*dodges beer bottle....chair and tomato*
WAIT A GOT DERN MINUTE! :lol
Serious topic here. Those who have been into gaming as long as I have have pretty much known nintendo to be the innovator. Before the NES there were games. You know. Defender! yay! fly around the screen on an endless level! :lol the physics were kinda cool though. I remember when I first got an NES. Mine was packed with Gyromite and Duck Hunt. By the way, who created gyromite?
Anyway, Enter super mario. This was probably the first game I played where I not only felt connected to the character but the worlds were amazing as well. You WANTED to explore them. you WANTED to find all the secrets. Super Mario pretty much ended up shaping an entire 2 generations and an amazing 2 generations it was.
Next up we had the 32/64 bit era. Not only did mario make a come back but he helped usher the revolution of 3d gaming. Many will argue that many had a hand in this, sega and namco namely with their arcade games BUT nintendo did it at home and along with mario 64 3d gaming began to take shape. Everyone followed suite and not only built on but expanded and improved on nintendos ideas of having a vast 3d would to explore.
Now I dont know where or why it exactly happened but we seem to have gotten "stuck" per se. there has been a whole generation in there without much movement. Sure games are getting "better" but there hasn't been anything truly "new". One could say Microsoft has done best in adding to the formula. Bringing the real world to the fantasy worlds pioneered by nintendo with xbox LIVE but deep down, Its not THAT much different.
When you look at the past generation, the one real innovator that was missing was nintendo. Its as if they are the great equalizer and the balance has shifted. Not shifted from nintendo but shifted because they havent come up with anything new for the rest of the world to copy and then improve upon. Then comes the question, will there really be a revolution with the revolution? We keep hearing nintendo say its not about power and you know what? they are right. Its about ideas. Its about change. Maybe they ARE indeed cooking up something that will wow us all gameplay wise and at the same time give the rest of the rookies something to dream up new gameplay ideas with but hat happens if this isnt the case? will we remain stuck in the same old same old with a few new bells and whistles or with somone else be bold enough to take gaming to the next level?
WAIT A GOT DERN MINUTE! :lol
Serious topic here. Those who have been into gaming as long as I have have pretty much known nintendo to be the innovator. Before the NES there were games. You know. Defender! yay! fly around the screen on an endless level! :lol the physics were kinda cool though. I remember when I first got an NES. Mine was packed with Gyromite and Duck Hunt. By the way, who created gyromite?
Anyway, Enter super mario. This was probably the first game I played where I not only felt connected to the character but the worlds were amazing as well. You WANTED to explore them. you WANTED to find all the secrets. Super Mario pretty much ended up shaping an entire 2 generations and an amazing 2 generations it was.
Next up we had the 32/64 bit era. Not only did mario make a come back but he helped usher the revolution of 3d gaming. Many will argue that many had a hand in this, sega and namco namely with their arcade games BUT nintendo did it at home and along with mario 64 3d gaming began to take shape. Everyone followed suite and not only built on but expanded and improved on nintendos ideas of having a vast 3d would to explore.
Now I dont know where or why it exactly happened but we seem to have gotten "stuck" per se. there has been a whole generation in there without much movement. Sure games are getting "better" but there hasn't been anything truly "new". One could say Microsoft has done best in adding to the formula. Bringing the real world to the fantasy worlds pioneered by nintendo with xbox LIVE but deep down, Its not THAT much different.
When you look at the past generation, the one real innovator that was missing was nintendo. Its as if they are the great equalizer and the balance has shifted. Not shifted from nintendo but shifted because they havent come up with anything new for the rest of the world to copy and then improve upon. Then comes the question, will there really be a revolution with the revolution? We keep hearing nintendo say its not about power and you know what? they are right. Its about ideas. Its about change. Maybe they ARE indeed cooking up something that will wow us all gameplay wise and at the same time give the rest of the rookies something to dream up new gameplay ideas with but hat happens if this isnt the case? will we remain stuck in the same old same old with a few new bells and whistles or with somone else be bold enough to take gaming to the next level?
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