A little surprise from the conference was a mysterious game featuring mysterious sounds.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/28173
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata casually announced a new Wii title by Nintendo, Kikitrick, during the Nintendo Direct Conference today.
Very little was revealed about this title. According to Iwata, the theme of this "slightly weird" game is sounds, and the words "differentiate mysterious sounds" can be seen on the box art. Kikitrick will be released in Japan on January 19, 2012.
As much as their policies make Westerners crazy sometimes, I'm so glad Nintendo is a Japanese company with deeply local sensibilities. If they merely jumped on the global bandwagon, they'd try pumping out some bro-ey shooter. Instead, their new Wii game... is whatever this is. Cracks me up. Refreshing to see such a huge company continue to not care what so many people are saying about them and just keep making what makes them happy. 'Cause more often that not, it's what will make a lot of other people happy, too.
Perhaps I should from now on refer to the entire Japanese games industry using a term that has an equal amount of stereotypical belittlement and disdain, like "rape sims",
I am getting so sick and tired of the terms "bro-ey" and "dude-bro" being thrown around like candy on Halloween to cast a wide and rather unfair net on not only an entire genre, but in LittleIrves' case the entire Western games industry and its gamers.
So until the West follows Japan's lead in crafting men who look like women or children and have massive emotional and psychological issues, the stigma of Western characters looking like "steroid-abusing muscle-heads" will never end? Yeah, that sounds awfully fair. ::) People really need to get used to the fact that there are many valid artistic interpretations in games (yes, even the effeminate and anime styles), especially as Japan continues to decline in overall relevance and their art becomes less prevalent.
