Comments on: Creating Communities: Nintendo

By: Stephen (Emblem 180)

Stephen (Emblem 180) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:26:25 +0000

Hmm, those idea for the Nintendo website are intriguing. However, I’ll have to disagree with them. See, the thing is, I despise this ridiculous gap between the two (largely artificial) groups: casual gamers and hardcore gamers. It would be nice for Nintendo’s website to address a larger audience and contain more enlightening information, yet I couldn’t stand to see them physically draw the line between the two camps.

The entire goal (as I understand it) is to bring in new players with titles like Wii Sports and Wii Fit, allowing them to slowly graduate to series like Zelda and Donkey Kong. If there were two totally separate rooms, there would eventually come a time to merge them; and that could prove tricky. Otherwise, those silly titles will always be attached to people as they’re forced to choose sides. Why can’t we all just play games and forget about who enjoys FarmVille, who enjoys Fallout, and which category Fable lands in?

I sure agree with the whole online thing, though. From Halo players to Twitter users, people like connecting online… and Nintendo better get with the program! So good article, I enjoyed it.

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By: steven g

steven g — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:19:41 +0000

I have to say that Nintendo DO understand their community. They know that both the DS and Wii platforms have failed with their online offering. This is partially becuase it was poorly constructed and partially because their demographic, which differs from the Xbox crowd, acts and responds differently. In the recent investor chat Nintendo made it clear that they had evidence that many of their users won’t do things to go online (which suggest they are dumping friend codes) or download channels or even demos.

The 3DS for them, and the Wii2 with its expected increase in storage space, are real opportunities for Nintendo to ‘push content’ to its ‘community’. Its played with the idea, but I think it now really wants to see it through.

The 3DS tagging system is also cool, I would expect a second version of the 3DS to be released later with more storage AND 3G connectivity, to allow an always on data mode. It seems Nintendo are onto something with wanting to bring the digital social world together with the physical side via its Tag Mode in the 3DS.

Ok, I might have high hopes, which are unrealistic based on Nintendo’s history. However I think they know where the future is, and the future is creating a world of nintendo, tied to 1 piece of hardware and an online service which doesn’t just offer you things to do, but which gives them to you on a plate, no effort required….

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By: KrazyFace

KrazyFace — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:07:42 +0000

An interesting take on the current shape of all things nintendo Stevie. Nintendo has, and always will be (in my eyes) the medicine of the games world; it’s short, sweet and makes you feel good when you’re on it. While it’s true the Wii channels are a bit scattered I’ve never had any problems navigating their pages, the problem is that I like my PS3 better!

If my PS3 was to explode under my telly today and I had nothing left but my Wii, I’m sure I’d be fairly happy with it, though they are lacking in a lot of the better older games from the store, I have about five games I’ve been meaning to get into for about a year or more and there are other I’ve never bought simply because I don’t think I’d get round to giving them my attention!

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