GAMER LOUNGE 20XX (NO CASUALS!!)

[E-Man]

Honestly, I'm miffed that everyone who saw Nintendo's E3 presentation are saying it was not all that good. I was expecting the worst when I was looking at what Nintendo offered, but I wasn't disappointed at all. Besides this Metroid game, everyone else became livid towards this Mario Party-ish Animal Crossing game. Their reasoning is that it isn't like the mainstream Animal Crossing games, but let's think about it for a bit. New Leaf was released more than two years ago and changed a lot factors in the core Animal Crossing gameplay. Besides losing portability, what would announcing a Wii U sequel this soon bring to the table? Provide fancier graphics? So what? :/

My overall qualm is that these guys are not giving these games a fair chance and forcing Nintendo (and most video games companies in general) to limit their creativity just to make the games they only want to play. Gamers done this kind of thing before in the past, which makes the whole lot of them extremely foolish during that time after they give the games a solid try and ending up liking them. If you look at Wind Waker, it ended up being one of the best Zelda games in spite of its initial negative reception. Therefore, I see no reason why games like Tri Force Heroes and this new Metroid game would not end up like Wind Waker as long as they are creative and play extremely well. Besides, Nintendo did do a bit of pandering to appeal to the close-minded fans who rejected Wind Waker by releasing the "grittier" Twilight Princess, but it ended up not holding a candle to the former due to its linear nature and being too similar to Ocarina of Time. See what I'm getting at?

Anyway, I know that these guys have reasons why to reject some of the weaker offerings from Nintendo this year, but if they just give one-sided bashing and not consider the positives aspects on what they've seen, then they honestly have no right to complain (let alone write a petition of this nature).