Been listening for 200+ episodes, this is the first one I just had to stop listening to because I couldn't take it anymore. You guys need to ease up on all the negativity. I got thru about 80 minutes of it, and I'd say 70 minutes was complaining, 5 minutes positive on Nintendo games, 5 minutes positive on Rogue Legacy.
I get it, you all hate WiiU and are luke warm about 3DS. Online in WiiU is either absent/bad. Let's just not beat a dead horse, shall we?
Even Mario Land 2, which I think you guys liked, no one actually wanted to compliment it. Saying, it's "Weird as f***" and "an acid trip" and "they were crazy making this" aren't exactly complimenting a really fun game. And right before finishing talking about the game saying it's good doesn't count as being positive.
But whatever, this is the way the show has been trending the last year. Even Guilleme got in on the bashing this episode, he's usually the one positive guy.
Just for the record, I have been listening for almost 2 years, and to some extend, I agree with you. There are some episodes that one could say there were more positive than negative but it seems inevitable that some of the commentators are always ready to bring negativity, sarcasms, or be ironic towards Nintendo one way or another, is like it's permanently in their subconscious to bring some negativity in order to "spice up" the talk a bit.
My recommendation to some of the commentators: Just leave Nintendo and play something else and be happy. I mean, from my own experience, after the N64, I left Nintendo (never owned a handheld but had all the systems and lots of games till that moment), then I left to college and life kept me busy from gaming (in a good and fun way....specially with the women
). Then, after college, when my "body was ready" to play games again, PC-master race was dominating the conversation among my peers with the Battlefields, Call of Dutys, Counter-Strikes, Star Crafts, WoWs, and half-lifes. So I bought a powerful PC and had a blast, mostly with RTSs and FPSs.
It wasn't till the very end of the Wii-life that I happened to give it a try (I was also getting tired of the PC FPS orientated scene, let's call it, war and tear), and I kind of liked the motion controls. So I ended up buying a used Wii, and had a blast (as a PC master race guy, I would never judge a console by its graphics, cause nothing compares to PC). I couldn't believe I miss the master pieces of Metroid Prime and Super Mario Galaxys, I felt so good that when I bought a Wii, Xenoblade Chronicles was launching!...I loved to have access to many of the old games I missed or played a decade or so ago!
I don't care about online that much on consoles, I'm very competitive online, and don't like any kind of assistance from the computer, like many online gamers get on consoles (cod players on the xbox have to admit that, without aim assist, their battles would be very slow and inaccurate....instead ppl who play with the PC-mouse or wii-motes need little or no assistance)...so I will never be on the side of the criticism about online, but I understand it, as new generations have it by default, and ppl get used to things quickly and miss them quickly if they don't have it.
Anyways I'm losing my train of thought here. What I mean is, if you think Nintendo has lost its way, and I bet some ppl have been thinking this for a while now, just move on!....once you are 5, 10 years away, you will probably have a blast with whatever console Nintendo makes later. They are here to stay, they are a resilient and sustainable company. They don't live by the edge of massive sales. They will be here, waiting for you years later, when you are willing to give them a second chance. Don't ruin the conversation for people who genuinely are positive and (mostly) happy with the current Nintendo!
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