• TachyonTele
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    2 months ago

    They’re a toy company. That’s how they think of themselves. The fun comes first. That’s why they also try new gimmicks in games and then most of the time never do it again. In their minds they already made that toy.

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      2 months ago

      Which is honestly something I love about their games. I play Nintendo for some casual gaming fun, then I go to Steam for my preferred niches.

      The one glaring exception here is Pokemon, but that’s technically Game Freak instead of Nintendo proper, so I guess they’re okay making the same toy over and over because it’s a gold mine.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah Game Freak is their own thing really.

        Best part of the timeless Nintendo games is they’re all extremely easy to emulate and play forever. (Switch online subscription can suck my toadstool)

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          What do you mean by that? That the games are easy to emulate, or that volunteers have spent countless hour getting Emulation to work so now it’s possible?

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        I think Galaxy 2 was unfinished levels from the first one, wasn’t it? Something like that.

        Or Breath of the Wild, they were still having fun with it, and decided to multiple it by 3 for Tears of the kingdom

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          I can definitely respect a company making games cause they’re having fun with making them and not making them out of desire to please investors.

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      2 months ago

      That… actually explains the logic of this lawsuit for me. I still disagree and think they’re overly litigious fucks, but I think I might understand a less malicious argument for it. If someone mods a see 'n say to have a different audio track and slaps some new stickers on it, that’s still a see 'n say, right? The mechanism is fundamental to the product - a see n say is the spinning wheel -> random noise and Pokemon is video game where you throw balls at wild not-animals to catch them and use them to battle people. There’s a difference between a toy that’s heavily inspired by another one and being an edgy five year old with a firearm sticker pack who gives them to the cows and chickens and sheep.

      I really have more of a games as art philosophy though, and I’ll just point to the works of Andy Warhol and Marcel Duchamp to make my argument here, my edible just kicked in.

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        2 months ago

        Oh they’re absolutely litigious fucks, don’t get me wrong.

        Games can definitely be art. They can be a lot of things, which is great. I agree with you.