Gamers Who Only Play Nintendo Games - Retro Bird
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- While some retro gamers may dislike Nintendo, there's still quite a few people who actually do like Nintendo. But what about playing nothing but Nintendo games exclusively? Is that going too far and what does it even mean for a game to be a Nintendo game? I answer all these questions and more!
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For a guy that grew up with the NES, Genesis , PS1, Xbox. I have no particular slant to one company over another. I just love good games and few bad ones.
Exactly. Latching onto a 90s console-war mentality is so annoying and elitist to do now especially with emulation being a thing, so you can switch between console libraries at will and have a vast amount of options to choose from; you don't need to dedicate your life to some single game company.
@@DonnyKirkMusic I was a snes guy but that’s what I had to play then I bought a mega drive and loved it same thing happened with Sony ps1and ps2
Yeah. But Xbox sucks, admit it ;).
I agree with the rest.
@@pirateclick1d169 Never!
I used to be use the word “kiddy” in a pejorative sense to describe Nintendo games when I was in my early 20s. Now in my late 30s I find myself wanting to play more Nintendo games. They’re timeless and just plain fun.
Same dude, same. I use my GameCube more in my late 30s than I did in my early-to-mid 20s when it was shiny and new.
Sounds like you've had a change of heart :)
Anyone who has KIDDY in their vocab. is looked slantly at....
Lookin at you here....
I know what you mean
But like I said it was what I thought back then
I don’t use that word now
Only used it in reference to RB’s video
@IcarusKid honestly I feel like it was even worse back then in that regard.
5:29 "For anybody who somehow has both a Wii U and friends"
You didn't need to call me out in broad daylight like that.
Sorry my friend!
Glad UA-cam recommended this channel a few days ago. It's been great. Keep it up
To answer the question I personally love nintendo games but I don't only play Nintendo games. If I think about my favorite games I would say most are probably not Nintendo games
I'm glad to have you on the channel as well! Thanks for the compliments. Plenty more videos to come :)
same.
I strictly play Nintendo games, or rather Nintendo hardware, but I also love 3rd party games on Nintendo consoles. I grew up on Nintendo my whole life, and the brand is imbedded deep into my roots.
I emulate all my Nintendo games 😂
This is also my story.
@@-clickhere I always go out of my way to play on original hardware. Just far more fun and interesting for me
Yeah if it comes out on a nintendo console I get it on that console, I only get some bigger games and the exclusives on Xbox , sega, turbografx playstation
@@daronofennell3474 There have been a few ports that I have regretted getting though, like Mortal Kombat 11, and Terraria. Very bad crashing and performance issues.
Once again, I was having a bad day and I saw your video and it brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks man.
Sorry about the bad day :( Glad that this video was able to help a bit!
I have been a video game collector since 1977 when the original Atari 2600 debuted back in the day. My father purchased a new Ford Mustang on the west coast and received a free Atari 2600 that I still own to this day. The unit is stamped on the bottom as not for resale demo unit for some reason... Fast forward to around 1986 and I purchased my first original NES... I have been truly a Nintendo fanboy since its inception. After many consoles and games later, anything Nintendo related has been truly magical for the most part. Hard to explain, but for some reason, Nintendo has a touch like no other when it comes to making the most awesome games on the planet!!! Just my two cents and I will remain a Nintendo fanboy forever!!! Now I must go and update my PS & XBOX!!!
Have you played Atari today?
I play Atari everyday!!!
@@markracer3281 Nice! I play with that plug n play paddle TV that came out like 18 years ago. Sometimes I play it via my EmuELEC box I have connected to my TV. :)
I just play games I like, simple as that.
I don't exclusively play Nintendo games, but I exclusively collect Nintendo games, just to give my collection a sense of cohesion.
This one’s for me. I can tell!
Your UA-cam account LIVES. It's back from the dead :)
@Mister Ex real
@Mister Ex A good friend of mine works at Nintendo and he said that a new Nintendo console could come out in the next 20 years.
I haven't had a Nintendo console since the wii. I'm glad I bought a Switch. I'd forgotten how much fun a Nintendo console can be.
It wasn't until recently (like, last year or so) that I actively considered looking to acquire and play games on consoles other than Nintendo and Sega, and so far this year I fell in love with the PSP.
I have had so many good experiences playing Nintendo games. But playing the original Metroid way back then and not having a map was a crazy time. I remember drawing out my own maps on paper and talking with people are school on tips to beat it. Also wanna say congratulations on your channel. It’s blowing up, and you deserve it buddy. Great content
The days of Metroid on NES were just a different time in gaming.
Also, thanks for the positive vibes! Appreciate it :)
All I play is snes.
I mean, it's a great console and has plenty to keep you busy.
Rareware had such a solid run that you could play just Rareware in the 16 bit and 64 bit era and you'd be set.
We are still in the 64 bit era (:
@@shhhvcnear I think what he was saying is that you could play nothing but rareware games and still be set.
Man, you channel is GREAT.
Bird is the word! This guy is funny and he doesnt even have to use the f-word like others believe they need to.
I was definitely a Nintendo fanboy growing up but I miss Sega being in the main competitor in the video game wars.
I would really love to see Sega as a competitor again as well. Ahh, those were the days.
this guy looks like a cross between linus tech tips and mark Zuckerberg
"Nintendo is something that not everybody likes"
I see you've met my neighborhood elders.
Hahah
UA-cam recommended this to me and i'm not dissapointed.
Who the heck only plays Nintendo games....that’s strange lol
People who want to simply pick up and play games for the fun of it. Family friendly gameplay that isn't taken so seriously and doesn't have pointless adult themes.
@@Wheels8504 so only Nintendo has family friendly games? I can prove ya wrong on that on any console lol
Sony having LittleBigPlanet (always a good family friendly game) and Ratchet (started parodying superheros/businesses, then went cinematic family film style and went down hill to social media/babying the player with the 2016 game, the new one will just be like the cinematic family film style again, which is fine, will have to see if it doesn't still have an identity crisis for a family friendly game series). Their other series that are family friendly seem in limbo (Jak, Sly, Wip3out who even knows at this point, Knack didn't go so well but was still fairly fun I found) or for TV/Movies, and Japan Studio did some creative stuff but their gone so... Sure I guess Astrobot and Concrete Genie also count as recent examples but Astro is more like what London studio makes, hardware showcases (PSVR, PS Camera, Dualsense) and Concrete Genie is an interesting game from a smaller studio but with Sony's focus on bigger Mature titles these are rare modern examples from them.
Microsoft gave up after the OG Xbox, somewhat 360 I find, with Blinx, Voodoo Vince I guess though more for Teens, Blue Dragon and a few others from third parties, but in a modern era they only have really Psychonauts for modern IPs. I'm excited for Psychonauts 2 and they have said they are considering family friendly IPs or even focusing on Japan but I've yet to see it and don't really believe their claims just yet, for Japan it will be the big deal ones like Namco and Sega still and the family friendly IPs will stay as third parties that just happen to be on all platforms. Fable could count but that's more for teens still.
Even Gran Turismo and Forza while for everyone are still more aimed at Racing fans or those like me that grew up with them that enjoy a good racing sim/arcade racer, maybe kart racers.
Third parties on the Japanese and West side (the AA's/Indies like Hat In Time, Yooka Laylee as modern examples) do a good job and obviously appear on either console, I mostly jump to these for my fix.
And Nintendo's cover a lot of different genres and family friendly but still fun as an adult feeling fun to play I find (not that the other family friendly ones for PS/Xbox aren't fun for adults but the focus at least for many of their games is noticeable). And I started as a PlayStation gamer after all and explored Xbox early on, Nintendo more so from scratch and Retro/Third Parties more over time.
In many cases you do get obviously adult theme stories or not and in many Western family friendly games and movies/TV series (depends of course) but they do feel different to Japanese or many Western Indies at least that go for that full family friendly no extra deeper stuff with the story and focus on the gameplay as much as possible.
Don't forget Jak and Daxter. (PS2) My little girl likes watching me play that just as much as Mario Sunshine.
Hahah easy there Wubio! Everybody's got their different tastes :)
You know what..... I used to be a huge Nintendo fanboy. I admit! Nintendo was my hero. I would occasionally play a Playstation game like Crash or Final Fantasy, but my heart was with Nintendo. Then the Wii era came.... I wasn't impressed with the graphics and awesome 1st party games were few and far between. Sometimes even lackluster. Then Nintendo's 2008 E3 conference came and it ERADICATED MY SOUL. I was so pissed when they finished off with Wii Music that I remember buying a PS3 later that week and diving deep into Fallout 3.
Since gaming on PS3 and PS4, Nintendo has been sidelined as the console that I'll play once in a while. I've played AMAZING games like NieR: Automata, Yakuza 0, Persona 5, DOOM 2016 and those games have made me feel fulfilled and CHANGED MY LIFE. Going back to Nintendo games just feel lackluster and uninspiring. It's just the same thing I've seen a million times now. And that makes me so sad.
I would loan my non-Nintendo consoles to friends, but never parted with my Nintendo consoles for any reason. This video was very relevant in so many ways.
My little girl is 6 and so far she only like Nintendo....out of hundreds of games..she always goes for the Nintendo shelf lol...Wii and the DS are her go to systems. Im just glad she has the chance to pick and choose out of her own soon to be collection lol.
Nice. Love hearing about people who play video games with their kids!
I'm not a fan of scanlines, but the screen you are playing Link to the Past on is absolutely rich and beautiful.
My perspective with "I only play Nintendo" is that I just play games on a Nintendo system.
I have not only Nintendo games on my Switch but also Indie Games and some 3rd Party Games as well.
Yeah I have a friend like that
He likes the gimmicks of their consoles
I am the same honestly
I just wish they werw a tad bit more powerful and less expensive (tho funny enough.. They are the second least expensive ones now.. Right after steam)
Love the video as usual!! Love your sense of humor always find myself busting out laughing when it cuts to you making a face!! Thanks for all the amazing content
Thanks! Glad you like it :)
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and he's talking 🎶🔉🎛 talking about---
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I play every thing Retro
Not just only Nintendo
I could never live without both Sega and Nintendo personally.
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I had a Turbografx-16 back in 1992
I sold it BIG MISTAKE. I finally got another Turbografx-16 in decent cosmetic shape back in March 2020!
Now I'm playing Street Fighter 2CE...PC-ENGINE with a telegames converter on my TG-16... I used to think SNES was way more powerful than TG-16 but I was dead wrong.. Personally I got Sega Genesis High Definition Graphics model one
SEGA 32x and Super Nintendo with my Turbografx-16 to be complete.. Oh I have a Neo-Geo AES too 🙏🏻☯️🥶‼
I could never live with out my Retro games or RETRO BIRD SH0W 🕹🦅🎮
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Hell I thought was already subscribed!!!! Glad I noticed!!
Hey, it’s me! I only play Nintendo consoles becuase I just honestly don’t feel like buying more consoles becuase I don’t have any space. 100$ for a ps vita? LAME! I am more of a complete collection 3DS guy
Yeah, this is kind of what I was thinking a lot of people would say. It's just an easy way to simplify what you're going after.
@@RetroBirdGaming
I buy a virtual boy, but not interested in an original Xbox. It says a lot about me
Since the NES was introduced, I've only owned Nintendo consoles with 2 exceptions. A Genesis my wife gave me for Christmas and a PS2 we got my son for a birthday. Still have the PS2, used only for Rock Band. It's not that we don't like other systems, our budget simply didn't allow for buying more than 1 of any generation. Sometimes it didn't even allow for buying ANY of a given generation. (Virtual Boy, Game Cube, N64, WiiU are all ones we skipped) Currently a Switch, that PS2, and a RetroPie satisfy all our gaming needs. Almost forgot, Christmas brought me an AT Games Legends Gamer Pro, too.
Pokémon, Pikmin, Punch-Out, F-Zero, Star Fox, the Legend of Zelda, Super Smash Bro’s
Nintendo makes amazing games and franchises, so while I don’t think limiting yourself to one company is a good thing, I can’t really blame them.
I appreciate your attitude towards. Very open and positive!
I used to own only Nintendo consoles and handhelds until my siblings got me into other platforms. I had an Xbox 360 for my birthday and then bought myself a PS5 console recently. I got so overwhelmed because I always played Nintendo games, but some of the games I want to play are on other consoles that I played with my siblings with. I think as long as you find something you enjoy then stick with it. Because you never know if it's something else that could grab your attention especially when you play with friends.
Don't forget. Many PS4 games allow you access to the PS5 version. For example, Eldin Ring PS4 is much cheaper and then you can download the PS5 too.
I grew up playing PC games as a young kid (Doom, warcraft 1/2, lots of simulators from flight to sport sims) and my first console was a 64 and.... as an adult playing retro games the 64 is one of my lease favorite consoles. The PS2 was my second console and it's my favorite as an adult. What a library, eh guys?
My first console I ever played when I was 7 was a SNES I would play at my cousins house who was in collage. (MK games, Starfox, Turtles in Time) I’ve always been a retro fan girl. My first two handhelds were the Sega Dream Gear (blue) Gameboy colour (purple) I grew up on Nintendo
You deserve so much more subscribers. Great video.
Such a great wholesome guy! Love the personality you bring to your videos boss!
I used to be one of those. As a kid I was a Nintendo fanatic. I refused to play non-Nintendo systems, and I tried to get every game made by Nintendo and Rare. But then the Wii came out when I was in college. At first I was really excited for it, but they would slowly trickle out games from their old IPs, while coming out with a lot of what felt like fleshed out tech demos with Miis. (Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Music, Wii Fit, etc.) It felt like they had abandoned their core fans in favor of chasing after the suburban mom demographic. By 2008 I thought I'd give them one more chance and see what gets revealed at E3. That year's E3 was a complete disaster for Nintendo with tons of cringe moments and almost none of their classic IPs even being brought up. I was so fed up with them that I bought a PS3 (Which was a big deal for me at the time), and have only bought a few Nintendo products since then. Today I enjoy a much wider depth and variety of games than I had been exposed to back then. It was such a limitation being brand loyal. Now I'm mostly a PC gamer and couldn't be more satisfied. I still enjoy emulating the games I grew up with from time to time when I need a hit of nostalgia though.
Yeah, that was kind of a rough time for Nintendo. I think some other fans gave up on them around then too.
As someone who has played Nintendo from the beginning, that truly was their worst period. They are absolutely killing it now, and pumping out fantastic games.
Excellent video, definitely subscribed!
I used to play Nintendo games exclusively until I got a PS4. However, I found that I only really enjoyed a few exclusives on it, vs the dozen exclusives I would buy per Nintendo console. I just like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, Pokemon, and other Nintendo franchises more than Sony exclusives. It's probably impossible to pick a greatest experience, but one of my favorites was when I played Super Mario Galaxy for the first time.
I will say as a Nintendo fan, I had no idea how amazing Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are until I tried the trilogy remakes on Switch 😂
Crash Bandicoot and Spyro are great examples of games that feel Nintendo-y that are not actually made by Nintendo.
My brother only had nintendo from the ps2 that he didnt really play until his wife got him an xbox series x this christmas. He's mostly only played nintendo since 91
Link to the Past looks great on the CRT
Yeah, it's a nice one for sure!
I'm a Nintendo fanboy, however I own most consoles. For whatever reason, non Nintendo games rarely appeal to me. For example I played one game on PS4 while I have played 10+ games on both my WiiU and Switch. I get a sense of wonder and fun playing Nintendo I usually don't get from games on other platforms.
I used to only play Nintendo systems myself until January 2015, when I got a PS Vita. Two months later I picked up a PS4 and I eventually got an Xbox One, a PS3 and some retro consoles and games. Together with my Switch and Wii U, my home consoles serve different purposes (i.e.: my Wii U is my main Virtual Console machine, my Xbox One is my main backward compatible machine). That being said, whenever the same game comes out for all three big systems, I almost always prioritize the Nintendo version. Almost. I hate the GamePad restrictions of the Wii U so much it was enough for me to switch to the non-Nintendo version, even if it means giving up not worrying about achievements
Awesome video! You're officially in my top ten favourite gaming channels!
Thanks!
I'm someone who plays almost exclusively games on Nintendo products. I don't really care who the company that made the game is, but Nintendo hardware is something special. One of my favorite recent experiences was importing the Famicom version of Metal Storm and it has become one of my all time favorite games. Nintendo games have a tightness and polish to them that in a lot of ways feel unmatched. I've loved plenty of other series and systems, Shadow of the Colossus was a favorite growing up. But as time goes on and I become busier and older, Nintendo games scratch that "pick up and play" itch that I crave..
I guess I’m a Nintendo guy although I did have a ps2 and genesis growing up. I mostly play Nintendo because my time and money budget for gaming is mostly limited to one console and I just can’t miss out on 3D Mario games or Zelda. And now as a parent it’s easier to share my love of games with my kids. So many more kid friendly high quality games. I recently won an Xbox series s and am loving gamepass. I’m catching up on a lot of games I missed like GTAV, and the newish Tomb Raider games, RE2 remake etc. Forza 4 is also amazing. Someday I’ll get a PlayStation 5, but I already have an abundance of games to play.
I don't know how I am just finally finding your channel as of a couple days ago but I love your content.
Thank you! Glad to have you around :)
Imagine there's some dude who only plays Tiger handhelds
Gaming peaked with sonic 3D blast on tiger handheld if you ask me
Poor kids 😄
Good God I would feel very bad for anyone that only ever played those tiger handheld lcd games. There were some that were very good and others were hot garbage.
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When I was at school we all had megadrives and snes but there was one poor kid at school and alls he had was a tiger sonic game. when he grew up and left school he committed suicide. Its was probably because of the tiger sonic game.
@@maxhammer4067 that's horrible!
I used to only play Nintendo games, but now I play indie games too. A lot of them have the same gemedesign mentality.
I am a nintendo fan but I dont play only nintendo.
I also play.
- Minecraft
- Fortnite
- Undertale
- A hat in time
- Baldis Basics
- Bug Fables
- Shovel Knight
- Dicey Dungeons
However I still play mostly nintendo.
I'm pretty much a "nintendo only" type of person. Minecraft is fine. A hat in time is great and I've got a physical copy. Bug Fables I'm considering picking up. The rest I have no interest in.
Here’s an interesting thought you could have someone who was a teenager playing NES in the 80s could have a kid that grew up with snes/N64 in the nineties who could have a kid born last decade who is playing the switch today. That covers three freakin generation, all having a connection to Nintendo games and consoles
I played the NES, SNES and Gameboy as a child. I fell away from Nintendo as a teenager during the N64 days, because I was still awestruck by Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy 3 (6), and wanted to play Square’s next masterpiece. I ended up discovering things like Ape Escape, Parappa the Rapper, Psychonauts and Katamari Damacy during my PlayStation 1 and 2 days, but as a capital A Adult now, I just don’t find competitive, photo-realistic first person shooters appealing. I would rather play something fun and whimsical, and Nintendo provides more of that than I could ever ask for. These days, the Switch is my favourite thing. It has retro collections, modern incarnations of my favourite games, but it also has Playstationny stuff like Final Fantasy and Katamari Damacy. The indie scene is huge there too. I don’t know if I fall into the Nintendo-only camp the way you described it, but I definitely only collect for Nintendo systems now.
you are gaining more subscribers. I can guarantee you that you will be up to 100k by the next year
I have been telling all my friends that I only play Nintendo since I was in grade school, but I guess what I really mean is the only consoles I feel confident enough to buy are Nintendo ones. It's always been about the consistency of quality releases from the big N that keeps me coming back, for better or for worse. The first party games are almost always right up my alley, and the 2nd and 3rd party stuff provides a sense of variety that I haven't had with other consoles in the past. I've never been into buying every console of the generation, because I've always said that if I can't keep up with ONE console's library, why would I try to keep up with 3? Not only that, if a game was really worth it, it would be a multiplatform release. The first and only way I've experienced Metal Gear Solid is through the gamecube Twin Snakes, and that's good enough for me.
I absolutely used to be someone who only played Nintendo games. Then, I played other stuff and my world was opened and I had so much catching up to do. My wife and kids then left me, but they were really just part of the old, Nintendo-only me.
Playing Nes at my uncle's place when I was a kid got me into video games, but as I grew up Nintendo consoles never felt like a must own to me so I never bought one until a couple of years ago
I am one of those Nintendo only fans. I’ve owned every system at one point or another in my life. On the switch I’ve finally gotten a chance to play some of the great franchises that were long missing from my collections like Witcher and Crash Bandicoot.
I have nothing against these other systems it’s just I only have so much free time to play. And Nintendo was my 1st love so it would feel wrong for me to not have their systems. I also really really enjoy their mainline franchises and wouldn’t want to miss out on those unique experiences.
If PS, PC or XBOX games were ported over, I would certainly consider playing. It just comes down to having only so much time I can dedicate to games and not wanting to miss those amazing Nintendo experiences.
I know a couple of people that only play Xbox, and that’s all they know. It’s kinda amazing.
5:10-its funny how every Wii U gamepad you see on UA-cam has its battery light on 🤣
I was Nintendo only for about 10 years. Then around 1997 Symphony of the Night convinced this Castlevania fanatic to buy a PS1. And I bought a Neo Geo also that same year for the Bloodlines cartridge (completed college and was making more money). Then I branched out to Tomb Raider, was able to play Megaman 8, and it was all good. Nintendo is still more than 90% of my collection though.
I play basically 97% Nintendo games because consoles are expensive and just playing catch-up with all those games is a huge pain, it's fun, but still a pain. Even as a kid, Mario, Donkey Kong, Pokemon, Kirby, and Smash Bros. (along with a random assortment of Nintendo & PC games) were my absolute jam. Then as I grew up, I started also getting into Zelda, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, and most recently, Metroid (because little me was terrified of those games). It is true, there are some of what I call "forbidden fruits" (looking at you, SotN), but Final Fantasy VII made it to the Switch in 2019 and I welcomed it with open arms as it "came home" to the Nintendo family and my heart.
On the topic of third-party characters in Smash, it's a mixed bag. I can shift from loathing Sonic because of everything he represents, be confused i.e. Terry, be confused and then love them i.e. Richter and Eight, to liking already them i.e. PAC-MAN, to very nearly crying tears of joy when Cloud and Banjo & Kazooie "came home."
I definitely used to be a Nintendo only guy. I would play SNES, N64, and Gamecube. But I ran out of things to play, so I moved to Playstation and Sega. The reason I stuck to Nintendo for so long - their games just felt so polished. Other games can feel this way too, but it's a pretty safe bet that a 1st part Nintendo title is going to be worth my time.
I grew up playing mostly Nintendo and PC games, but have been looking into the Sega Master System lately (primarily because I'm a Lode Runner fanatic and everybody else's Lode Runner games were better than the scrolling screen on Nintendo's version), and by the time the Genesis rolled around Lode Runner wasn't particularly popular. However, looking at other Sega games from the time the color palette on nearly every game I see recommended reminds me of your "kiddy" shot of the gumballs, everything is hypersaturated and there aren't any dark colors (resulting in a lack of contrast) in a lot of those games. It's making it really hard to "pull the trigger" on that particular system. Nintendo games might not be particularly known for being "dark" but, ironically, Sega's games were (generally) actually worse in that regard early on. Edit: I should add that scrolling shooters are a big exception to that, and Sega does them well, but I'm generally not a big fan of the genre.
If there's a game I like, it's always available on a Nintendo console. Nintendo makes good games. What more do I need.
Growing up my main machines were the PS1 and GameBoy Color. All my friends had the four player Nintendo consoles (n64 and GameCube) and MAN I still cherish the memories made from those multiplayer sessions… *chef kiss
I only played Nintendo console games during the 8bit/16bit years at home. When Square/Enix left I started to get into other consoles and PC gaming. Now mainly play Sony Consoles and PC games. Slowly getting back to Nintendo gaming. Never played a Xbox.
I'm a fan of all game systems; brand loyalty doesn't make any sense. Everybody can have favorites, but that can change from day to day; at least for me.
RE and Eternal Darkness on GameCube were awesome and are still awesome.
While I don't play exclusively Nintendo, it's still the majority of my time spent gaming. I've found that Nintendo games are just more welcoming and smooth to ease in to than most other games. It's easier to jump into a game of Splatoon and learn the controls than it is Call of Duty for example. As well Nintendo games have this certain charm that seems almost impossible to replicate, and playing a game on my PlayStation 5 just feels weird where as playing a game on my Nintendo Switch feels perfectly natural. Though that might just be because I have so much more experience with Nintendo. With the advent of the seventh generation, it seems most developers went on to make their games as realistic as they possibly could, while Nintendo stuck with their unique artstyles for their various franchises, and I feel that's apart of what makes Nintendo so special to me. Video games are supposed to be an escape from reality, so why would I jump from watching the news of soldiers in Iraq or something straight to a game where I'm a soldier in a gray and brown battlefield mowing down nazis? Nintendo is one of the few to still provide that true escape.
I’m primarily a Nintendo fan, mostly because I grew up with the consoles and games and stuck with them. I’ve always been partial to Mario games, so I’ve stuck with Nintendo, but I’m willing to try anything. I don’t have too much money, so I can’t just buy a new console each time there’s a release. Luckily there are a lot of great 3rd party games for Switch, so I’ve been able to expand my horizons. I think the stigma just comes from super fans that can take their devotion way too far. I enjoy “kiddie” games a lot actually, I’m glad someone else agrees they’re just downright fun.
I collect Nintendo stuff 99% of the time because I just love it. I want to get more into PS1 but that's gotten too expensive
Your channel is a breath of fresh air from some of the mainline ones. Keep it up, easy sub for me. Can’t wait to see future content of yours!
Thank you! Glad to have you on the channel :)
Have to agree. New to the channel and some great insight already. Easy sub for me as well.
If I'm not playing nintendo games, I'm likely playing nintendo-esque games like Mega Man, Castlevania, Dragon Quest, Rayman, or Ghosts n Goblins
Honestly, Gaming is expensive. It's not that I'm uninterested in non-Nintendo games, it's just that I don't have the expendable income to care. It's easier to just stick to one console and use my PC for anything else.
That was essentially me for a good portion of my life, I was actually worse than that, because I only played Mario games, and occasionally, licensed games based on cartoons and movies I liked. I eventually tried pokemon, but not because it was Nintendo, but because I saw the anime on TV and I was very much under it's spell. I was a little loosey goosey though, I did play things that were associated loosely with Mario. Donkey Kong Country for example, and Banjo Kazooie because it's extremely loose ties to Mario through Diddy Kong Racing... I only got one video game per Christmas, and Birthday, and my family didn't rent games often. So I was very averse to taking risks and stuck with what I knew I liked, which was Mario.
I actually did love Sonic though. I spent a few months trapped at my Aunt's House and all she had was a Sega. I didn't really "get" the concept of console wars, and all I knew was that Sonic felt good to play, just like Mario. He runs, he Jumps, what more do I need?
It wasn't until Super Smash Bros brought Mario and Pokemon together that I started thinking "Huh, you know maybe I SHOULD try these other franchises.", it helped that when the game came out, I had a good friend who was willing to lend me the N64 games he wasn't playing, so I got my introduction to Zelda, Kirby, and Star Fox on the N64, plus he taught me how to do emulation. I found it uncomfortable to play on a keyboard but I did manage to beat Super Metroid and EarthBound..
By the time the Wii came around my tastes really expanded and I used the Wii more for virtual console than for actual Wii games. I was also checking out a lot more third party series but I was still a massive Nintendo fanboy and only ever owned Nintendo consoles, and I tended to only really be interested in, as you put it, "nintendoey" franchises. Lots of platformers, cartoonish stuff, the occasional less cartoonish things but with strong ties to Nintendo, like classic Castlevania, Joe n Mac, ect.
As for Smash Bros, I do feel like third party characters are getting a bit out of hand, and we have far too many characters that don't really have much of a connection to Nintendo. Like Mega Man and Castlevania were pillars of the NES, Dragon Quest wouldn't be marketed in the west at all if not for Nintendo, Banjo was essentially the face of the N64, but Joker? Cloud? Snake? I don't care if they're icons, they don't belong there... those are like playstation mascots... Then we have people saying that there's no more first party characters left who are worth having on the roster... and that's just not true. It feels like the third parties are making people dismiss the idea of B or C list characters like Dixie Kong, Impa, or retro characters like Mach Rider, Mike Jones, Lip, or the kids from Aonuma's last non Zelda game, Marvelous: Another Treasure Island. As a Nintendo fan it bums me out that Nintendo characters arent even on most peoples radar for newcomers these days unless you're another friggin pokemon.
my MIL bought a GCN and then a Wii for my daughters lol.. so I've stuck with Nintendo and bought the NES & SNES that I never owned, but played at my friend's house.
I grew up with home computers and pc's in the mid 80s - early 90s. It surprised me to see how Nintendo/Sega oriented the retro scene is on the internet...
Technically, the SNES would be the Wii U's great-great-grandfather.
haha very true!
I've only recently become a Nintendo fan -the type that plays Nintendo consoles only- and it was because I got fed up with modern games, for obvious reasons.
My friends either had the PS2 or the Gamecube when I was younger, so naturally I wound up playing both. There are too many good games out there to restrict myself to one brand or console (in my opinion) but Nintendo games definitely have the strongest "video game feel" to them so I could see why people would exclusively play them.
6:16 missed opportunity to add RE4 to the pile
Hi. I'm one of those "nintendo only gamers". It's not an *exclusive* thing. I love classic sega too. But something like a playstation 5 simply don't interest me at all. I usually just stick based on *consoles* because it's easiest, but sometimes, especially in recent years, that gets a bit tricky. For me the appeal is that nintendo games have a particular "feel" to them. They're gamey, fun, super polished, well made, etc. They "feel" like "video games". Classic sega games did this, but had a different vibe, which is a bit offputting in a lot of cases, but I still love them. Modern playstation and xbox consoles don't even feel like video games to me. They're just a whole different thing. I think nintendo sees that as well, and tends to not "compete" with them, and we don't see that fierce competition like we had with nintendo vs sega. Something like sonic on the genesis "feels like a nintendo game" as strange as that might sound. And sure enough I've got a *lot* of sonic games, with Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Battle being some of my favorites. Something like resident evil 4 on gamecube doesn't interest me at all, so I wouldn't bother buying a game like that.
You asked the question about smash bros and I definitely have to agree that I *dislike* the way it's going. To me the appeal was having a game that really highlights everything *nintendo* has to offer. And, starting around brawl, featured *iconic* "gaming" characters. Sonic was a great addition, and I'd even agree that characters like Cloud, Ryu, or Dragon Quest Hero are fine too. Banjo was a welcome addition. But looking at characters like Joker from Persona and just.... no. That's not smash brothers.
But yeah, as long as games have that 90s era gaming nintendo/classic sega vibe, then it's along the sort of stuff that I'm into. But lately the only company making games like that anymore is Nintendo. I've branched out a bit, but it's far from my focus. I've played classic games like Final Fantasy 7, Metal Gear Solid, etc. simply because of their iconic status. But if you tell me Halo 84123 is coming out and just.... why? why would *anyone* be interested in that? And it's not like it's because i haven't played them, or didn't own them. I had an original xbox and original playstation. Playstation I ended up getting a couple of other consoles, mostly for the anime games, but even then I still preferred something like the PSP over the PS3. Needless to say the bulk of my collection is Nintendo games, with a solid library of genesis classics, some dreamcast games, etc. I have some PS2 games like Dark Cloud, the original Kingdom Hearts, etc. The sort of stuff you'd expect to find on a nintendo console basically. It's not that I'm opposed to other games or have some sort of weird mindset where I "must only buy nintendo". Just... there's not much appealing outside of nintendo consoles. It feels like the console wars died when sega stopped making consoles. There's simply no competitor to nintendo, so if I like games, I *have* to buy nintendo because there's no alternative.
I don’t only play Nintendo games, but I only own Nintendo consoles and the reason for that is the Nintendo games. The Switch is the only current Gen console I play. I bought it for the Nintendo games. I played Mario Odyssey, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Animal Crossing New Horizons, and several others. That’s what got me in the door. But true Nintendo games are few and far between, years and years pass between releases in franchises. So I fill my other time with non Nintendo games on Switch. Over the past 6 months I’ve played The Witcher 3, Ni No Kuni Wrath of the White Which, Sonic Mania, Spiritfarer, and Donut County to name a few. Recently, I’ve played more non Nintendo games than Nintendo games on my Switch. And I’ve really loved them. I wouldn’t be strictly against buying the new PlayStation or XBox, but consoles are expensive and I have a whole lot to play on my Switch in the form of ports, 3rd parties, and upcoming Nintendo games. Why drop the $500+? I’ve always been a single console guy because of money primarily, and that single console is almost always Nintendo.
I love me some nintendo games but I feel if people only play just nintendo games, I think their doing an injustice to not play other games IMO.
I don't think I've ever met a strictly only Nintendo gamer. Like I only own Nintendo consoles but I do play third party games on Nintendo when the games are fun!
I'm very mixed on this topic, if you only really like Nintendo games, that's cool by me. But there's also the thing of not willing to branch out just because this thing was made by a different company. As well as claiming to be someone different, like saying "I love all things video games." While only talking and owning Nintendo things, which honestly makes you more of a Nintendo fan than a video game fan. There's always going to be people that truly only like Nintendo, but I really think it's worth giving other companies a shot. If you don't like them, that's perfectly okay with me, all of us are different. Not everyone shares my undying love for the Intellivision, and I'm not gonna throw a fit about it.
Also, love that you showed Wario Land here, definitely an underrated game. This may or may not be intentional, but I also like that you have the Wii U gamepad plugged in, the darn thing doesn't seem to last more than a couple hours LOL, great video man!
I always just plug the GamePad in by default, since I don't want to worry about it dying. Glad that you're a fan of Wario Land. That could possibly be my favorite Game Boy game. Not sure. It's really fun.
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The DS lite pretty much firmly made me a Nintendo person - it was simply the first console ever to introduce me to video games period. Over a decade later, I've found that many PlayStation and Xbox games aren't that appealing to me. The ones that do pique my interest are either already ported to a Nintendo console, on a computer, or alone are not enough reason for me to dish out hundreds on another console. Hardware's expensive, and with Nintendo, I get the most bang for my buck in terms of entertainment.
As a child I was a Sega kid (since there were not as many NES games released in Germany). But I wanted a SNES very much. And it was a shock. Back then I thought the games were - as you said - kiddy.. That changed a lot and I really like some Nintendo consoles.
On the other hand I Just net some of the Hardliner faction, which question the quality of other consoles and games without really knowing them, which is something I don't understand.
Okay I never understood why many people hold the N64 in such a high regard, but thats okay. I had it but I was really underwhelmed by the games back then and needles to say the graphics are hard to watch today.
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Nintendo hold a very special place in my life because it’s represents early childhood memories I have with my dad. We played and beat the legend of Zelda ocarina of time together and those are times I will never forget. I only play Nintendo games because I have no desire for the dark and more adultish games that you find on Xbox and Play station. Not saying that these systems have only adult type games but out of both game libraries the adult games are the most likely thing you will find when it comes to these systems. With Nintendo you get nice brightly filled colors, some puzzle solving, some platforming, and some amazing story telling done without using the bloody graphic style that most games use.
Mario Kart, Zelda, the Super Mario Series, Metroid, Kirby, and many more will never ever get old. These are games you can play when your 100 years old and still have loads of fun. Can you do that with call of duty or with resident evil? I didn’t think so
Most friends on other consoles seem to play mainly 1st person shooters. May be a spacemarine, a cowboy, a gladiator, ww2, modern warfare, but its 1 bloke roaming a massive open world slaying. There's way more game varieties on Nintendo, not to mention a brighter happier colours heme to the graphics.
I mostly play nintendo games because buying lots of other consoles and game collections starts to get pricey, I do play and buy non nintendo games on other consoles when I can, but I prioritize buying nintendo to play my favorite franchises first because life does cost money and I can't afford to have everything I want all the time.
I didn't have any big Nintendo console til 01 after my dreamcast and the genesis and ps1. I was a little underwhelmed until I play wwf no mercy I begged my dad for his last 60 but at toys r us I played that game for decades.
I need that Nintendo-like gameplay. I'm specifically a Nintendo gamer, but two of my favorite games aren't even on a Nintendo console (spider-man, sunset overdrive) so it's not about the Nintendo name, more so the moment to moment gameplay Nintendo has perfected
I was a Sega kid my fav SNES game may very well be final fight
Nintendo is "kiddy"
All 3 castlevanias on the nes would like to have a word with you
I think it’s easier to just focus on one thing at a time and also more convenient. I used to have all three current gen consoles and ended up just keeping the switch which I use while laying on the couch or bed. I’ve got enough games to hold me through the next 5-10 years and having more devices just adds to that impossibly large backlog.
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