noiseredux wrote:Flake wrote:It's the tie in between a dedicated touch device and a home gaming console to provide a second screen for in game data or extra controls.
ah ok, I was missing part of what you were getting at then.
...and that's hardware development. I conceded long ago that Nintendo has made plenty of influential hardware in the 21st Century.
I don't know enough about the farming genre to know how influential Harvest Moon and/or Animal Crossing were/are. Again, this is where quotes or comparisons would indeed help educate me. Do Farmville's creators borrow heavily from those games? Have they talked about their influence? More importantly, don't both series date back to the last century? What did the GCN/Wii versions add that got copied or that have helped shape the development of genre when taken up by others?
Flake wrote:You're kidding, right? I'm supposed to do an hour's worth of research online to change your mind when you could just apply a little common sense and see the connections between games like animal crossing and social games or the WiiU's touch screen and surface implementation in Microsoft's current software? To see how clearly Nintendo influences the industry?
You've made up your mind and I have better things to do than think for you.
I've not made up my mind, I just haven't seen "Mario Kart Wii" or "Metroid Prime," etc. cited by developers in the industry today as influential the way that 8/16/32-bit Nintendo games are with frequency. So yes, if you have some sources to show me otherwise, I am absolutely willing to concede that Nintendo continues to produce console games that shape industry trends and push the expectations for the medium. If you don't want to engage in a full discussion that's your choice, but withdrawal isn't the same as supporting your claims.
