Mario123311
Smash Ace
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Ah, The 9th gaming generation... What an apocalypse it has been. People bickering about their consoles more than people did in the 90's or when the Xbox 360 was still in it's hayday. But first off, That's not the point. These days: Apparently the one who gets the most flack is Nintendo for some reason, So much that they have become a primary target to such people like ReviewTechUSA and others: Saying that they should just drop out of the console business or that they are going to be dead by next generation.
One of the most common complaints is things like "Mario, f***in' Mario is everywhere. It's the same crap over and over again. He's irrelevant now." ...Are you f***ing kidding me? Yes, The NSMB games are getting stale. But clearly these people have not looked at the 3D games by any means... But the biggest insult I take is how they say such a franchise should be "killed" off. Why you may be asking? Do you know what has happened to several beloved mascots over the years? Pretty much Mario is the only one standing after all these years which just saddens me... For those who don't understand, Hear me out.
Sonic we all know, who emerged from the 90's... His dark age started with Sonic 06 which only tarnished his reputation. Things started to look up with Generations, Then Lost World came around which many MANY people were devided on. But that was far from the worst when they went on to publish the abysmal Sonic Boom, which I think we all know about by now. Sega has since been slowly dying apparently, laying off 300 staff and admiting they have "betrayed fans".
Mega Man was once a proud icon in the platforming genre, Beloved by many and we all know what happened after his creator left, The cancellation of several games and further more insulting their own fans in SFxT... They have started to slowly crawl up these days, But most have already moved on. Putting their faith into the kickstarter of Mighty No. 9.
Pac-Man is probably the most tragic in my opinion. We all know this character, Who pretty much helped invent a who new age of gaming. After the NES was released though, People started to forget about him: and the poor yellow fella fell into mediocrity. Things started to look up in 1999, When they released Pac-Man World, The character was brought up to a warm amount of popularity again and spawned 2 sequels. People were beginning to see the character more than just a pizza with a slice missing... Then of course after World 3, he fell into mediocrity once again. And in vain attempt to keep him on life support they attemped to make him "hip" and "cool"... and have utterly ***** him, Ghostly Adventures has already been panned practically everywhere for being a very sub-par game with a universe that makes Sonic Boom look like Mega Man X. Turning the character into "Bubsy 3.0". And still Namco still continues to try and make him the next cash in, but are utterly staining his reputation more and more... To the point there are even still people saying obscure characters like Klonoa and Llyoid Ivring should have been in Smash 4 instead and so on. People pretty much say the name "Pac-Man" is now irrelevant to gaming, People think of nothing more than a pizza with a slice missing, And it just saddens me to see my childhood icon from his 3D platforming era be turned into this brainless zombie.
There are more like Bomberman and Crash Bandicoot. And it really just boggles my mind how there is pretty much only one of these mascots left standing today... Yet people complain thinking he along with said company should "die" and that they are irrelevant to gaming anymore. I don't know about you all, but if the future of gaming is cash in Call of Duty clones, Microtransactions and boring Mobile Games? We're ****ed, I'm sorry. Granted there is still hope with the likes of spiritual sucsessors such as Mighty No. 9 (said above), and Freedom Planet. Plus if our beloved red plumber is to sadly fall, I can picture the Giana Sisters somehow capturing his charm. But still, This generation has to have been just one of the worst I have had to seen. And people apparently go on calling any fan of Nintendo a "fanboy" when clearly, The ones praising Sony and Microsoft only to bash the company are more fanboy-ant to me. Don't get me wrong, I know the Wii U has it's problems, And I don't hate Sony or Microsoft. But come on, Continuing this console war BS is getting on my nerves.
Why is it a console has to have the better graphics in order to be good? Pac-Man World 2 came out in 2002, And I still think that game looks 100 times better than any of the recent Call of Duty games. And graphics don't matter if a game is a pile of ****, Look at Sonic 06 for instance.
Just... What happened here?
One of the most common complaints is things like "Mario, f***in' Mario is everywhere. It's the same crap over and over again. He's irrelevant now." ...Are you f***ing kidding me? Yes, The NSMB games are getting stale. But clearly these people have not looked at the 3D games by any means... But the biggest insult I take is how they say such a franchise should be "killed" off. Why you may be asking? Do you know what has happened to several beloved mascots over the years? Pretty much Mario is the only one standing after all these years which just saddens me... For those who don't understand, Hear me out.
Sonic we all know, who emerged from the 90's... His dark age started with Sonic 06 which only tarnished his reputation. Things started to look up with Generations, Then Lost World came around which many MANY people were devided on. But that was far from the worst when they went on to publish the abysmal Sonic Boom, which I think we all know about by now. Sega has since been slowly dying apparently, laying off 300 staff and admiting they have "betrayed fans".
Mega Man was once a proud icon in the platforming genre, Beloved by many and we all know what happened after his creator left, The cancellation of several games and further more insulting their own fans in SFxT... They have started to slowly crawl up these days, But most have already moved on. Putting their faith into the kickstarter of Mighty No. 9.
Pac-Man is probably the most tragic in my opinion. We all know this character, Who pretty much helped invent a who new age of gaming. After the NES was released though, People started to forget about him: and the poor yellow fella fell into mediocrity. Things started to look up in 1999, When they released Pac-Man World, The character was brought up to a warm amount of popularity again and spawned 2 sequels. People were beginning to see the character more than just a pizza with a slice missing... Then of course after World 3, he fell into mediocrity once again. And in vain attempt to keep him on life support they attemped to make him "hip" and "cool"... and have utterly ***** him, Ghostly Adventures has already been panned practically everywhere for being a very sub-par game with a universe that makes Sonic Boom look like Mega Man X. Turning the character into "Bubsy 3.0". And still Namco still continues to try and make him the next cash in, but are utterly staining his reputation more and more... To the point there are even still people saying obscure characters like Klonoa and Llyoid Ivring should have been in Smash 4 instead and so on. People pretty much say the name "Pac-Man" is now irrelevant to gaming, People think of nothing more than a pizza with a slice missing, And it just saddens me to see my childhood icon from his 3D platforming era be turned into this brainless zombie.
There are more like Bomberman and Crash Bandicoot. And it really just boggles my mind how there is pretty much only one of these mascots left standing today... Yet people complain thinking he along with said company should "die" and that they are irrelevant to gaming anymore. I don't know about you all, but if the future of gaming is cash in Call of Duty clones, Microtransactions and boring Mobile Games? We're ****ed, I'm sorry. Granted there is still hope with the likes of spiritual sucsessors such as Mighty No. 9 (said above), and Freedom Planet. Plus if our beloved red plumber is to sadly fall, I can picture the Giana Sisters somehow capturing his charm. But still, This generation has to have been just one of the worst I have had to seen. And people apparently go on calling any fan of Nintendo a "fanboy" when clearly, The ones praising Sony and Microsoft only to bash the company are more fanboy-ant to me. Don't get me wrong, I know the Wii U has it's problems, And I don't hate Sony or Microsoft. But come on, Continuing this console war BS is getting on my nerves.
Why is it a console has to have the better graphics in order to be good? Pac-Man World 2 came out in 2002, And I still think that game looks 100 times better than any of the recent Call of Duty games. And graphics don't matter if a game is a pile of ****, Look at Sonic 06 for instance.
Just... What happened here?
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