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Offline MCMD

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« on: November 07, 2006, 10:11:40 AM »
Are we fanboys??? My friend says that I am a fanboy because I have Planetgamecube set as my homepage. Granted I do love Nintendo more than anything in my live (I need ot say sorry to my girlfriend) but I never thought of myself as a fanboy... So my question is do you consider yourself a fanboy and is that really a bad thing?
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Offline Kairon

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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 11:44:41 AM »
I consider myself a fanboy...

I don't think you're a fanboy if you regulalrly play PS2 or XBox. Even if you own only a GC but don't give Nintendo preferential treatment, then you're not a fanboy.

But if in videogames you specialize in Nintendo news and you generally believe that Nintendo games are almost always top quality and worth buying over other games... then you're a fan, not quite a fanboy.

A fanboy goes the extra distance of first ASSUMING that Nintendo games are always better, and then trying to find a way to prove that assumption right.

... that said, I am a fanboi. I believe so totally in Miyamoto and Nintendo's goals as compared to the corporate Sony and Microsoft, and I also believe in the entire spirit of Nintendo. I try my darndest to be impartial, which is why you'll see me arguing in favor of Gears of War in another thread on the forums (despite the fact that I don't own an XBox 360 AND am not that interested in actually playing Gears of War), but of course I also have games I don't like (I'm more or less done with the FF series, I've hated what's happened with it ever since FFVII).

So I don't look at a fanboy as being a bad thing. I mean, it's like Nintendo is my favorite sports team. I can acknowledge the good players on other teams and their skilled coaches, but my real focus is on my team and all its intricacies and etc. And of course, I innately believe that my team is good enough to win.

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Offline GoldenPhoenix

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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2006, 02:28:23 PM »
Sorry don't consider myself a "fanboy".
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RE: Fanboy
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 02:35:24 PM »
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Offline Bill Aurion

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« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2006, 03:13:23 PM »
I'm a fanboy of great games...Too bad most of them fall under the Nintendo label...
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« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2006, 03:16:23 PM »
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I'm a fanboy of great games...Too bad most of them fall under the Nintendo label...
...and the rest involve cat girls.
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RE: Fanboy
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2006, 03:36:29 PM »
Ba-dum-CHING!

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RE:Fanboy
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2006, 07:36:53 PM »
I remember when fanboy referred to comic book fans. The term is pretty common place nowadays, but I think Wizard Magazine really spread it around starting back in the early 90s.

In addition to Nintendo games, I like a lot of PC games as well. But Bill is right; pound for pound, can any other publisher or developer come even close to the amount of great titles Nintendo has made?
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« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2006, 09:50:40 PM »
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I remember when fanboy referred to comic book fans. The term is pretty common place nowadays, but I think Wizard Magazine really spread it around starting back in the early 90s.

In addition to Nintendo games, I like a lot of PC games as well. But Bill is right; pound for pound, can any other publisher or developer come even close to the amount of great titles Nintendo has made?


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