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Dipswitch: A Skull Is More Interesting Than A Naked Woman

Dipswitch: A Skull Is More Interesting Than A Naked Woman

posted Dec. 3, 2008 12:15:21 PM by    StumbleUpon Toolbar  


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Hearken back to the days of yore, when Nintendo was known for titles that scintillated the mind, body and soul. Hold that image in your mind. Caress it, coddle it, love it. Now, take the heaviest object you can find, and crush it with all the strength you can muster, and watch it shatter into a billion twinkling pieces.

Welcome to reality! As this weeks Dipswitch dutifully reminds us, we stand at the precipice of a holiday season that does not contain a single compelling title for the Nintendo Wii; unless you like gardening, and watching fireworks. I can not think of a console released to this point that does not elicit a feeling of want from deep inside my belly, other than the Wii. Nintendo has successfully brought in many new console users (although I do not know a soul who actually use their Wii anymore) and at the same time, alienated millions of people who stood by them for all these years.

I wonder if, in the long run, will it be worth it?


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gamer odd gamer odd on 12/04/2008 (permalink)

I couldn't agree more. I really thought that Nintendo had a chance to do something special with the Wii. I'm a big fan of gorgeous graphics, but I was willing to ignore the lesser hardware of the Wii just because I thought Nintendo could really do some creative never before seen stuff with it. Well, maybe that have been the case if that had actually released any games that were worth playing. Apparently their philosophy on console graphics is the same as their game design philosophy as well. It was good enough, last gen, why change anything? The latest animal crossing game was just he last straw. It looks and plays like the DS version. They're making money hand over fist and obviously not investing any of it into their games. No innovation, and frankly not much reason to hold out hope promises of new mario and zelda games. I loved Twilight Princes and Mario Galaxies, but they hardly justify a console in my opinion. Nintendo's strategy is undeniably making them a lot of cash, and they are a business, but they've spit on the all the fans that got them where they are. They sold out.