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Why is nintendo so kiddy

June 14th 2012, 01:45 AM
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ThePunisher
Peasant He/Him Australia
(Tag Line) How long is this line. 
Why is nintendo so kiddy.

All there games are like mario and zelda games
June 14th 2012, 02:29 AM
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To market them for parents who buy games for their kids. it works. And Samus taking her clothes off in Metroid for the NES ain't kiddy. Oh those 8-bit flesh-coloured pixels *nosebleed*
June 14th 2012, 04:21 AM
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ThePunisher
Peasant He/Him Australia
(Tag Line) How long is this line. 
Metroid is very kiddy.

You want to make a couple of games that are like 100x better

Elder scrolls kyrim, Gears of war 3 ,halo:reach, max payne 3, gta 4 ,ghost recon:future soldier ,rage, and much much more
June 14th 2012, 04:32 AM
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ExDeathEvn
Peasant He/Him New Zealand rumble
"Skinny Legend" 
Halo sucks.
Good day, sir.
June 14th 2012, 04:50 AM
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Yes, Halo sucks. I don't care for Metroid, just pointing something out.
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June 14th 2012, 04:57 AM
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Someone
Peasant He/Him Australia
 
It's their niche market.

I'm no game historian but Nintendo didn't used to be kiddy back when they dominated the console market with NES, SNES and Gameboy. Consoles back then were distinct from PCs. Games were on the Nintendo or the PC, not both, and consoles had special catridges. SNES games were even sometimes technologically superior to PC games! However, my impression is when Sony and later Microsoft came into the console market they started to make consoles that were effectively just game optimised PCs with PC parts and CDs etc. This meant that game developers could easily produce titles that work on both PCs and Sony/Microsoft consoles, a much more lucrative opportunity than just producing a game that only owners of a certain console could play and buy. Nintendo seemed to want to stay sort of unique so they decided to go into all the sorts of weird stuff they do now, in order to remain distinct from PC gaming and have their own market. No one wants to create PC gaming type games for the Nintendo when they can have a larger market by producing them for PC and the other consoles.
June 14th 2012, 05:34 AM
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Marpro
Peasant He/Him bloop
 
I don't think it is so "kiddy", but it is a matter of how you view things, I guess.
June 14th 2012, 05:55 AM
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kenji720rs
Peasant He/Him Australia
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Those games may be "kiddy" but they are fun as hell.
June 14th 2012, 07:07 AM
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Quiztis
Peasant He/Him Sweden bloop
Life? What's that? Can I download it?! 
The style may be "kiddy" as you say, but gameplay, music and everything else is ownage. Hell, it's their games and consoles that sell. Try to get all green stars in Super Mario Galaxy 2.
June 14th 2012, 07:46 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Aherm! Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Sorry to say, Punisher, but all those games you mentioned suck, in my honest opinion. Not for my taste.
June 14th 2012, 07:47 AM
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I agree with kenji720rs. I hate Mario and I still enjoyed Super Mario 3D Land
June 14th 2012, 08:39 AM
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Quiztis
Peasant He/Him Sweden bloop
Life? What's that? Can I download it?! 
But... Conker isn't Nintendo.

Glorious Rare, how the mighty hath fallen under Microsoft clutches.
June 14th 2012, 09:05 AM
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GlennGlenn
Peasant He/Him Norway
GlennGlenn doesn't want a custom title. 
Bad Fur Day is the most epic game I've ever played.
June 14th 2012, 09:06 AM
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pillbug
Peasant He/Him United States
Love! True love! 
Sorry to say, Punisher, but all those games you mentioned suck, in my honest opinion. Not for my taste.

I like Halo, but Reach kind of let me down. What I came here to say was:

YOU DARE INSULT THE DRAGON SLAYING GLORY THAT IS SKYRIM?! YOU SHALL BE SMOTE. TWICE. ONCE WITH SHRIMP.
June 14th 2012, 09:11 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Yes, I do dare.
June 14th 2012, 10:13 AM
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KrisKnox
Peasant He/Him United States
The site's resident Therian (Dire Wolf, Dragon) 
Donkey Kong

Released by Nintendo, this game is about a monkey/gorilla that was mistreated by a carpenter named Jumpman. The monkey/gorilla kidnaps Jumpman's girlfriend and escapes. In the end, upon completion of the game, Jumpman kicks the monkey/gorilla off the building and kisses his girlfriend and presumably leaves to get another monkey/gorilla to abuse.

Donkey Kong was kind of dark, upon inspection.
June 14th 2012, 10:21 AM
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Or find another whore to hump/abuse. Probably both. And Donkey Kong's teeth were so dang scary!
June 14th 2012, 10:36 AM
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leprochaun
Peasant He/Him Japan bloop
Responsible for making things not look like ass 
Rage is also an epic game. Kind of short, but really awesome.
June 14th 2012, 01:09 PM
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Androrc
Peasant He/Him Austria
 
More cartoony than kiddy per se.
June 14th 2012, 07:06 PM
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ExDeathEvn
Peasant He/Him New Zealand rumble
"Skinny Legend" 
*shoots Pillbug in the knee. WIth an arrow.*

Lots of classic games were awesome. Hell, the first Final Fantasy was an NES game if I'm not mistaken. Or it was at least available on it.
You dare call a game which, back in the day, literally had uncensored swearing in it, kiddy; Then you get your own knee-arrow.
June 15th 2012, 04:57 PM
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KrisKnox
Peasant He/Him United States
The site's resident Therian (Dire Wolf, Dragon) 
But... But... But... Pillbug can't be an adventurer anymore!
June 15th 2012, 05:08 PM
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*shoots Pillbug in the knee. WIth an arrow.*

I think you shot the wrong guy.
June 15th 2012, 05:29 PM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
I think he also shot the wrong body part. *Glances at the dying Pillbug on the ground*
June 16th 2012, 01:08 PM
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ForumLurker
Peasant He/Him United States
We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese 
June 16th 2012, 01:34 PM
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leprochaun
Peasant He/Him Japan bloop
Responsible for making things not look like ass 
Samus is the heroine of my dreams.

Lara Croft in a close second.
June 16th 2012, 04:41 PM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
I, for a change, agree with Predator.

Thats exactly the reason why I didnt buy a DS.