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Wario Ware Grabs Edinburgh Games Festival Award

Posted by simoniker on from the cue-evil-laugh dept.

Thanks to BBC News for its article discussing GBA title Wario Ware's victory in the Edge Awards at this week's Edinburgh International Games Festival. The official webpage explains that the award honors "a willingness to prioritise creativity over a narrowly focused commercial appeal", and Margaret Robertson of Edge Magazine says of Wario Ware: "It's a game which hinges on the kind of video game literacy that millions of people across the world have built up without even realising it." Other nominees for the award included Katamari Damacy, In Memoriam, and Viewtiful Joe.

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  1. Nintendo has award winners... but... by ILL+Clinton · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Wario Ware and Viewtiful Joe are both games only available on Nintendo. They are both games that are pretty much nothing like any other game you've played.

    Yet Nintendo is losing market share, and as a result, developers (like Capcom who developed Viewtiful Joe exclusively for GameCube) are shying away.

    It may be better to have a great game like Viewtiful Joe available on other consoles, but then what is left to distinguish one console from the others?

    Winning awards is nice, but winning customers is apparently more important.

    ILL Clinton
    Live Machinima Performance, August 28th, NYC.

    1. Re:Nintendo has award winners... but... by ILL+Clinton · · Score: 2, Interesting
      Well, I guess it depends on your perspective.

      Why have more than one console, if all the games are available on all consoles?

      It would seem better for the consumer if we could buy whatever console we want, and play all the games. But if it means that a company like Nintendo will go out of business, then the world would be deprived of games like Wario, et al. That can't be good.

      Sega stopped making consoles, but they still make games. I don't really know. I guess I'm just posing a question for people to think about.

      And using these posts to promote my upcoming show. :)

      ILL Clinton
      Live Improvised Machinima-August 28th NYC

    2. Re:Nintendo has award winners... but... by Svenheim · · Score: 2, Interesting
      I'm guessing Nintendo will eventually go the way of Sega, becoming a more software oriented company.

      Saying something a million times DOES NOT MAKE IT TRUE. I've heard this "speculation" so many times now it isnt even funny anymore.

      When Sega went out of the console business, they were pretty much bordering on bankruptcy. Nintendo has billions and billions in the bank, still make loads of money every year, and they have themselves stated that they will never ever leave the hardware business.

      Get real. Nintendo aren't going anywhere.