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The guys who shove games in my face and take my money, not to be confused with polite thieves
Kyle: My wallet is empty.
Nigel: Nintendo again?
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A fricken homosexual gameing console that's producers suck ass and is now referred to as the "kiddy console"
1:Nintendo R0x0rz!!!!
2: get a real console shazbot!
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Nintendo is the label used by the parents of old school gamers in reference to absolutely any device that they consider to be a 'videogame'.
There is no known cure.
Mom: "When are you gonna turn off that damned Nintendo and start taking care of your responsibilities?"
You: "It's not a Nintendo, how many times do I have to-"
Mom: "Whatever. You sit around playing games all day long when you SHOULD be out looking for a job! I can't get you to stop playing Nintendo long enough to do a damned thing around here! You only come out when you're hungry and then you vanish back to your bedroom! You're 32 years old. When are you gonna start acting like-..."
You: "...huh? MOOOOOOOMMM! You're distracting the hell outta me, damnit!"
Mom: "I PAY for that online GameBox Live thing so you can sit around playing your Nintendos all day! What is this, a joke?"
You: "....OOOOOH! TEABAG!"
Mom: "WHAT?!"
You: "Nuthin... talkin' to them..."
Mom: "Anyway, go tell your wife that dinner's ready. And clean up your damn room. I'm fed up to HERE with it."
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A company which, while having fallen on hard times recently resorting to churning out Pokemon and other childish games to survive, must be respected for dragging the video game industry out of a freefall in the mid-80s.
Nintendo kind of sucks now, but thank God they were there in 1985.
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Company so old that it was founded when Hitler was born
Timmy: Look at me I got Nintendo Weeeeee! I'm so cool!
Serious McSeriousface: even my grand grandfather played Nintendo games
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This company started out with the best stuff. the NES, and then the SNES, were among the best. However, since the competition from companies such as Sony and Microsoft, they have not been faring so well.
At the turn of the 2nd generation of videogaming, it was seen that games were converting from cartridges to dics, and that the dataspace available would be remarkably higher in comparison to the previous generation. With this came potential for extremely advanced graphics (compared to the 8bit days of yore) online capabilities, more advanced gameplay, and not to mention longer games. But...
Nintendo came in "last place" in the second generation console war for a few reasons: The concept of more realistic graphics appealed to many and was a new hype, and Nintendo's Gamecube did not have the capacity to play games with this level, nor did its discs. Its controller was also a turn off to the crowds, and the more dynamic controllers of the Xbox and the PS2 won over. Also, the revolutionary online techniques and community of Mircosoft was not to be outdone by anybody, and the Nintendo lost even more ground.
Nintendo also had another problem, aside from hardware issues. It's games. The concepts of the games were immediately aged, and Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and the like were all covered with a layer of dust. Brand new series and game makers were sucked in to the advanced systems and made most of the successful market of games. Games such as the Halo series, Devil May Cry, Metal Gear Solid, Jax & Daxter, and many more were a new sight for everybody. The old games were not able to shine because most people were thinking "been there done that" and Nintendo's newer versions of previous titles were left in the dust. Then they had a second shot in the 3rd generation...
The Nintendo Wii was the cheapest system at launch and had brought back an old trick-motion sensing. Althought thie was originally developed by Sony, Nintendo claimed it was revolutionary. This worked for several reasons: Most of the gaming market is made up of minors, (under 18), and most had not heard of the old controller from Pelican for the PS1. As for those who did know, you could say that nobody bothered with a publicly announced lawsuit (up till December 2006, as that was when this review was written). Now once again, the concept of gaming graphics displayed in 1080p (the best for the 3rd gen on PS3), many people dreamt of that quality of gaming. However, Nintendo was (once again) not concerned with graphics. Their motion sensing controller appealed more to kids who didn't care about HD, and it was artificially "new". there was also another reason it succeeded at the start: it's price. With the cost of the Wii starting at around $250, it was by far the cheapest console, with the twist of a motion sensing controller. However...
The PS3 was the most saught after, seeing as people lined up for up to a week to get it, and all sold out almost immdetiately. The Xbox 360 had come out a year before and had a headstart, but the Wii was hot on it's heals. However, this is mostly because of the controller concepts and low cost. It's not all fun and games for the Wii buyers. Their controller relied mostly upon motion sensing, and had very few buttons. this was great for things such as sword fighting, bowling, and other stationary activities, but it greatly limited the rest of the functions. FPS, RPG and some other genres that involved platforming were restricted and were extremely hard to incorperate with the Wii controller. It also limited those who did not want to have to rely on physical accuracy to beat games or even play them.
Nintendo will have to improve their graphics, get new games, improve their game quantities, get a legit online community, and make a dynamic controller to win the 4th gen...if they can.
Nintendo was doing great until graphics and game content became an issue
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A once respectable gaming console company in the mid-80's to early 90's... It has now fallen to a shameful level of using desperate capitalist measures, including cheaply made merchandise (eg: Pokemon), and releasing games that are high in graphic and low in storyline/maturity.
It's mascot is Mario, a stereotype Italian who fights enemies often named after racial slurs for Italians. (eg: goombas)
The oldschool Nintendo generation has grown up, and it's fanbase now consists of fanboys whom are too young to ploy their parents into buying a Playstation 2 (PS2) with GTA3, or a high end computer capable of playing Battlefield 1942 or even Quake.
Nintendork: "Wow, Metroid Prime with it's cheesy alien-zapping HalfLife ripoff game play and tedious backtracking is awesome! And it's the long awaited sequal to a l33t game that was a hit before I was even born! This is obviously the best game ever made!
Common Sense Gamer: Shut the hell up and pick up a copy of Starcraft or Battlefield 1942 if you want good gaming.
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