Tainted Report

If you have followed this blog at all, you will notice that I am pretty cynical when it comes to Nintendo. But honestly, it's a cynicism drenched in irony. I may make blog posts dissing on Nintendo's press conference, or why I regret buying the Wii, but at the end of the day Nintendo is still near and dear to my heart.

The only current gen consoles that I own are the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii. While this may be due to my inability to afford other consoles, it is also because I have faith in Nintendo. I may say that the company has failed me, but honestly, I would be lying. Metroid Other M has me incredibly excited, if only for the new Final Fantasy esque cutscenes. New Super Mario Bros Wii could possibly have been done on the DS, but playing with 4 players is going to be a heck of a lot of fun.

At the end of the day, Nintendo makes good games. They may not always be geared specifically towards the hardcore gamer, but that doesn't make the games bad. I think I deluded myself into thinking that I, a self proclaimed hardcore gamer, was above casual titles. Once I realized that casual titles were marketed to all gamers, I was able to enjoy those games more, and as a result, enjoy Nintendo more.

Above all else, I realized that I was being cynical because it was the cool thing to do. Everybody was hating on Nintendo, so it was an easy bandwagon to jump on. Once I realized that my bandwagoning was unfounded and went against my own personal opinions, I knew I needed to stop.

I say all this not to show my newfound mercy towards Nintendo, and get praise from fellow Nintendo fanboys. I am using this post more to ward off confusion, because in coming blog posts I am going to be much kinder towards Nintendo. Hopefully this is a decent enough explanation as to why.