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This makes me sad. Nintendo games (even the sequels) exhibit creativity and appeal an order of magnitude beyond the "mainstream" games which simply rehash visua

This makes me sad. Nintendo games (even the sequels) exhibit creativity and appeal an order of magnitude beyond the "mainstream" games which simply rehash visuals and weaponry. I think they are the closest to mastering games as an "art form."

macspoofing 13y ago
Nintendo has many great games and they certainly have great brands, but let's no go overboard here. Nintendo is perfectly willing to "rehash visuals and weaponry" by releasing yet another Mario or Zelda game.
- jug6ernaut 13y ago
  I don't think you can look at what Nintendo does in that light, especially because of the usual sense "rehash" is used in. For example, COD(yes i know this is the obvious dead horse, but it is so for a reason). It is a fact, that every game since COD4 till present is running on the SAME GAME ENGINE, updated yes, but the same game engine. Virtually the exact same game mechanics. Same for games like "Madden". But then you have Nintendo. Lets look at Mario. Every console has had a different style of Mario, platforms all, but incredibly different and yet people love them for the same reasons. THAT is what makes Nintendo awesome, its that they can make games that both the aspects of being different and the same add to the game. Zelda, while not as much the same recipe, is mostly the same.
  - alwaysinshade 13y ago
    > For example, COD [...] Virtually the exact same game mechanics. For single player, sure, but COD is a multiplayer focused game. The meta game in Black Ops 2 (the pick 10 system) is new to COD and has really changed up the game mechanics. You see a lot of diversity in player load-outs and strategies, making the game on the whole a lot more entertaining and have a lot of replay value.
- banachtarski 13y ago
  I disagree. Have you played the "yet another Mario or Zelda" games? They are all entirely unique in their own way and I never feel like I'm repeating myself when I play them.
  - macspoofing 13y ago
    >Have you played the "yet another Mario or Zelda" games? Yes I have. In the last 5 years, Nintendo released 30 Mario games* across their systems. By and large, it's an assembly line. // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Mario http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_M...
    - banachtarski 13y ago
      Anecdotally, the difference between Mario Galaxy, and Mario 64 (two of the more similar ones) are much larger than COD2 vs COD3 (or Halo 2 vs Halo 3).
      - macspoofing 13y ago
        How about Mario Galaxy 1 and Mario Galaxy 2?
jamesaguilar 13y ago
I don't think there's any reason to be sad. Zelda and Mario aren't going anywhere -- they just might be showing up on Xbtwo and PS5 instead of the Wiii.

macspoofing 13y ago

Nintendo has many great games and they certainly have great brands, but let's no go overboard here. Nintendo is perfectly willing to "rehash visuals and weaponry" by releasing yet another Mario or Zelda game.

jug6ernaut 13y ago
I don't think you can look at what Nintendo does in that light, especially because of the usual sense "rehash" is used in. For example, COD(yes i know this is the obvious dead horse, but it is so for a reason). It is a fact, that every game since COD4 till present is running on the SAME GAME ENGINE, updated yes, but the same game engine. Virtually the exact same game mechanics. Same for games like "Madden". But then you have Nintendo. Lets look at Mario. Every console has had a different style of Mario, platforms all, but incredibly different and yet people love them for the same reasons. THAT is what makes Nintendo awesome, its that they can make games that both the aspects of being different and the same add to the game. Zelda, while not as much the same recipe, is mostly the same.
- alwaysinshade 13y ago
  > For example, COD [...] Virtually the exact same game mechanics. For single player, sure, but COD is a multiplayer focused game. The meta game in Black Ops 2 (the pick 10 system) is new to COD and has really changed up the game mechanics. You see a lot of diversity in player load-outs and strategies, making the game on the whole a lot more entertaining and have a lot of replay value.
banachtarski 13y ago
I disagree. Have you played the "yet another Mario or Zelda" games? They are all entirely unique in their own way and I never feel like I'm repeating myself when I play them.
- macspoofing 13y ago
  >Have you played the "yet another Mario or Zelda" games? Yes I have. In the last 5 years, Nintendo released 30 Mario games* across their systems. By and large, it's an assembly line. // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_Mario http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_featuring_M...
  - banachtarski 13y ago
    Anecdotally, the difference between Mario Galaxy, and Mario 64 (two of the more similar ones) are much larger than COD2 vs COD3 (or Halo 2 vs Halo 3).
    - macspoofing 13y ago
      How about Mario Galaxy 1 and Mario Galaxy 2?

jamesaguilar 13y ago

I don't think there's any reason to be sad. Zelda and Mario aren't going anywhere -- they just might be showing up on Xbtwo and PS5 instead of the Wiii.