You just need to play it on the proper hardware. Viewing it re-rendered at a resolution it was never designed for through an emulator makes every single polygon look way flatter and gigantic than it does on an N64 + CRT TV even now.

We’re talking about game quality. You can argue all you want, in the end, Odyssey as a game that messes with the idea of what Mario is in unexpected ways, just isn’t out of the ordinary for Nintendo.

Hahahaha wow that’s the biggest bunch of bullshit I’ve read in a while. You can’t just say “fuck gamers”, have a bigass circlejerk about how “we would never call ourselves gamers because it’s stupid, we don’t call ourselves movie watchers or music listeners!” like the common sentiment was, then turn back around and…

It’s kind of emblematic for the difference between Nintendo and other console makers as a whole, isn’t it?

I mean... it’s kinda trashy, but somehow there’s something incredibly sexy about that, lol. Don’t judge me!

THIS. You can even look at Nintendo’s own Mii representations of its developers. With just a few simple facial features, you know EXACTLY who’s who among them at a glance.

I don’t, really. I’m just saying if I look at the entire history of Nintendo, this is simply the status quo. They’ve done these sorts of things on every single one of their consoles, both the risky stuff and the “safe bets”. OP brings up NSMBU as an example of a safe game, well what’s MK8 Deluxe exactly? The safest…

Oh... you must hate most of gaming journalism then. :) The “gamers are dead” campaign featured a very narrow definition of “gamer” indeed.

“if you play a game for fun, you are a gamer.”

phail*

I just don’t agree with the implication that Nintendo ever really slack off. If anything, the Wii U was as risky as anything they’d done before. If they were slacking off they’d have just made a Wii 2 or a Wii HD like everyone was clamoring for, but would you see them ever do anything like that? Would you ever see…

But 2011's Skyward Sword was arguably Nintendo at its most risky, dedicating a mainline game in one of their most popular and beloved series entirely to motion controls (wii motion+ exclusively no less). And it’s one of their best games.

The “Sega tower” is like a bird’s mating display. The more connected devices, the higher the tower, the more attractive the male is.

Careful! Around here, this post qualifies you as a misogynist loser nerd. Somehow.

Don’t see what’s so horrible about either of those tbh. We should let people enjoy things.

Come on, the Wii was a gigantic hit right from the start, yet Nintendo did some of their best work on it, even long after the money was already pouring in.

You mean the issue is more complicated and can’t be reduced to a simple accusatory soundbite aimed at men (especially those nasty nerds)? You don’t say!!

The Galaxy games were some of the best games ever made period, and Nintendo were hardly desperate during the Wii years.

Can he stand around at the speed of diagonal?

Uhhh... if you think stories in Mario games should ever be “complex” then you don’t know what Mario games are all about.