Comments on: Editorial: Nintendo Director

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 05:46:17 +0000

Bup: I’m looking forward to your comments on Earthbound, as I have just finished playing through it again myself.

By: Bup

Bup — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 13:54:05 +0000

I started to play Earthbound Beginnings (Mother 1) in his memory. I’ve played Earthbound a million times (never finished it, though), so I’m looking forward to playing through that when I’m done with Beginnings. That being said: I am totally spoiled by all the recent RPGs I have played and Beginnings is super unforgiving.

By: KisakiProject

KisakiProject — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 12:36:44 +0000

Excellent article Mel. One of the many problems with WiiU was definitely that it was trying to please everyone and in so doing pleased almost no one.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:29:23 +0000

Yeah, I think commentary the Wii U’s design gets caught up a lot in its gimmicky half, when it is equal parts traditional games console. Unfortunately, that’s exactly why it isn’t selling. People want one or the other, and one of those things is an expired fad. He tried to find a middle ground where there was none. At least we have a system with some good traditional gaming to be hand, instead of hardly any at all.

By: Lusipurr

Lusipurr — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:22:53 +0000

You make an excellent point here: the readjustment of the Wii U towards traditional controls absolutely demonstrates Nintendo’s awareness that the motion-control fad was a spent force, and that people were yearning for sticks and buttons. We too often point to the Wii U as simply being another example of sale-by-gimmick. But, that was not the case–for, in addition to any tablet-focused fad-chasing, it was absolutely and also a very salient response to consumer desires. The result is a series of Wii U games which are head-and-shoulders better, all technologicaly considerations aside–than their Wii predecessors.