The Great and Powerful.
The Nintendo dynasty is not dead. There are those who might say that Nintendo has faded into the background with the Sony Playstation as the better system. I, my fine fairy feathered friends, beg to differ with those Nintendo nay sayers. Nintendo is alive and doing well. Its sales have been phenominal since the N64 arrived in 1996.
In the technology era that we live many people welcome change, hence the strong following of the Sony Playstation with their CDs. Sure Nintendo games cost a few bucks more and they usually come out a short time after their Playstation countrparts, but the quality is there. What are you paying more for? How about more time playing a game instead of waiting for it to finish loading. How about the durability of cartridges compared to CD's. How about the ability to save games without the use of a memory pak. "But what about the sound,'' they say with a snobbish undertone. My reply ," The N64 can produce CD quality sound if the programers choose, and just because your game is on a CD does not automaticaly mean that it has CD quality sound. The music can be as crappy as anythig else if there is no effort to make it sound decent."
How many game companies can you name that have had as much success as Nintendo? None. Nintendo has brought us great games such as the Mario series, the Donkey Kong series, the Metroid series, and let's not forget about the infamous Zelda series. Sure you could say that all of these great games are due to the gaming god Shiguru Miyamoto, but hey; he works for the Big N doesn't he. The gaming industry would not be as near as huge as it is today without Miyamoto and Nintendo..
How come Nintendo is so tough on approving games? Well, they, like the public, like quality games. They enjoy seeing the games sell for the N64, even if they are not theirs. Nintendo also wants to make sure that the game will have an audience. People look at the long approving process and say that it is stubborn Nintendo just trying t make everyone mad. The process may delay some games, but the outcome is a better game. Keep in mind that the company actually making the game may have not met their deadline and then shoved the delay onto Nintendo's shoulders.
Nintendo has molded the gaming industry. Without the giant the industry may have not survived past the 16-bit era. Though the company may cause mass hysteria when the new 'game of the century comes out', it is all worth it in the end. So, next time someone askes why the N64 is better, ask them which system has Zelda. Case closed.
-Nukem
Black-Indigo Gorillias