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Nall · Nov 21, 2007, 04:18 PM

It actually angers me that Nintendo allowed this developer to publish their games here. The mere fact that these scum-sucking games exist brings down the Wii's overall image. I'd rather have less games come out for the Wii than many ones that deserve ratings of 1-3 out of 10.

Some recent magazine (EGM or Game Informer, not sure which, thumbed through it at the store) had an article on this very topic. According to industry insiders, the fact that bad, low-budget games exist for a system only means it's doing very well. If Nintendo can afford to give stuff like Ninjabread their official Nintendo Seal of Quality, they're obviously making more money than they know what to do with. It's the same with the DS: Nintendo actually owns so much of the hand-held market they can afford to let barely passable games like Bratz or whatever get released without worrying about losing their market position.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Nall · Nov 27, 2007, 07:17 PM

I used to think the seal meant that game was absolutely guaranteed to at least run on Nintendo hardware. It certainly didn't mean the games were all just that good, right? I mean, Nintendo didn't have a staff of game critics on-hand to review every game before it's release or anything - at least not from a *quality* standpoint. The name change was probably to assuage any confusions from that.

Originally Posted by trackjacket

It was EGM, and it was meant to be a joke, I think.

It very well could have been a joke, I'm not sure, but it did make a good point. There just seems to be more shovelware per capita on a system that's doing very well, even if it just means it has that much more software available for it. Like you said, the Wii is relatively easier and cheaper to program for, *and* has a larger user base of several demographics, so I'm not surprised more people are just throwing whatever they can program onto it.

I wouldn't hold out for Ninjabread Man 2: Shuriken Shortcake anytime soon, though.

There's nowhere I can't reach.