Shiggy: this is what I'd do with more whinging bloody... ahem.
Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto has told the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper that far from rejecting the hardcore... sorry, 'core' gamer, Nintendo is still at work with the good old characters beloved by those unable to cope new things.
"They (the Nintendo development teams) are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects. And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."
That's surely comforting for those voices bemoaning a lack of anything 'harrrrdcore' at this year's E3 from Nintendo. Shiggy, however, is pleased that Nintendo is able to move on - and drag the rest of the industry with it.
"The games industry was really narrowing to a very core set of gamers. So I think it's a really good thing to see the industry moving in a direction where it is attracting more gamers. At Nintendo, we are very fortunate to have achieved such a large share of that."
The rest of the industry is also apparently content to bicker between itself...
Source: The Daily Telegraph
"They (the Nintendo development teams) are all working on more Mario, Zelda and Pikmin projects. And they all work in close proximity to me, so I can keep a good eye on them."
That's surely comforting for those voices bemoaning a lack of anything 'harrrrdcore' at this year's E3 from Nintendo. Shiggy, however, is pleased that Nintendo is able to move on - and drag the rest of the industry with it.
"The games industry was really narrowing to a very core set of gamers. So I think it's a really good thing to see the industry moving in a direction where it is attracting more gamers. At Nintendo, we are very fortunate to have achieved such a large share of that."
The rest of the industry is also apparently content to bicker between itself...
Source: The Daily Telegraph
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deleted 24 Jul 2008 17:53
1/5
I am getting a bit tired with Shiggy`s "Nintendo has saved the industry" crap, if anything the industry was chugging along quite nicely, sure the casual gamer wasnt quite catered for but so what, the amount of PS2`s shifted with Singstar and Buzz was giving the casual gamer something, and there wasnt any signs that gaming would disappear if motion control wasnt introduced, in fact who even thought of motion controls until nintendo told us we needed it?
Maybe Shigs can answer the question why i am so fricken bored with my Wii?
and how as a core gamer do i clock in more hours on my 360, in fact my 10 year old daughter prefers Viva pinata to anything the Wii can give and my 7 Year old prefers his PSP to his DS, the mrs played Wii sports once or twice and gave up on Wii fit after 2 weeks, and if it wasnt for Smash Bros. i wouldnt of turned the Wii on for 4 weeks.
Nintendo is following the `if we say it enough it becomes true` line, the reality is Wii gets old very quick and all of a sudden it will hit nintendo and they will need to reinvent the industry again because they say so.
Maybe Shigs can answer the question why i am so fricken bored with my Wii?
and how as a core gamer do i clock in more hours on my 360, in fact my 10 year old daughter prefers Viva pinata to anything the Wii can give and my 7 Year old prefers his PSP to his DS, the mrs played Wii sports once or twice and gave up on Wii fit after 2 weeks, and if it wasnt for Smash Bros. i wouldnt of turned the Wii on for 4 weeks.
Nintendo is following the `if we say it enough it becomes true` line, the reality is Wii gets old very quick and all of a sudden it will hit nintendo and they will need to reinvent the industry again because they say so.
realvictory 24 Jul 2008 18:25
2/5
Apart from that being your personal view, the same thing happens to me with every console. They all start interesting, but all get dull. And I'm not going to blame Nintendo for trying to help fix it.
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OptimusP 24 Jul 2008 18:42
3/5
haritori wrote:
I am getting a bit tired with Shiggy`s "Nintendo has saved the industry" crap, if anything the industry was chugging along quite nicely.
Taking into account the shape of the Japanese gaming market and the big financial problems the industry had in the period 2005-2006 (several studio's and publishers going bankrupt)...Nintendo could have well saved the gamng industry just like it did with the NES.
Difference now, they saved it before it crashed, not afterwards.
Joji 25 Jul 2008 02:30
4/5
I agree with Hari and Optimus. Nintendo I feel have gotten too high on their own bs. Problem is I have felt for a long time that they always want to be right. When the customer is right, it takes them ages to acknowledge, time that benefits the competition. The Wii injection was good for the industry, but it not all the industry should be about.
EG: Wii needs a hard drive or other better and more user friendly storage option.
Reply from NoJ: No evidence to support this,blah ,blah, gamers are wrong etc.
EG: We want voice chat
NoJ: Well, you can't have it (even though others can get it right), but you can have texts instead.
I grow so weary of all this stupid Nintendo cock blocking.
Gamewise, more Zelda and Pikmin, that's cool but no more than we've come to expect. But where are the new games, Nintendo? It seems that you've given up on creating anything new for us gamers that have supported you for so long, beyond Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc.
We need games in the exciting vein of Star Fox, Vortex, Pilotwings etc, but all I see is bs like Animal Crossing, Jeez, even Capcom are producing exciting and more new IP than Nintendo these days. With that in mind it makes it hard for me to get excited about Nintendo games anymore. Sure puzzle and brain training games are fun, but sometimes I want some new IP adrenalin based fun action.
This makes me more glad I have my 360, a place were I get that fix of new exciting IP. I will still get a Wii, but after Nintendo's woeful E3 08, I feel really disappointed.
EG: Wii needs a hard drive or other better and more user friendly storage option.
Reply from NoJ: No evidence to support this,blah ,blah, gamers are wrong etc.
EG: We want voice chat
NoJ: Well, you can't have it (even though others can get it right), but you can have texts instead.
I grow so weary of all this stupid Nintendo cock blocking.
Gamewise, more Zelda and Pikmin, that's cool but no more than we've come to expect. But where are the new games, Nintendo? It seems that you've given up on creating anything new for us gamers that have supported you for so long, beyond Mario, Zelda, Metroid etc.
We need games in the exciting vein of Star Fox, Vortex, Pilotwings etc, but all I see is bs like Animal Crossing, Jeez, even Capcom are producing exciting and more new IP than Nintendo these days. With that in mind it makes it hard for me to get excited about Nintendo games anymore. Sure puzzle and brain training games are fun, but sometimes I want some new IP adrenalin based fun action.
This makes me more glad I have my 360, a place were I get that fix of new exciting IP. I will still get a Wii, but after Nintendo's woeful E3 08, I feel really disappointed.
oj 25 Jul 2008 10:29
5/5
I think Nintendo are doing a good job right now. Their (Nintendo's) E3 was awful for the core gamer but after they did publicly say it was for casual games now. Just because they didn't show any core games doesn't mean there not coming. I have complete faith in there ablities, thats not to say that i wasn't disappointed. I can wait though.
However there are problem's with the wii.
Looking at MotionPlus, the wii-mote should've been that good from the start.
Looking at wiiSpeak, should've happened about 6 months ago.
Looking at storage, should've been sorted out last year.
Looking at core games, Nintendo should show them more and buy more studio's to make more, they are making lots of money after all.
However there are problem's with the wii.
Looking at MotionPlus, the wii-mote should've been that good from the start.
Looking at wiiSpeak, should've happened about 6 months ago.
Looking at storage, should've been sorted out last year.
Looking at core games, Nintendo should show them more and buy more studio's to make more, they are making lots of money after all.