I can't wait for the lovable characters of Earthbound to be made into ugly soulless Funko Pop figures with giant dots for eyes spread far apart as possible
@JJ286 Woah, calm down there. Making broad generalizations ends up poorly for everyone. I'm a part of that community, and while I find a lot of them to be pretty annoying personally and get what you're saying, there's no reason to start making such broad statements. Once you get to know them, they're not all that "toxic". It's easier to say a group is bad when you don't spend much time with them (which, I could be wrong, I'm assuming you don't). In isolation, you don't have anything to keep caricatures in check, and groups of people warp into parodies of themselves.
The people hating on and doubting this are the same people who hated the announcement of motion controls however many years ago. This is much more important than any one single game they could announce. This is showing a lot of promise. Hopefully it's a big hit and is expanded upon.
I think that is a good idea. You should obviously hire people who know what they are doing, but also have a variety of sources to take inspiration from. If you only hire people who are hardcore game fans and nothing else, the games that come out, even if they are good, become very insular and self serving. This may work with many other game companies, but not Nintendo, who is always trying to venture into unexplored territory.
It's great to see a bunch of comments of men who don't even play Smash that much act like they are authoritative in this matter to help fuel their victimization complex of "the feminists are trying to get me"! I'll take you on in any Smash game. I might lose but I might not
Really nice! All these alternate new characters, it's like when a company puts out tropical flavored versions of a candy. Please have Shuma Gorath in this one, he was like the only character they didn't have in the first game
Not really sure what the point of this is supposed to be when pretty much all of the games discussed in the article are all the big first party titles that already immediately come to mind, and like one or two eShop indie games. Where is Lego City Undercover? Where is anything that wasn't a major triple A title from Nintendo?
I can't believe that people AREN'T mad about this. Memes are the worst thing to ever disgraced our culture. This mindless regurgitation of something just because it's popular shows that people don't like to think. Memes are the absolute most obnoxious thing that I have to deal with and only serve in these instances to make boring middle class Americans feel like they are part of some inner circle. There is no joke here. "Oh! It's funny because I've heard of it before!" Memes are kitsch. They are anti art, they actively seek to destroy art. They are worthless trends meant to be incessantly consumed and regurgitated until it has worn out its use, and then we immediately go to the next big thing without actually thinking about our mindless consumerism. They date themselves so quickly, and to put them in a product, in something that your audience is supposed to feel timeless so it can be used by consumers and continue to generate profit, is not something that was thought through very well. The actual line doesn't make any sense given the context of the universe. Why is this guy talking in broken English all of a sudden? Because the people who had a responsibility when translating this decided to put themselves first.
But it's also that they're obnoxious and we're sick of hearing them all the time.
9. Earthbound (Virtual Console)
8. Mario Kart 8
7. Super Mario 3D World
6. AVGN Adventures
5. Nintendo Land
4. Wonderful 101
3. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
2. Lego City Undercover
1. Super Smash Bros U
Does this take into account that Rosalina is Peach's dead daughter and that Mario is evil and that Peach has an affair with Luigi because of no reason? (Do not mock my theory, this is all true because of a tree that was in the game for a few seconds)
A competitive player who hasn't decided get on the "Brawl sux" bandwagon nobody is allowed to question and actually fairly views it as its own game with its own pros and cons? I must be dreaming!
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Re: Rumour: Pokémon Might Be Getting Its Own Range Of Funko Pop Figures
Please no
Re: The Mega Man Animated Series Will Be Called Mega Man: Fully Charged
How difficult could it have been to just call him Roll
Re: Feature: Here's What Pro Players Want From Super Smash Bros On Switch
Please just put Snake back in
Re: Review: Tesla Vs Lovecraft (Switch eShop)
Ah, two great men who people at game conventions love to imitate the aesthetic of.
Re: Rumour: Is This Really Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Running On Switch?
I would be ECSTATIC if this was true. I absolutely love UMvC3, and this would bring some new players to it.
Re: Random: Funko Is Confused About Whether Or Not It's Licenced To Make Earthbound Merch
I can't wait for the lovable characters of Earthbound to be made into ugly soulless Funko Pop figures with giant dots for eyes spread far apart as possible
Re: Video: This Make-A-Wish Mario-Themed Playground Will Brighten Up Your Day
@Dom ONLY for a day. After that, they tear the whole thing down
Re: This Year's Genesis 5 Smash Bros Tournament To Officially Partner With Nintendo
@JJ286 Woah, calm down there. Making broad generalizations ends up poorly for everyone. I'm a part of that community, and while I find a lot of them to be pretty annoying personally and get what you're saying, there's no reason to start making such broad statements. Once you get to know them, they're not all that "toxic". It's easier to say a group is bad when you don't spend much time with them (which, I could be wrong, I'm assuming you don't). In isolation, you don't have anything to keep caricatures in check, and groups of people warp into parodies of themselves.
Re: Nintendo Announces Labo, A Range Of Interactive DIY Toys For Switch
The people hating on and doubting this are the same people who hated the announcement of motion controls however many years ago. This is much more important than any one single game they could announce. This is showing a lot of promise. Hopefully it's a big hit and is expanded upon.
Re: Alas, The World's Best Smash Bros. For Wii U Player Is Retiring
"OH YEAH? WHEN THE NEW ONE COMES OUT HE'LL BE BACK, JUST WAIT AND SEE!!!"
Well, yeah, he said that he would
Re: Miyamoto Gives a Surprising Insight Into What He Looks For In New Game Designers
I think that is a good idea. You should obviously hire people who know what they are doing, but also have a variety of sources to take inspiration from. If you only hire people who are hardcore game fans and nothing else, the games that come out, even if they are good, become very insular and self serving. This may work with many other game companies, but not Nintendo, who is always trying to venture into unexplored territory.
Re: Video: A New Theory on How Pauline Got Her Name
Fan theory: Her parents named her Pauline
Re: Smash Melee Champ Resigns from All-Male Rules Committee To Encourage Broader Representation
@Benjamin If you fought me, I could figure out if my assumption was true or not
Re: Smash Melee Champ Resigns from All-Male Rules Committee To Encourage Broader Representation
It's great to see a bunch of comments of men who don't even play Smash that much act like they are authoritative in this matter to help fuel their victimization complex of "the feminists are trying to get me"! I'll take you on in any Smash game. I might lose but I might not
Re: Random: Mega64 Gives Its Unique Spin on Super Mario Odyssey
@NEStalgia What would you prefer instead
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
@NintendoAllStars Well, not everyone can be as good as Alex Kidd.
Re: Poll: Who Would You Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch?
Very alarming how low Snake is placed among the choices. Does NintendoLife place its choices to influence results? VERY SUSPICIOUS.
Re: LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 Confirmed for Nintendo Switch
Really nice! All these alternate new characters, it's like when a company puts out tropical flavored versions of a candy. Please have Shuma Gorath in this one, he was like the only character they didn't have in the first game
Re: Pokémon + Mega Bloks Is A Thing That Is Happening, And We're Totally Cool With That
My fantasy of Lego Nintendo continues to delay more and more
Re: Random: A Free Water Bottle from the NYC Nintendo Switch Preview is Being Auctioned Off Online
What an age we live in
Re: Talking Point: What We'd Like To See In Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo Switch
SNAKE BETTER BE IN IT, THIS IS NO JOKE THE ONLY THING IN LIFE THAT I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
Re: LEGO Batman Movie and Knight Rider Expansions Coming to LEGO Dimensions
@senshu Excuse me? Have you even seen Tequila and Bonetti? It is cold case the greatest cop show of the 1990s.
Re: Editorial: Rediscovering the Gems of the Wii U Library
Not really sure what the point of this is supposed to be when pretty much all of the games discussed in the article are all the big first party titles that already immediately come to mind, and like one or two eShop indie games. Where is Lego City Undercover? Where is anything that wasn't a major triple A title from Nintendo?
Re: LEGO Batman Movie and Knight Rider Expansions Coming to LEGO Dimensions
Knight Rider? What the hell? I hope we get Tequila and Bonetti next.
Re: Next Year's Mega Man Cartoon Looks Certain To Maintain Proud Tradition Of Annoying Fans
OH GOD SOMETHING THAT DIFFERS AT ALL FROM MY PICTURE PERFECT CHILDHOOD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Re: Reminder: Six Wii U Games Are Now Discounted to Nintendo Selects Prices in the European eShop
I am so proud that Lego City Undercover is in this
Re: Super Mario Bros. Z Creator Launches New Patreon Page After Nintendo Takedown
Wow everyone instantly jumps to Nintendo's defense but we're not fanboys oh okay
Re: Here's Exactly What Has Changed With Fire Emblem Fates' "Skinship" Petting Mode
@Mogster Good God I sure do love it when people who didn't have anything to do with something call it "theirs" with no sense of humility
Re: Zelda Fans Vent Anger At Nintendo of America Over Doge Memes In Tri Force Heroes
@OneBagTravel wow you definitely dont sound like a bitter old man by generalizing an entire generation of people into one specific caricature
Re: Zelda Fans Vent Anger At Nintendo of America Over Doge Memes In Tri Force Heroes
I can't believe that people AREN'T mad about this. Memes are the worst thing to ever disgraced our culture. This mindless regurgitation of something just because it's popular shows that people don't like to think. Memes are the absolute most obnoxious thing that I have to deal with and only serve in these instances to make boring middle class Americans feel like they are part of some inner circle. There is no joke here. "Oh! It's funny because I've heard of it before!" Memes are kitsch. They are anti art, they actively seek to destroy art. They are worthless trends meant to be incessantly consumed and regurgitated until it has worn out its use, and then we immediately go to the next big thing without actually thinking about our mindless consumerism. They date themselves so quickly, and to put them in a product, in something that your audience is supposed to feel timeless so it can be used by consumers and continue to generate profit, is not something that was thought through very well. The actual line doesn't make any sense given the context of the universe. Why is this guy talking in broken English all of a sudden? Because the people who had a responsibility when translating this decided to put themselves first.
But it's also that they're obnoxious and we're sick of hearing them all the time.
Re: Poll: Which Is The Best Super Mario Platformer? - 30th Anniversary Edition
64 all the way
Re: These Disturbing Year Walk Bedtime Stories for Awful Children May Haunt Your Dreams
Oh no, its the dude with the horse mask
Re: The Piracy of amiibo Now Seems Possible With the 'amiiqo' Device
As long as it doesn't mean a bunch of knockoff figures, I'm fine.
Re: Video: New Japanese Splatoon Advert Teases New Weapons, Gear, Map & Rainmaker Mode
I thought about a bucket weapon idea yesterday
Re: Donkey Kong Nearly Missed Out On Pixels Stardom
I don't think anything in this movie was treated with respect.
Re: Weirdness: Yoshi Gets Mad in Latest Yoshi's Woolly World Commercials
@Tops Wind Waker?
Re: Video: Check Out the Official Trailers for the Nindies@Home Games
@A01 Woah, I don't know what impression you're getting from Freedom Planet! I heard the game was pretty darn good.
Re: Exciting Hints of amiibo Restocks Can Be Found in Dull Manufacturing Forms
@AugustusOxy WE KNOW
EVERYONE KNOWS
Re: Hyrule Warriors Is Slashing Its Way to 3DS
Thanks alot. It's not like some of us don't want to see leaks until it's actually E3 or anything.
Re: Video: This Fan-Made Zelda Sketch Shows What Happens When Link Runs Out Of Loose Change
DIRTY STREET RAT
Re: Video: Latest Teens React Episode Proves Age Has Done Little To Dull Contra's Insane Difficulty Level
OBLIGATORY TIME FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMENTS TO GET ON A HIGH HORSE ABOVE THOSE DARN "KIDS TODAY"
Re: Nintendo UK Confirms Its Community's Top 10 Wii U Games
9. Earthbound (Virtual Console)
8. Mario Kart 8
7. Super Mario 3D World
6. AVGN Adventures
5. Nintendo Land
4. Wonderful 101
3. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
2. Lego City Undercover
1. Super Smash Bros U
Re: Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3 Won't Include Zelda Costumes In The West
Oh, I guess they could decide they want to make money... or they could... not...
Re: Video: The Game Theorists Plot Out Mario's Timeline and Family Bloodline
Does this take into account that Rosalina is Peach's dead daughter and that Mario is evil and that Peach has an affair with Luigi because of no reason? (Do not mock my theory, this is all true because of a tree that was in the game for a few seconds)
Re: Here's Your Next Helping Of Guitar Hero Live Tracks
Yuck put in Beegees
Re: Matters Of Import: Take A Guided Tour Of Super Potato, The Ultimate Retro Gaming Paradise
omg i love potatoes
Re: Ninterview: Talking Super Smash Bros. With UK Grand Master James Miller
A competitive player who hasn't decided get on the "Brawl sux" bandwagon nobody is allowed to question and actually fairly views it as its own game with its own pros and cons? I must be dreaming!
Re: Ninterview: Talking Super Smash Bros. With UK Grand Master James Miller
@Butt nice
Re: Ninterview: Talking Super Smash Bros. With UK Grand Master James Miller
@TheRegginator I HAVE NOT HEARD OF HIM THEREFORE NOBODY HAS
Re: Former Castlevania Producer Koji Igarashi's Kickstarter Launches, But Won't Come To Nintendo Consoles
of course, why would it be any different
Relax on the language, thanks (Jazzer).