• 19Apr 13

  Nintendo's Trouble with Nostalgia?

  In response to http://www.gamespot.com/nintendo-3ds/videos/nintendos-trouble-with-nostalgia-6407235/?tag=Topslot;Nintendo039sTroubleWithNostalgia;Nintendo039sTroubleW.

  - New Nintendo hardware comes out, sells poorly initially. General response: Where are my Mario, Zelda and Metroid? It would be so cool if they had more Nintendo first party titles featuring these mainstay characters. You know what my favourite game of all time is? Link to the Past! If only Nintendo would just do a remake of the original. That game is so awesome! And Bravely Default - where are you? Why do you not bring this game over to North America, Nintendo and SquareEnix? It so reminds me so much of the old Final Fantasy, when gameplay is good!

  - New Nintendo software comes out, many are sequels or based on proven franchises. General response: Nintendo relies too much on nostalgia. Why is Nintendo repackaging the same game over and over again? Why don't they innovate like they did in the past? Are they pigeonholing on the things they know? I am so tired of seeing Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach in these games. We need something new!

  Doesn't that very sentiment apply to the rest of the entertainment industry as well - merely with other properties and assets? Nintendo is banking on the support of older gamers who grew up on these IPs while welcoming a new generation of gamers to grow up on them at the same time. Is that so terribly bad? It is almost like watching a new TV series of an old iconic cartoon we loved when we are children with the younger generation.

  - Third party releases some new IPs featuring gameplay that takes advantage of the platform - they are critically good but sell poorly. The rest? Shovelware. General response: 3rd party title never sells well on Nintendo platforms, shovelware or not. Nintendo is just giving them what they want. After all, the numbers seem to suggest that gamers in general want sequels and remakes of age old mechanics, but with familiar characters and settings.

  Hmm. What is Nintendo to do?

  Sorry, I am too excited to come up with coherent thoughts after watching the latest Nintendo Direct . ^^;;;

  • Posted Apr 19, 2013 8:32 am GMT
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• 25Feb 13

  Fire Emblem Still MIA at Retail Three Weeks Later

  The game is still missing in Canadian retail three weeks after its NA release date. Good job, Nintendo! =_=

  • Posted Feb 25, 2013 9:42 am GMT
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• 13Feb 13

  Fire Emblem Still MIA at Retail

  As of February 13th, Fire Emblem Awakening is still MIA at retail here in Vancouver. Is this an honest mistake on Nintendo's part, one that they are desperately trying to rectify? Or are they holding out on purpose, so that more players would be forced to purchase digital copies from the Nintendo eShop. I honestly don't know what to think anymore... I need to share this with other members of my family, so a digital copy is out of the question for me. *repeatedly taps on spacebar*

  Thankfully Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan is just around the corner. I guess I will be buying and playing that game instead.

  • Posted Feb 13, 2013 4:03 pm GMT
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