Is it unique to Nintendofans to never critique Nintendo and bash interesting articles like these?

Once in a while topics like this will spark my interest as it actually asks questions then just chant the next line of games they expect but are always 'mad' when Nintey won't deliever.

gamefaqs.gamespot.com... Interesting article on how Nintendo uses artificial scarcity to sell products:

Another one: gamefaqs.gamespot.com... This fan made 26 minute Zora's Domain OoT episode is amazing:

I actually saw the trailer while there are a few spots that are a bit jarring overall it's pretty good but most like on here tend to reply without reading the topic or the link that is suppose to generate the discussion of the said topic. These topics always dead ends with people not even bothering to read what it's about yet they are happy to reply to cookie cutter threads like 'Your Favorite Dungeon' or 'Your Favorite Boss' type threads that get resurrected over and over.
One can handle being told to kill themselves only so many times!!!!

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originally posted by: Sooga
most like on here tend to reply without reading the topic

The absolute state of this forum LOL

I'm considering taking all my vaccines and boosters at once. A clot is the obvious answer to all this. Maybe an aneurysm. Just so I don't know where I am or understand what's going on around me.

How did you do it?

Congrats to whomever makes it this far in reading!!! You earn 1 Korok Seed to expand your inventory! Would you like expand your Melee Weapon slot? Or shield slots? Perhaps more room for bows? Please choose one for expanded INNNNNNNNNNNNVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHAKA LAKA LAKA! (Does the Hestu Maruca dance)

Expand-a-band! Please bring more seeds! More seeds means more expansion!!!!!!!

Kooloo Limpah! There's are Tingle's magic words DO NOT steal them!!!!

I can´t help you because i don´t know any Nintendo fans.
Cheers

a reply to: Sooga

when Ninety won't deliever.

I have never heard someone call Nintendo that.

That being said, Sega does what Nintendont.

a reply to: Sooga

For full disclosure, our house is a Nintendo home (opposed to PlayStation or Xbox). Our son is 10 years old and when we aren’t playing baseball or working in our small garden or doing other “real” things…. we LOVE US some video games. Our daughter is 4 and she has been enjoying the Peppa Pig Switch game (thanks to the incredibly simple controls). She also likes MK8D with the autopilot features on.

To your point about the first article, I totally concede that the rarity was (or appears to be) total BS. I still see the All Stars game on the shelves at my local stores. I have no idea if it is still available for download though. (For the record, we preordered our copy even though we have all three games on their original consoles). We love playing but to a lesser extent we like collecting too.

That being said, as I write this I'm struggling to think of other examples of Nintendo creating false scarcity. Im thinking of the Mario and Zelda Game and Watch from the past few years. The preorders would sell out immediately (I used to watch on a site that tracks game availability). Still, by the time the holidays rolled around, there was plenty of inventory around. Same goes for the Mario Kart Home Circuit.

I think that Nintendo makes some strange decisions but the false rarity isn’t something that has bothered me much.

I’m much more aggravated with Animal Crossing basically being a one player game PER CONSOLE. I haven’t though about that for a while but now that I do…. ggrrrrrr

The general feeling in our house (shared by my wife whom stopped gaming years ago) is that Nintendo is one of our favorite companies. Based on the hours of enjoyment we get based on the cost of the system and games, we find we get a HUGE bang for the buck. We’ve been playing BOTW for years now and we are choosing NOT to beat the game yet until we find EVERYTHING. We’re about half way through the Ballad now and are in no rush to complete it and go off to defeat Gannon because we know we have some time until the sequel comes out.

I’m sure if we were to dig into it we would find out all sorts or horrible things but fortunately or unfortunately, we have more pressing challenges in life.

Not to bash the competition or anything, but when it comes to servicing a loyal customer base…. are PS5’s readily available yet? I haven’t checked in a while but THAT was a sh-t show.

Hell, what do you expect...

I shouldn't be on here at all ATS it's a monumental waste of time, and that's with just skimming over 90% of the threads,it is the only way to survive. It's not new and it's not because of today's generation, people want to talk about stuff that interests them and they have lives outside ATS. Not to mention the Attention span here is considerably better on ATS than in places such as Reddit.

FWIW I try and read those with opposing viewpoints a little more closely, but with the OP I no doubt skim, mostly because I do enjoy video games but I don't really have too much experience with the games they seem to enjoy. I just don't relate to most of the other threads they just seem to be thrown out there as fluff, with little or no backup. To expect complete attention when threads are being started one right after the other, with the OP sometimes you got to pick just one

Besides it's human nature to be dismissive in a few sentences say this is BS and go on to the next thread. That's a defense mechanism because a person would go nuts if they TRIED to read and retain all the information.

Half of my comments wouldn't exist if there were an ignore feature and plenty on here Ive heard enough of to last a lifetime. I have no doubt many feel the same about me, that's okay too. I'm not here to convince anybody my posts are just something that's on my mind and I drop it off here so I don't contemplate it all day when I need to be more constructive and productive. If somebody wants to actually discuss it that's just a bonus. I especially enjoy discussions with the rest of the world outside of America

originally posted by: putnam6
...and they have lives outside ATS.

Speak for yourself, bub. Me and Socky McSockface disagree.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: putnam6
...and they have lives outside ATS.

Speak for yourself, bub. Me and Socky McSockface disagree.

I desperately wanted to do that as well, I sent you my resume to be your executive assistant and everything. Just think I could scan ATS all day and give your reports of the best threads in need of those cynical, snarky, and smarmy replies, that we all have grown to know and love.

Alas, all I'm left with today is my goal to incorporate this exact quote "Speak for yourself, bub. Me and Socky McSockface disagree" into an email, text, or phone conversation. it isn't gonna be easy.

a reply to: Sooga

I was a reasonable fan of Nintendo games for a while, then Nintendo of America decided to release exclusives on their store only. Typically this is no big deal; unfortunately for them, the site crashes consistently, and it's almost impossible to get on the good pre-orders. I'll also be damned before I pay scalpers for their bot procured items.

a reply to: Hypntick

I’m NOT saying you’re wrong but I can’t think of any exclusives they put on their store only? You mean just 3rd party developers?

We never have trouble with the online store BUT we don’t download games often so we may just be lucky.

a reply to: eluryh22

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Collectors Edition was exclusive, and other similar items as well; that's just the most recent example. I'm pretty much done with them at this point as those were the only exclusives I particularly cared about.

a reply to: Hypntick

When you said Nintendo Store I thought you meant online store. Looks like they sold the physical special edition in the brick and mortar Nintendo Store. Never ordered online from them so I’m not informed enough to know how hard it would have been to do so.

I can totally see your perspective.

a reply to: eluryh22

Usually though when aritficial rarity hits you actually never find it again. In the Obama era often things would be gone for good but now I think what's happening is there's a general burn out except for 'nerds' and young kids that are promoting stuff online and chanting the same things. In reality I think most people really don't give a rats ass anymore hence the actual collectables still in stores.

Plus people have the misconception that you have to do things online only so don't even bother with the few existing stores that still work. They believe the white lies that have spread on the internet about online shopping and believe the fake capitalism junk confusing it with real capitalism.

a reply to: Ksihkehe

So what kind of inventory expansion would you like Mr Hero? Do you need to hold more weapons or more shields or bows?

a reply to: Sooga

I used to be big on buying collectors editions. They used to come with cool metal tins with awesome art instead of just being plastic with inserts, and sometimes you'd get cloth maps and artbooks and sometimes the soundtrack.(Looking at you Lunar 2: Silver Star Story Complete I last bought it over a decade ago for like 80 bucks it sold for 60, and the game store immediately turned around and slapped a $120 price tag on it. And now the poor quality ones are going for about that much and the good quality ones are going for over 500-600 dollars.)

But now it seems they just come with a few extra cosmetic DLCs or first access to new story DLC, which will just end up being released a few months later for a way cheaper price.

The collector pricing and value isn't really there with digital games and cheap "collector's items."