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Nintendo - the first to everything?

Autzerain · 2011-11-27 07:34:35

I don't think this is the best place to post this but either way... I've been thinking about this a lot recently, specially with the excitement of Skyward Sword and how most people feel it was the game that finally defined motion controls. As the topic says, was Nintendo the first to everything? I've mostly only owned Nintendo products, and I'm relatively young compared to the gaming industry so it's hard for me to get the story behind other systems and gaming history in general. This is what I think to be true about Nintendo's firsts: First to create a home console First to have a 'save' feature for games First to have face buttons First to shoulder buttons First to analog control First to 3D graphics First to implement Z-targetting and auto-jump First to create a handheld gaming device First to glasses-free 3D (in general?) First to motion controls Some of these I know it's not entirely true, for example I know there were several 3D games before the N64. But just how much of an impact has Nintendo had? Were they really the first to implement all these things, or simply the first to standardize them all? As I see things, they are at least the first to release all of these things, even if not the first to perfect them (such as 1:1 motion which I think PS3 Move did first, etc). Also, as a little side question, what was the selling point or the innovation with the Gamecube? Was it just improved graphics or something more? Please try and be as concrete and factual about your responses. It's not my intention to have Nintendo come out as the best company simply because they 'created everything' or were the best innovators or something. I just want to know IF they really can be said to be the most innovative.

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samanthademeste

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#51 samanthademeste

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Not even the most die hard sheep would say that Nintendo was the first to do everything. Now if you said Nintendo saved gaming during the video game crash of the 80's, that would be true.

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#52 BrunoBRS

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Not even the most die hard sheep would say that Nintendo was the first to do everything. Now if you said Nintendo saved gaming during the video game crash of the 80's, that would be true.
samanthademeste

and created the playstation. best cow tease ever. "how does it feel knowing you owe nintendo for your playstation?"

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