there. But, I think for a game going out to millions of people across the world? It's not something they want associated with them. It's just horrific PR.
Add to the horrific PR nightmare that this is the first major Korean-developed Sony-published title, if I'm not mistaken.
There aren't that many Korean developed titles in general. And the allowance of this only would drive a bigger fissure in east vs west especially after Final Fantasy XVI released featuring no black characters at all...
Not a good look for Sony regardless of how you personally feel about it or the people that talk about it.
I'm not saying it shouldn't have been changed. It's an easy fix and looks like it was an easy fix.
But the word HARD being too close to the letter R being a horrific PR nightmare and a indication of a racist developer is beyond crazy.
I'm offended by the sight of blood a d violence and find violence to be very insensitive...
We can all play stupid and pretend to be offended by graphics and fake worlds.
I really enjoyed the demo.
I'm going to play through and max out on story mode then go to the challenge mode afterwards.
This game is very challenging but fun.
Especially for timing on the parrying and blocking.
Got the Deluxe Digital Edition (PS5) pre ordered.
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this was a great read. go big N
... Seriously?
I am talking about first party characters...Nintendo is all about owning characters that succeed on there system. sure sony and microsoft have such stronger support from 3rd parties...but Nintendo is king with making 1st party characters for their systems.
Agreed. I guess I misunderstood what you were saying in the article... oops.
I agree with the 1st party characters of Nintendo part.Samus,Link,and can make a console stay great without any assistance