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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Boredom and Nintendo
« on: March 26, 2024, 03:14:05 PM »
You really have to look beyond Nintendo published games or you'll never be happy since it's impossible for Nintendo to constantly release certain types of games every single year.
You mention 2018, 2020 and 2021 as dry years when in reality they were anything but.
2018 had 177 games that received positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2018/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
2020 had 149 games that received positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2020/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
2021 had 136 games with positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2021/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
We're almost to the end of March and the Switch has had 22 games with positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/current-year/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
Plus two of the highest reviewed games are Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Unicorn Overlord. The new Prince of Persia is a Metroid style game and Unicorn Overlord is a Strategy RPG, the same genre Fire Emblem is in. That's 2 highly reviewed games that should be appealing directly to you, but you seem to be ignoring them because they're not from Nintendo.
Seriously, this is one of the reason why I've grown distant from many of the hardcore Nintendo fans online. The Switch has been home to an insane amount of high quality games that just get completely ignored by the kind of people said games are literally being made for. Especially in recent years where there's suddenly been all this Gamecube nostalgia and Nintendo fans declaring the Gamecube the greatest system ever made and how the Gamecube era was the best time, when it's like, are you fucking kidding me.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/gamecube/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2001&releaseYearMax=2024&platform=gamecube&page=1
The Gamecube had 187 games that received positives reviews its entire lifespan. In comparison, the Switch in just 2018 alone had 177 positive reviewed games and 2018 was supposed to be such a terrible year with nothing to play.
Never before has a Nintendo system offered the variety and gameplay experiences that the Switch has and yet some people are acting like we're in the final days of the Wii all over again. The Wii in 2011 and 2012 COMBINED had only 19 games with positive reviews
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/wii/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2011&releaseYearMax=2012&platform=wii&page=1
The Switch has literally had more good games released for it in less then 3 months of this year alone, then the Wii had it's entire last 2 years combined.
Only that's not true, there's a lot of indie and third party stuff on Switch that's just as good as the types of games Nintendo releases. This is N64 Yamauchi era propaganda that too many still have in their heads.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2017&releaseYearMax=2024&platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
Just go down the list. Yes, Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey and Tear of the Kingdom are at the very top but after them you have lots of third party titles right around what Nintendo's releasing. Yes every gen the very top Nintendo games like Ocarina of Time, Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy, Breath of the Wild get the best reviews, but those titles are very rare even by Nintendo standards. Outside of the very top 1-3 Nintendo games each gen, the best third party games are easily competing with everything else.
You mention 2018, 2020 and 2021 as dry years when in reality they were anything but.
2018 had 177 games that received positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2018/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
2020 had 149 games that received positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2020/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
2021 had 136 games with positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/2021/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
We're almost to the end of March and the Switch has had 22 games with positive reviews.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/current-year/metascore/?platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
Plus two of the highest reviewed games are Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Unicorn Overlord. The new Prince of Persia is a Metroid style game and Unicorn Overlord is a Strategy RPG, the same genre Fire Emblem is in. That's 2 highly reviewed games that should be appealing directly to you, but you seem to be ignoring them because they're not from Nintendo.
Seriously, this is one of the reason why I've grown distant from many of the hardcore Nintendo fans online. The Switch has been home to an insane amount of high quality games that just get completely ignored by the kind of people said games are literally being made for. Especially in recent years where there's suddenly been all this Gamecube nostalgia and Nintendo fans declaring the Gamecube the greatest system ever made and how the Gamecube era was the best time, when it's like, are you fucking kidding me.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/gamecube/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2001&releaseYearMax=2024&platform=gamecube&page=1
The Gamecube had 187 games that received positives reviews its entire lifespan. In comparison, the Switch in just 2018 alone had 177 positive reviewed games and 2018 was supposed to be such a terrible year with nothing to play.
Never before has a Nintendo system offered the variety and gameplay experiences that the Switch has and yet some people are acting like we're in the final days of the Wii all over again. The Wii in 2011 and 2012 COMBINED had only 19 games with positive reviews
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/wii/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2011&releaseYearMax=2012&platform=wii&page=1
The Switch has literally had more good games released for it in less then 3 months of this year alone, then the Wii had it's entire last 2 years combined.
Still, a lot of Indie stuff can be rather short and fleeting and third party stuff can lack that Nintendo polish and magic that keeps you wanting more. Nothing hits quite like the hype for a new entry in a Nintendo series you love that looks like it could be blast to play.
Only that's not true, there's a lot of indie and third party stuff on Switch that's just as good as the types of games Nintendo releases. This is N64 Yamauchi era propaganda that too many still have in their heads.
https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/nintendo-switch/all/all-time/metascore/?releaseYearMin=2017&releaseYearMax=2024&platform=nintendo-switch&page=1
Just go down the list. Yes, Breath of the Wild, Mario Odyssey and Tear of the Kingdom are at the very top but after them you have lots of third party titles right around what Nintendo's releasing. Yes every gen the very top Nintendo games like Ocarina of Time, Metroid Prime, Mario Galaxy, Breath of the Wild get the best reviews, but those titles are very rare even by Nintendo standards. Outside of the very top 1-3 Nintendo games each gen, the best third party games are easily competing with everything else.