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« on: February 26, 2005, 07:02:24 PM »
I've noticed quite a few people here seem to harbor a little bit of pent-up frustration and anger against Nintendo in general and their GC tactics in particular. Maybe because there's no specific outlet to bitch about anything and everything Nintendo does wrong, people are letting their nitpicks pervade threads that have nothing to do with their nitpicks. Now, I'm no psychiatrist but I'm sure this can't be healthy so I thought we should have this thread before one of us dons a headsack, brandishes a chainsaw and goes off on a killing spree.
So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I give you a place to bitch about things that don't quite fit anywhere else, a place to voice and discuss your fears and complaints without fear of being seen as a negative nancy. This is just a place to vent. Your rants don't have to make sense. I'm not arrogant enough to suggest that you limit them to this thread, but this is the perfect place to put them. Shall I start?
1) Not enough DS game software. I'm a broke college student and I find myself agreeing with the people who say the DS doesn't have enough games at the moment. They barely fill up one shelf at my local EB. I can't bring myself to drop $190 on a DS and game yet because I can't find any game I must have that's worth that amount of money. I'm fully expecting all this to change once Zelda or Metroid DS come out, but until then... what's taking so long?
2) Not enough new franchises. Aside from Wario Ware and Pikmin, Nintendo hasn't really made any new franchises this generation. Don't get me wrong, I love playing Metroid more than any other game out there, but at the same time I can't help but think of what Nintendo could do if they held an interdivisional brainstorm session to come up with a completely awesome new franchise and recognizable main character. Or better yet, if they founded another division to come up with new characters under Miyamoto's watch.
I'll come up with more if this takes off. Somebody mention online, just to get it over with.