We grew up with Nintendo. Nintendo didn’t grow up with us.
First off, I want to make it clear that I am NOT a fanboy of any console. I’ve had a Wii since launch day. I have experienced all that the Xbox360 has to offer as well as the PS3.
A few months before I bought a PS3, I realized that Nintendo had failed. They had failed to keep me as a customer and longtime fan. This realization hit me when I brought my Wii to a relative’s house. I knew it was going to be very boring there, so I was really counting on my Wii to keep my company. (Yes, I know how sad that sounds). I hooked it up and popped in the new Paper Mario game. I couldn’t describe the disappointment that overtook me. It’s not so much that I was disappointed in the game. It was more that I was disappointed in what Nintendo had become.
I counted this Paper Mario game as a promising title and until I had actually played it, I thought that it would be this groundbreaking, amazing game. After playing it for a few hours I quickly shelved it into the “pile of games I considered not worth putting into my Wii ever again.” This pile of games consisted of titles like Metroid Prime 3, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and Super Smash Brothers: Brawl. I thought to myself and said “Self, If these games are suppose to be Nintendo’s strongest titles, then why do they suck so bad?” The answer that I have come up with is this: Nintendo has stopped trying. Their business methods are really no different from a contractor that gets his “guys” to do all the work. Oh, and Nintendo’s “guys” happen to suck at what they are suppose to be doing, and that is: providing entertainment and innovation by means of video game design.
I’ve come to realize, also, that Wii is simply a fad. It’s this “new revolutionary experience to enjoy with the whole family!” and people’s first words out of their mouth when playing the thing go something like: “Wow! Cool! It’s like I’m really playing -whatever gimmick it is that you have decided to punish your ego with-!!”. If you have owned a Wii for over a year now, chances are that you don’t play it. Not a whole lot anyway. It was “fun” and “unique” for a little while and now it just sits there collecting dust like the gimmick that it is. This happens to be a common trend among Wii owners and even it’s own fans if I daresay.
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