Hardcore Gamers never abandoned Nintendo

I hear allot of this and its simply not true. Nintendo was simply unwilling to change and address the regular gamer it for the most part continued to cater to the little kids and family type games. Hardcore gamers never abandoned Nintendo because Nintendo never was for the hard core gamer and never will be.

Take a look at its last 2 systems N64 and GC, N64 was LOL and GC was just as bad because they were stubborn and never wanted to go far beyond the E rating. Nintendo was never for the regular gamer above the age of 15 and has pretty much ignored this market altogether so you can't really abandon something that has ignored you.

nintendo 64 had some of the greatest games of all time...and most hardcore gamers of today were like 8-12 in that era who loved playing goldeneye and mario kart 64...

the gamecube had some gems as well but came out last and got buried under the ps2's hype and huge game library...not to mention the gamecube was purple and shaped like an accessory for girls...that doesn't help your marketing to hardcore gamers...

but any true gamer would give props to both the nintendo 64 and gamecube

wii...well lets wait and see...besides the zeldas,mario's, and metroids there isn't much else in terms of epic experiences...

but any true gamer would give props to both the nintendo 64 and gamecube

slystallion26

You lost all credibility and have been labled a LOL Nintendo fanboy with that statement N64 and GC were junk systems.

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but any true gamer would give props to both the nintendo 64 and gamecube

flapjean

You lost all credibility and have been labled a LOL Nintendo fanboy with that statement N64 and GM were junk systems.

i hate nintendo as it is today and hate the wii but even im not going to deny the awesomeness that was the n64

Nintendo was never hardcore? Are you seriously putting that out there as a real opinion?

Did you just start gaming in the last few years?

[QUOTE="slystallion26"]

but any true gamer would give props to both the nintendo 64 and gamecube

flapjean

You lost all credibility and have been labled a LOL Nintendo fanboy with that statement N64 and GC were junk systems.

gamecube had some great multiplayer experiences and had game of the year for like 3 consecutive years at one point...and the nintendo 64 is right up there with playstation in terms of great games...how old are you 10? go take a look at gamerankings top games and its riddled with nintendo 64 games

lol at me a nintendo fanboy...funny thing is i've been a fanboy of every gaming company at one point and have owned systems from all the major companies heck i even had the sega cd sadly ...i've just been gaming for a while

gamecube had some great multiplayer experiences and had game of the year for like 3 consecutive years at one point...and the nintendo 64 is right up there with playstation in terms of great games...how old are you 10? go take a look at gamerankings top games and its riddled with nintendo 64 games

lol at me a nintendo fanboy...funny thing is i've been a fanboy of every gaming company at one point and have owned systems from all the major companies heck i even had the sega cd sadly ...i've just been gaming for a while

slystallion26

PS1 kicked the crap out of the N64 and is about 100x better system, PS 2 and xbox kicked the crap out of the GC to the point that Nintendo had to repackage the GC with a new controller in hope that it would sell.

I say :shock:

The N64 was LOL?

Get N or get out.

[QUOTE="slystallion26"]

gamecube had some great multiplayer experiences and had game of the year for like 3 consecutive years at one point...and the nintendo 64 is right up there with playstation in terms of great games...how old are you 10? go take a look at gamerankings top games and its riddled with nintendo 64 games

lol at me a nintendo fanboy...funny thing is i've been a fanboy of every gaming company at one point and have owned systems from all the major companies heck i even had the sega cd sadly ...i've just been gaming for a while

flapjean

PS1 kicked the crap out of the N64 and is about 100x better system, PS 2 and xbox kicked the crap out of the GC to the point that Nintendo had to repackage the GC with a new controller in hope that it would sell.

first of all...duh

that doesn't mean that the 64 isn't legendary in terms of classic games and genre changing experiences...and the gamecube had its gems...but hell i owned all the systems last gen and the xbox i only used for sports games because it had the better graphics...ps2 and gamecube were way better than the xbox in terms of quality games and experiences

Hardcore Gamers never abandoned Nintendo flapjean

I've owned every Nintendo since the NES. I loved the cube but only bought 6 games for it. I don't own a wii and don't plan on buying one for a few years. Mario galaxy is the only game I want to play and I haven't seen any footage of anything else I want to play on the wii.

I say :shock:

The N64 was LOL?

Get N or get out.

Paleo_Orca

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but any true gamer would give props to both the nintendo 64 and gamecube

flapjean

You lost all credibility and have been labled a LOL Nintendo fanboy with that statement N64 and GC were junk systems.

Are you serious? I hate what Nintendo did with the Wii, but it'll be stupid to call both the N64 and GC junk systems...