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I don't understand everyone's response to literally everything Nintendo does ever. The stock drops like 15% in a weekend, because Super Mario Run came out and

I don't understand everyone's response to literally everything Nintendo does ever. The stock drops like 15% in a weekend, because Super Mario Run came out and made a ton of money...? It's got numbers comparable to Pokemon Go, which tripled Nintendo's stock price and Nintendo only owns 1/3 of Pokemon, but Run brings it down? And it's not even on Android, which makes up what, 80% of all mobile devices? (I know, not in the US, but still...) It's like someone writes an article about how gamers don't like a specific design decision, and all of a sudden Nintendo is about to go out of business? Nobody talks about Nintendo's successes, like Pokemon Sun/Moon kicking ass, Amiibo still selling like hotcakes, the Switch coming out with tons of first and third party support, game sellers and game makers endorsing the Switch as something awesome. Who was the king of the last console wars? Pretty sure it was the Wii. Can you even name a famous video game character, other than Sonic, who isn't a Nintendo brand? Can your kids? Enough of this bullshit. Nintendo isn't going anywhere.

user5994461 10y ago
That's just the way it is: The title of articles are misleading clickbait.
metaphorm 10y ago
> Can you even name a famous video game character, other than Sonic, who isn't a Nintendo brand? Master Chief (Halo). Lara Croft (Tomb Raider). Duke Nukem. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII). Solid Snake (Metal Gear). there are a few. I could go on. a lot of extremely famous/popular game franchises don't stick with a single iconic character though. Assassin's Creed is a good example. The archetype is consistent but it's a different character in each game. A lot of games are like this. Nintendo has pursued a branding strategy based around a handful of "mascot" characters (Mario, Link, Samus, Donkey Kong) but it's not like those are the only famous video game characters around. Maybe that's what you're pointing out though? Besides Sonic (which was Sega's attempt to make a Nintendo style mascot character) most other game developers don't use mascots. That's true. They generally don't. The games themselves are still incredibly well known and popular though.
- cholantesh 10y ago
  Master Chief and Cloud Strife? Honest question, perhaps I'm missing the intended meaning of iconic.
  - metaphorm 10y ago
    maybe its generational. I'm a 90s kid. Cloud Strife was an icon in my childhood.
    - cholantesh 10y ago
      I am too, but in fairness my circle of friends was not especially 'into' JRPGs until the release of Final Fantasy 9. Maybe we're outliers, but Cloud did not resonate a whole lot with us.
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    Those were provided as examples of "famous" Non-Nintendo characters. "Iconic" is a higher bar to reach. So, I might argue that those characters are famous, but not iconic.
- jressey 10y ago
  Lara Croft is the only one my spouse could name. My spouse teaches a university class on video game narrative.
  - vlunkr 10y ago
    I'm confused, Lara Croft is the only non-Nintendo video game character your spouse knows? But they teach a class on video games? I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm just wondering if I'm missing something. Edit: I guess OP said "famous" characters, as in generally known by non-gamers, and that makes lots more sense
- vlunkr 10y ago
  Pac-man!

user5994461 10y ago

That's just the way it is: The title of articles are misleading clickbait.

metaphorm 10y ago

> Can you even name a famous video game character, other than Sonic, who isn't a Nintendo brand? Master Chief (Halo). Lara Croft (Tomb Raider). Duke Nukem. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII). Solid Snake (Metal Gear). there are a few. I could go on. a lot of extremely famous/popular game franchises don't stick with a single iconic character though. Assassin's Creed is a good example. The archetype is consistent but it's a different character in each game. A lot of games are like this. Nintendo has pursued a branding strategy based around a handful of "mascot" characters (Mario, Link, Samus, Donkey Kong) but it's not like those are the only famous video game characters around. Maybe that's what you're pointing out though? Besides Sonic (which was Sega's attempt to make a Nintendo style mascot character) most other game developers don't use mascots. That's true. They generally don't. The games themselves are still incredibly well known and popular though.

cholantesh 10y ago
Master Chief and Cloud Strife? Honest question, perhaps I'm missing the intended meaning of iconic.
- metaphorm 10y ago
  maybe its generational. I'm a 90s kid. Cloud Strife was an icon in my childhood.
  - cholantesh 10y ago
    I am too, but in fairness my circle of friends was not especially 'into' JRPGs until the release of Final Fantasy 9. Maybe we're outliers, but Cloud did not resonate a whole lot with us.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  Those were provided as examples of "famous" Non-Nintendo characters. "Iconic" is a higher bar to reach. So, I might argue that those characters are famous, but not iconic.
jressey 10y ago
Lara Croft is the only one my spouse could name. My spouse teaches a university class on video game narrative.
- vlunkr 10y ago
  I'm confused, Lara Croft is the only non-Nintendo video game character your spouse knows? But they teach a class on video games? I'm not trying to be insulting, I'm just wondering if I'm missing something. Edit: I guess OP said "famous" characters, as in generally known by non-gamers, and that makes lots more sense
vlunkr 10y ago
Pac-man!