Most of you were raised by nintendo

Now its too kiddie, casual and they turned their back on their hard core fans...When did they do this??? Take a look in the mirror either you grew up or you turned your back against nintendo not the other way around!

I never grew up, but my taste in video games has changed.

pretty much. nintendo has done what they always do

I was raised on a diet of Playstation.

Nah... Most system wars' dwellers are, like, 13.

Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else. Also I grew up on PC first..

I never grew up, but my taste in video games has changed.

Darthmatt

I was raised on a diet of Playstation.

clyde46

Same here. There was a little Nintendo sprinkled here and there though because of their handhelds.

Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else. Also I grew up on PC first..

Espada12

Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else.

Espada12

Now its too kiddie, casual and they turned their back on their hard core fans...When did they do this??? Take a look in the mirror either you grew up or you turned your back against nintendo not the other way around!

BillGates_Money

Not rreally, i was raised by PlayStation

Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else. Also I grew up on PC first..

Espada12

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Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else.

osan0

Imo that's due to nintendo's arrogance due to the NES/Snes.. same as sony from the PS1/PS2, the 64 lacked the games and they let sony take everything, again for the GC. No one turned their backs on them, they just didn't deliver, so now they have gone to the *extended audience*.

Actually I played more PS1 and PS2 games than SNES games, which was the only Nintendo console I liked.

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Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else. Also I grew up on PC first..

BillGates_Money

I thought that was due to people complaining about the blood? If i remember MK2 and MK3 both had regular blood, so did killer instinct.

I was raised by a man name Dad and a woman named mom. Nintendo took no part in raising me, or so I can tell by family photos.

But I did grow up on Nintendo systems, as well as the Playstations somewhere down the road but Nintendo is still here.

Ive had every nintendo system since the gameboy color. all of them were worth it i guess, but ps3 just kills the wii this gen.

Ive had every nintendo system since the gameboy color. all of them were worth it i guess, but ps3 just kills the wii this gen.

kkevguy47k

Now its too kiddie, casual and they turned their back on their hard core fans...When did they do this??? Take a look in the mirror either you grew up or you turned your back against nintendo not the other way around!

BillGates_Money

I play video games not marry them. The fact is that the wii is too casual this gen, it is full of shovelware and mini game collections yeah there are a few gems here and there but certainly not enough to avoid me selling mine to get aPS3.

Id also like to say that i have owned every nintendo console starting with the SNES and GBC.

Wrong. I grew up on a PC playing games like Doom and Quake while my classmates were playing Mario and Zelda. It would be wise to assume that one doesn't abandon their roots especially when my favorite type of games are on this platform.

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Ive had every nintendo system since the gameboy color. all of them were worth it i guess, but ps3 just kills the wii this gen.

Superzone

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Now its too kiddie, casual and they turned their back on their hard core fans...When did they do this??? Take a look in the mirror either you grew up or you turned your back against nintendo not the other way around!

dragonfly110

I play video games not marry them. The fact is that the wii is too casual this gen, it is full of shovelware and mini game collections yeah there are a few gems here and there but certainly not enough to avoid me selling mine to get aPS3.

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Now its too kiddie, casual and they turned their back on their hard core fans...When did they do this??? Take a look in the mirror either you grew up or you turned your back against nintendo not the other way around!

BillGates_Money

I play video games not marry them. The fact is that the wii is too casual this gen, it is full of shovelware and mini game collections yeah there are a few gems here and there but certainly not enough to avoid me selling mine to get aPS3.

but before this gen they have had a lot more hardcore games, I can name at least 5 franchises that have not had a single good game on the wii yet this generation.

Raised by Nintendo? Bah! I grew up with a PC and DOS, none of this fancy smancy windows nonsense, wheres my old man stick? I need to wave it at some kids on my lawn! :Pblue_hazy_basic

I was raised by Atari/Magnavox, Coleco, Mattel and Commodore.

We laughed at people playing Nintendo.

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Are you serious? Previous console by nintendo were aimed directly at us.. the core games. The wii is aimed at the *expanded market*, with core gamers on the side. If anything nintendo turned their back on US. Even though I do enjoy quite a few games on the Wii, saying we gave up on them is something else.

Espada12

Imo that's due to nintendo's arrogance due to the NES/Snes.. same as sony from the PS1/PS2, the 64 lacked the games and they let sony take everything, again for the GC. No one turned their backs on them, they just didn't deliver, so now they have gone to the *extended audience*.

Actually I came up through gaming via PC & DOS.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Raised by Nintendo? Bah! I grew up with a PC and DOS, none of this fancy smancy windows nonsense, wheres my old man stick? I need to wave it at some kids on my lawn! :POntain

Sorry I grew up Sega gaming, and I didnt turn my back on Sega they turned their back on me :cry: Ninty did the best thing they could do this gen. Their hardcore fanbase didnt help them through the N64 and GC era so it was only about time they go completely kiddy forthis gen with a few doses of hardcore gaming every couple months.

Nintendo is like the father who beats you as a child to teach you how to live your life, then once you hit 16 he leaves you for a better looking family.

Sorry I grew up Sega gaming, and I didnt turn my back on Sega they turned their back on me :cry: Ninty did the best thing they could do this gen. Their hardcore fanbase didnt help them through the N64 and GC era so it was only about time they go completely kiddy forthis gen with a few doses of hardcore gaming every couple months.

Swift_Boss_A

Sorry I grew up Sega gaming, and I didnt turn my back on Sega they turned their back on me :cry: Ninty did the best thing they could do this gen. Their hardcore fanbase didnt help them through the N64 and GC era so it was only about time they go completely kiddy forthis gen with a few doses of hardcore gaming every couple months.

Swift_Boss_A

Kiddy? Since when has Nintendo changed it's marketing execution? They've been releasing the same type of games for years. Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Pikmin, Punch Out, etc.

I hope this casual thing Nintendo is going through is just a phase...The way they are making money, I'm starting to doubt they will ever put the Hardcore on the top of their list again. They probably realized there just isn't as much money if you go with the Hardcore!.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] Don't remember :D I do remember being incredibly excited when we upgraded to a 386 though! :lol:Ontain

I hope this casual thing Nintendo is going through is just a phase...The way they are making money, I'm starting to doubt they will ever put the Hardcore on the top of their list again. They probably realized there just isn't as much money if you go with the Hardcore!.

AmayaPapaya

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[QUOTE="osan0"] the continuing decline of nintendos hardware and software sales from snes to N64 to GC would tell me that the so called hardcore gamer jumper ship first. had nintendo remaind loyal to the hardcore gamer (the very notion of which makes me laugh :P) they would be finished (thats assuming they made a console to directly compete with the PS3 and 360. so a better GC pad and hardware to rival the others...with a big online system). there is no way nintendo could have survived on a user base of less than 20 million (and make no mistake here...they would have recieved nothing short of an absolute masacare from MS and sony). the wii is nintendo back to the nes days...stirring it all up again. good thing to...the industry needed a bit of stirring and shaking.osan0

Imo that's due to nintendo's arrogance due to the NES/Snes.. same as sony from the PS1/PS2, the 64 lacked the games and they let sony take everything, again for the GC. No one turned their backs on them, they just didn't deliver, so now they have gone to the *extended audience*.

Well the hardcore were loyal until they realised nintendo stopped trying, what do you think is gonna happen? You go to the next best thing. The reality of the situation right now is nintendo doesn't really care about core games and vice versa, so we can leave it at that.

most of you still supporting nintendo argue that they have not changed the kind of games they have released. i can tell you how they have changed, their current games lack any challenge whatsoever. nowadays it's enough to just slap the mario or zelda name on something and now they're even going to throw in the option to allow the game to play itself for you. nintendo, you lost a long time customer in me this gen. you will never get money from me again.

True, they didn't change that much, but gamers did and certain things became to be expected like online, hd and mature titles.

But it would had been a suicide for Ninty get into a tech race with Sony and MS, so they took they only way out short of quitting, making it even more casual to the point they weren't even targeting gamers but just ordinary people.

I don't mind, it was out choise when people bought Playstations and Xbox'es over N64 and Gamecube, and it's better than having every company put out a replica of each other's systems.