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Nintendo To Be the Hero of the Adventure Genre?
DreamWinkle writes "If you've spent the last few years playing old King's Quest VGA updates and longing for Space Quest and Day of the Tentacle, you'll be interested to know that the Adventure genre might be facing a resurgence — at Nintendo's hand. The adventure game was killed off by the console (poor controls and too much competition), and so it's ironic that Nintendo might be able to pull it from the grave. An article at About.com looks at how Nintendo could use its virtual console to make adventure games profitable again." From the article: "The reason that adventure games are disappearing is because they don't compete well with other genres. Trying to create an adventure game that meets the graphical standards of an audience taught to expect Elder Scrolls IV makes the whole endeavor far less appealing. However, building a product to compete with Geometry Wars might be more doable. Adventure games are not disappearing because no one is buying them; they're disappearing because people are buying other types of games far more often. "
I don't have anything to add to this discussion, but I just wanted to let you all know that I'm buying a Nintendo Wii and not a PlayStation 3.
Don't worry, wii understand.
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Objection!!! I'd argue that Nintendo has already triggered an Adventure Game Renaissance with the Nintendo DS. I can't think of any games off hand... but I know there are some.
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GREAT! Then they'll become AskAbout.com and really make the interwebs useless! ;)
It's a sad thing that your adventures have ended here!
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