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Nintendo Gaming / RE: New Nintendo mascots?

« on: May 29, 2003, 12:09:54 PM »

Mario will always be Nintendo's mascot, but that doesn't mean there needs to be a ton of games w/ him as the central theme, or that they need to push Mario.  Mikey Mouse is Disney's mascot, and always will be, but when was the last time you saw a Mikey Mouse movie?  Disney's been too busy re-inventing themselves with the likes of the Lion King and Toy Story, and having their non-cartoon movies in Touchstone and Mirimax.  I think this is what Nintendo should do.  Keep Mario as the mascot, but reinvent yourself with new franchises and new 1st party devs.

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General Gaming / Nintendo Live WEb Cam

« on: May 15, 2003, 10:25:54 AM »

Too bad it's for Windows only. Grrrr....

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TalkBack / Teens Still Controlling Game Market

« on: March 05, 2003, 07:01:58 PM »

In my experience while the GC skews younger, it also slightly skews older as well.  Once you get over age 22 or so (think out of school) people tend to not care about label's as much and just want what's most fun.

Of course in college and high school (especially high school) there's the peer pressure to fit in and be "cool".  We all know that it's BS, but the extent to what kids do to fit in is amazing (and pretty sad really).  And when you have a product the kids think is "kiddie", the kids won't touch it with a ten foot pole.

As the average age of gamers continues to get older and older (and by older I mean aproaching a mean age of 30, not 18), it can only help Nintendo, but it seems that Nintendo still has an image problem it really needs to take care of if it wants to become popular with today's "target market".

Then again, I'm just a 27 year old gamer who wonders why people describe games as "mature" when most of them are really just "juvenile".

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General Gaming / Why do nintendo fans hate Xbox so much?

« on: February 21, 2003, 06:39:03 PM »

I don't think it's just Nintendo people.  Some people just hate MS in general.

I can be counted in that bunch.  I really dispise the company, and refuse to use any MS products at all, which is why I'm not a fan of Xbox. They will never see a dime from me.

[cubist]

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Nintendo Gaming / Miyamoto interview! Heaps of news!

« on: February 21, 2003, 06:33:42 PM »

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Originally posted by: cubist
Right on Grey Ninja, you beat me to the punch!  Eternal Darkness is a game that boasts intelligence.  The gameplay is actually deeper than your average adult videogame.

It's sorta wierd, I attribute "deep gameplay" to adult games.  What I find interesting is some gamers use of the term "adult" or "mature" when talking about gaming.  It usually means something more on the order of "juvinile".

I would agree that ED is an intelligent game, and better suited for the "adult" name plate than most.