On Alleged Anti-Nintendo Sentiment In The Gaming Media

Thanks to GamesAreFun for its editorial discussing Nintendo's skewed portrayal in the news media. The writer argues: "I suppose it's just trendy to bash Nintendo right now, even if the arguments for doing it can be easily ripped apart", and goes on to tackle myths on popularity ("..the GameCube has actually never fallen into third place in the overall worldwide market"), a recent half-year financial loss ("old news now... the first loss they've ever reported since going public in 1962"), and temporary suspension of GameCube production ("do they honestly think Sony or Microsoft keep up peak productions at all times?")

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The bigger problem

[schild]

I see 2 problems with the article:

1. If you're going to be funny with the title, make it a funny article - if not have a serious title and give yourself some street cred.

2. You can quote me all the number games you want, but can you name 10 games that are must owns for every gamecube owner? No, but that is easily done with XBox and PS2. If you can't do that, who gives a shit what the numbers say. I can name hundreds for the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Gameboy (both) - the N64 and Gamecube (at least for me) have been total failures in that area.

schild @ f13.net

Re:The bigger problem

[metroid composite]

10 games? Well, here's the lists I made a couple weeks ago when deciding which system to get first. As back story I have about 5 PSX RPGs I'm in the middle of at the moment, and more which I intend to buy once finishing those, so I was looking for non-RPG games. Also, no I did not forget Halo; I played Goldeneye back in 1997, thank you. I have no real interest in paying for it again when my N64 still works just fine. As for Soul Calibur 2, well I'm likely to get two or three consoles...eventually, so might as well get the GC version of the game since I don't care much for Spawn. And for some reason I just can't get myself excited about Dark Cloud 2 or Kingdom Hearts, though if I were more logical I suppose they would be on there.

And I'm sure my list has massive gaps; these are mostly games that I somehow noticed and then didn't proceed to brand with "meh".

X-Box
Interested in:
KotOR

0% non-RPG interesting games. Failed.

GameCube
Interested in:
SSB:M
SC2
Metroid Prime
SMS
ToS
WW
Pikmin
Animal Crossing
SoA
FF:CC
Eternal Darkness
MK:DD
Viewtiful Joe

66% non-RPG interesting games. It works.

PS2
Interested in:
FFX
Disgaea
Shadow Hearts
Suikoden 3
Xenosaga
FFX-2
BoFV
Grandia 2
Okage
WA3

0% non-RPG interesting games. Failed.

That's...over 10 already, and I'm one of those freaks who has no real interest in Resident Evil.

What I don't get is people saying "X-Box has bazillions of good unique games!!! So much more than the GameCube!!" Umm...what? KotOR and Morrowind are better on the PC from all I've heard; Halo I dismissed above under the "most console shooters are Goldeneye clones" clause. I'm looking at the GameFAQs top 10 of the XBox and seeing nothing but ports/rehashes, actually.

I've said it before, and nobody responded (outside of the predictable "Halo/KotOR r0x0rz" babble) so for my own education and for the general comedic value I'll say it again: Screw ten! Name ONE good XBox game. (I should be careful; if I keep asking this Ninja Gaiden will finally come out...). To be fair I'm not exactly the target audience of the XBox (since first person shooters, sports, and racing aren't my favourite genres these days) but...there must be some game out there...right?

1962?

[dpete4552]

What the hell did Nintendo make in 1962??

Re:10 (or more) must have games

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is it that whenever Nintendo zealots give their list of games, they include every single game Nintendo has ever made? Is Nintendo REALLY 100% infallible, that every title they have ever produced is SO great that everyone 'must own' it?

Don't get me wrong, they have excellent quality control and produce masterpieces like Zelda, but every last game they drop out is not God's Gift to Gamers.

Re:10 (or more) must have games

[Daetrin]

Why is it that whenever Nintendo zealots give their list of games, they include every single game Nintendo has ever made? Is Nintendo REALLY 100% infallible, that every title they have ever produced is SO great that everyone 'must own' it?

I don't have any idea if i listed "every single game Nintendo has ever made," (though i seriously doubt it) and i don't really care. I listed all the GameCube games i could think of that i consider to be of superior quality. A lot of those are first or second party games, but that doesn't make them any less fun.

If _you_ are so concerned about whether Nintendo has produced any duds, why don't _you_ go out and do some research on it? I wouldn't be suprised if Nintendo has produced one or more games that were less than stellar, however if we try to turn this into a comparison of crappy games on each platform we're going to be buried by the reams of listings.

Why is it that whenever anti-Nintendo zealots open their mouths they tend to hyperbolize? "There aren't even ten great GameCube games," "you always include every single game Nintendo has ever made."