Ah, Nintendo. Remember Nintendo? Home of the hardcore. Lair of the strong. Hell, they made a whole movie about a kid who was just blowing everyone else away - it was a man’s company and a man’s system. Suck at games? Then back off, little man. Nintendo was gonna destroy your ass and then hand it back to you, with little remorse. Innovative, groundbreaking, and challenging - those are 3 words I’d use to describe Nintendo’s Golden Age. Sure, they had some screw ups in their past (remember the U-Force?), but all in all, I’d say they set the bar pretty high.
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This is just kind of a rant that’s been brewing in my head for a while. With E3 coming around and being over, a whole slew of gun toting, explosion filled games are going to be hitting the market, which means a whole new group of frat boys that are pandered to. But remember when video games were socially looked down upon? I mean, sure, they’re not exactly the height of cool right now, but you see them everywhere, and everyone’s playing them. I remember, as a kid, being kind of a nerdy outcast because I’d rather sit at home with my horrible horrible copy of Dick Tracy on the NES than playing whiffle ball outside with the bigger kids. What did I need to do that for? I was Dick Freaking Tracy - a plastic ball and bat were no match.
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