Wii, Breaking Nintendo's Just For Kid's Reputation
October 02, 2006
So, I'm sure that by now you've heard of the Nintendo Wii. Nintendo's (soon to be) newest offering to the growing console market. I'm sure that you've also heard many online proponents proclaiming their joy that Nintendo's new release line including Zelda and Red Steel appear more "adult" than their other offerings; that Nintendo will be breaking free of it's "childish" roots and growing into a more adult oriented business.
Odd... my friend Chris (Ryoseth) is always playing Halo on Xbox Live when I come over... the only voices I ever hear are those of ten year old boys. Advertising for the latest Xbox games involves adult activities overlayed with the voices of the small children who are actually playing them. I really don't see all that many small children browsing the GameCube and DS games when I wander through their wares at the local gaming emporiums. I think that it would be fair to offer that on my (narrow sampling) of a priori statistics that the Xbox caters more to small children than Nintendo's offerings.
I think that it takes someone a little bit more mature to be willing to play Nintendo's offerings - since they don't boast of manly valor and womanly boobs. They're often stories about losing a sibling and rescuing a lost animal; something that I'm sure most ten year olds (who all want to be "big kids") aren't concerned with. Meanwhile, I'm perfectly content to sit at home plugged on my couch searching for my sister who was carried away by an evil bird.
Frankly, I can't wait for the Wii to come out. I forsee the new controller being a) fantastic or b) abysmal. Since Nintendo is staking the entire console on it and the DS has done so well, I'm betting that they can pull it off. I really hope that Andy or Chris really do buy a Wii so that we can have Wii parties at their apartment until I can scrape together money for my own Wii. Weeeh!
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david 2006/10/03
I want one too, but I'm thinking I will have a harder time convincing my wife to get one than you will have convincing yours :(
Jordan T. Cox 2006/10/03
Hehe, well... it doesn't hurt that I'm 90% of the income and the controller of the checkbook. Frankly, it'll be the harder time convincing /myself/ to get the Wii. ;p