Why do some people regard nintendo as "kiddy"

I like Nintendo.

That being said, it's obviously the "Disney" of the gaming world.

Just look at their approach to online DS gaming. It's very restricted, and only for the reason of "ooooh, watch out for Internet predators and bad language!"

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Look guys, if Nintendo wasn't held back by their need to be family-friendly, we would have gotten a much better online DS service.

Instead, you have to use "friend codes," and you can't choose a game to enter (no lobby system)... it's frustrating.

How ya doing, buddy?

Guess what, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PSP) has a much better online service, and it's free.

Just because it's free doesn't mean they can't do it.
AND Just because it's free doesn't mean we can't complain about it.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Deguello

Actually it has one gigantic glaring flaw. It requires the purchase of Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (PSP). Mediocre PS1 games do not suddenly become great once they get demoted to the PSP.

Woah, woah, woah.

First of all, it's an amazing, ORIGINAL game. It's not a remake/port of Syphon Filter 1, if that's what you're thinking.

Secondly, there are no free online Nintendo games. You still need to buy Metroid Prime Hunters or Mario Kart DS or Animal Crossing DS, ALL of which are also handheld spin-offs of their main series. We're talking about the aesthetics here. Stuff that you'd be embarrassed to be seen playing in front of non-gamers.

So... what's the point you're trying to get across here?

Also, don't try to say that Pikmin isn't an example of a kiddy game. It has chibi characters and cute sound effects. I'd also say that Katamari Damacy is a kiddy game in that respect, even though adults play it.

It's all in the aesthetics. We're talking about games that you'd be embarrassed to be seen playing in front of non-gamers.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Deguello

My point is that Syphon Filter sucks ass, period. Each one was a gigantic pile of bleh and Dark Mirror is no exception. It's free and supposedly good online system does not help the fact that it is still the poor man's Splinter Cell, which is the poor man's Metal Gear.

And the game being terrible might also have something to do with it.

Did I mention it's terrible?

Do you have a PSP.
Have you played the game.

Don't lie now, or you'll have lost even more respect.

Originally Posted by HostileCreation

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This, my friends, is what's known as "backpedaling" in an argument.
"Oh, well online games suck anyhow, I was joking when I said the first thing, etc..."

And yes, I own MP: Hunters, and it kicks ass. However, I never said it was only a port/remake of Prime on the GC. I said it was a spin-off of the main series. Plus, it has a shittily-short single-player mode and the best part of the game is the multi-player/online play.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by HostileCreation

I'd also like to point out that Pikmin features ranks of innocent creatures being devoured by fearsome beasts, as well as undertones indicating the positive qualities tyrrany.

Have you played Mario World or Kirby?

What do Yoshi and Kirby do to their enemies?

Geez, saying a cartoony act of violence is "innocent creatures being devoured by fearsome beasts" is hilarious.

Asking for you not to lie is because it's pretty obvious that you are a Nintendo fanboy (or a troll), and it's quite hard to argue with a fanboy. I'm trying to give you the chance to back up your opinions instead of simply spouting "yeah, well, I played it and it sucked, so it must be a horrible game."

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by HostileCreation

"Geez, saying a cartoony act of violence is "innocent creatures being devoured by fearsome beasts" is hilarious."

Thanks. Because, y'know, that was a joke.

That excuse is already wearing thin.

How about you stop making "jokes" and start backing up your claims. To disregard what you said as a joke is to run away from your original argument.

And although Deguello doesn't seem to like Syphon Filter, its rating on http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/920798.asp seems to support the claim that it's a "good" game. Apparently you're one of the few that doesn't like it.

And basing your opinion of a single game off of the games that preceded it is pretty narrow-minded.

How ya doing, buddy?