Author Topic: The smartest person on the Internet (Read 108691 times)

KDR_11k · « **Reply #275 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:13:33 PM »

Now Nintendo just needs to realize that not just Mario was better in 2D, Zelda was too.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #276 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:17:16 PM »

Don't care too much for 2D adventuring, can't wrap my head around massive 2D top-view maps nearly as well as I can mentally traverse 3D environments.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #277 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:19:45 PM »

Quote from: KDR_11k on July 25, 2009, 05:13:33 PM

Now Nintendo just needs to realize that not just Mario was better in 2D, Zelda was too.

I disagree with both of these statements.

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #278 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:26:55 PM »

Some of his stuff his good as he makes some excellent points. Other pieces do seem overly rantish.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #279 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:58:37 PM »

I have to be honest, I stopped reading Malstrom's articles a while ago. I still think he made some excellent points as to why Nintendo was successful this generation as well as the concepts behind the blue ocean strategy. But ever since E3 he's been awfully ranty about everything, about how Galaxy 2 is a vanity project, about how Zelda has no legacy now, so on and so forth. Its gotten pretty tiring. Yes you can make the claim that I am being a hyper sensitive Nintendo fan. But Malstrom lately seems to be trying to push his preferences as fact, the 2D vs. 3D thing being one of them.

It gets to the point where he becomes the whiny fanboy he often writes about complaining about the blue ocean strategy.

So Malstrom is no more for me.

Peachylala · « **Reply #280 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:09:32 AM »

Bah, Malstrom's rant about Galaxy 2 is basically mute to me. Getting a sequal to the most awesome 3-D Mario game EVAH, on the same console, with YOSHI, that's a first day insta-purchase right there.

Quote from: pap64

about how Zelda has no legacy now, so on and so forth. Its gotten pretty tiring.

It's just like 95% of the Zelda fanbase.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #281 on:** July 27, 2009, 12:39:56 AM »

Another thing that confuses me about Malstrom is his stance on Wii Music. Before release he was talking about how its going to be Miyamoto's best game yet, that its truly a musical game, so on and so forth. Now, he keeps bringing the game up as an example of how User Generated Content has no future with consumers and how Nintendo got cocky with it.

It leads me to believe one of the following;
- Before release he thought it was going to be something special and commented based on what he knew. When he played the game he realized it was different from what he expected.

- He was trolling the haters with long, pro Wii Music rants.

Deguello · « **Reply #282 on:** July 27, 2009, 06:21:34 AM »

Quote from: pap64 on July 26, 2009, 10:58:37 PM

I have to be honest, I stopped reading Malstrom's articles a while ago. I still think he made some excellent points as to why Nintendo was successful this generation as well as the concepts behind the blue ocean strategy. But ever since E3 he's been awfully ranty about everything, about how Galaxy 2 is a vanity project, about how Zelda has no legacy now, so on and so forth. Its gotten pretty tiring. Yes you can make the claim that I am being a hyper sensitive Nintendo fan. But Malstrom lately seems to be trying to push his preferences as fact, the 2D vs. 3D thing being one of them.

It gets to the point where he becomes the whiny fanboy he often writes about complaining about the blue ocean strategy.

So Malstrom is no more for me.

I think what's funny is he keeps bringing PC games that sold next to nothing and yak about how great they were and stuff. He says Nintendo shouldn't emulate things that A) are unprofitable and B) don't grow the market or at least sustain it. So why would anybody want to emulate Ultima, at all, ever?

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #283 on:** July 27, 2009, 05:48:08 PM »

One question, he keeps using Wii Music, Little Big Planet and Spore as examples of why games with User Generated Content don't do well financially. Yet, Nintendo proclaims that Wii Music was a financial hit selling a million copies (good for a niche game with lots of anti hype against it), Sony announced that over a million levels were created in LBP and Spore seemed successful enough that EA is going to make more games based on it.

So what is he talking about? Is he talking about how these games sold less than expected according to hype? Or is he saying that these games are a failure because of a concept he doesn't believe in?

His stance on New Super Mario Bros. Wii is confusing as well. Before E3 he seemed very hyped that true Mario game was going to be announced at E3. But after NSMB Wii was announced, he keeps saying how the levels are boring, how it won't sell as well as the DS version and how the music was phoned in (I don't care what anyone says the NSMB theme is catchy!).

So again, which is it?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #284 on:** July 28, 2009, 02:35:16 AM »

Performing below expectations can be a serious issue for a product even if it still made money. They might have decided to make the product instead of another because they expected it to perform better.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #285 on:** October 26, 2009, 05:53:25 PM »

http://Http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/nintendos-true-competitor

So yeah new entry into his blog.
He talks about how Nintendo is its worst enemy.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #286 on:** December 04, 2009, 09:41:10 AM »

Now there may be many more "important" articles on there but this one just made me think Hell Yeah!

We need more lighthearted games that can actually go nuts with jokes instead of just throwing some misplaced sarcasm into an otherwise dead serious game (PoP HD...).

Morari · « **Reply #287 on:** December 04, 2009, 06:33:40 PM »

Quote from: Deguello on July 27, 2009, 06:21:34 AM

So why would anybody want to emulate Ultima, at all, ever?

Maybe it's beause Ultimate is a seminal series within the RPG genre? If nothing else, it was a pioneer in taking the feel of the early MUDs and making them truly visual.

NWR_Lindy · « **Reply #288 on:** December 05, 2009, 09:13:32 AM »

Yeah, talk about expanding the market, if I Ultima didn't do that to RPGs then I don't know what did.

D_Average · « **Reply #289 on:** December 12, 2009, 01:55:39 AM »

Malstrom is really going off the deep end lately, he rails against Galaxy Mario b/c it has no identity, yet he sings songs of praise to NSMBW. While fun, the game feels like somebody copied and pasted various 2D mario objects into random levels. It severely lacks a magical new experience the way Mario 3 and Mario World did. Its great fun of course, but not ground breaking.

If you can't see the genius in Mario 64 and Mario Galaxy, just remove yourself from the internet. I suppose he still watches tv in black and white, you know "old school" tv, back when it was pure and families watched shows together.

The truth is most likely that Malstrom just sucks at 3D games, therefore, they must be defective in his eyes. And whats with his obsession over slamming gaming journalists? Did somebody get rejected from IGN? There there.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #290 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:35:45 AM »

Well, 3D Mario just isn't as interesting as 2D Mario, with Zelda it's even more extreme. There may be genius in there but genius alone doesn't make a game fun.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #291 on:** December 12, 2009, 03:10:00 AM »

Not to mention attractive to players and potential players, period.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #292 on:** December 12, 2009, 04:30:59 AM »

Hell, with Galaxy people complained that the game is too LINEAR, that it doesn't have enough EXPLORATION!

Deguello · « **Reply #293 on:** December 12, 2009, 05:28:01 PM »

His stance on Mario can be seen as correct, which is proved with sales, though 3-D Mario sells enough to sustain itself, so will not be abolished anytime soon.

Zelda on the other hand, is quite tricky. On average, the Aonuma directed Zelda's did better than "old school" ones. In fact, two games he claims are "sales hits and cultural phenomena" are nothing of the sort. Zelda II Sold way less than Wind Waker, Phantom Hourglass, Twilight Princess, etc. And Link's Awakening sold even less than that. The only game he would have a point with is Majora's Mask, a game that sold the least on the console. But even then it's statistically within range of link's awakening, and it was a game that was effectively $90 and required hardware that was not included.

In this instance, Malstrom seems like a roll-back-the-clock nostalgia junkie instead of anything that was panned out through actual market research. And if *ahem* "laser beams" are not a part of Zelda, then what, pray tell is this?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #294 on:** December 13, 2009, 04:06:48 AM »

Magic beams!

ThePerm · « **Reply #295 on:** December 13, 2009, 04:10:40 AM »

majora's mask was only $90 if you didn't get dk64 too

Urkel · « **Reply #296 on:** December 20, 2009, 11:57:19 PM »

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/from-the-industry-reply-to-dyack-stuck-in-a-cloud/

Is anyone really surprised by this?

King of Twitch · « **Reply #297 on:** December 21, 2009, 12:03:18 AM »

How can that be verified?

KDR_11k · « **Reply #298 on:** December 21, 2009, 05:08:59 AM »

Quote from: Urkel on December 20, 2009, 11:57:19 PM

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/from-the-industry-reply-to-dyack-stuck-in-a-cloud/

Is anyone really surprised by this?

Nope.

Deguello · « **Reply #299 on:** December 21, 2009, 08:36:13 PM »

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MYTH: Super Mario Brothers 2 and Zelda 2 were not well received by Mario and Zelda fans.
FACT: Mario 2 and Zelda 2 were sold out everywhere. Parents drove to other states just to get the games. Mario 2 and Zelda 2 may not have been the phenomenons the first ones were, but they were so well received that elements of both games found their ways into the sequels. For Mario 2 this was remarkable since it was actually Doki Doki Panic. To this day, people demand princess to be included in Mario 5 and that she float solely because of the impact of Mario 2.

I'm sorry but I just have to chime in on this and say Malstrom might want to study the sales he cites a bit more. Zelda II bled like a third of the customers who bought Zelda 1, causing it to be the 3rd worst selling Zelda in the series, beaten out only by Link's Awakening and Majora's Mask. Aonuma's games have trounced this game into the dirt and until one he directs sells less than Zelda II, Malstrom's got nothing but nostalgia on his side.

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Author Topic: The smartest person on the Internet (Read 108691 times)