Note: this email appeared before IGN’s podcast
Hello
I just want to say that I agree with you on your opinion about the gameindustry especially what you say about the media.
I am really getting annoyed at the media. Everywhere I go there is a massive attack against the Wii both from journalists and gamers. They only talk about this hardcore/casual crap. I’m 28 years old and have been gaming for over 20 years. I guess that would classify me as a gamer but since I only own a Wii its like I must be denied this hobby. The funny thing is that they still dont have any definition for hardcore players. Ask on a forum and you get 20 different answers.
The Wii perfectly fills my needs for gaming with its varied assortment of games and I spend a lot of time gaming.
I dont care what favourite consoles people have but I respect the choices other people do. Why cant I get that same respect back? Talking on game forums and reading articles is starting to get tiresome. there is so much hostility and I think a lot of Nintendo fans feel left out.
I dont understand this attack against NSMBW. To me it was like I rediscovered gaming when I played that game. It was so refreshing, no tutorials, no story, no cinematics, pure gameplay. It was great. I hope we get more games like this.
I like the direction Nintendo is going. Of course I’m not pleased about everything, like part of their online structure (friend codes), region coding and the direction Zelda is taking (I want it to return to its roots), but in general I agree with them.
My question is regarding region encoding. You probably know that the televison system in Europe is based on 50Hz PAL versus 60Hz NTSC in America. Until the late 90s televisions in europe could only output games in 50Hz. this resulted in a lot of games running at a slower speed than it was originally meant to be played in. As a kid I didn’t know about this and didnt give it any thought but I later learned about this and when Nintendo announced the virtual console for the Wii I was really excited. finally I could play the original games as they were meant to be played.
Here is an example with the game Sonic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1CW8Da8i1o&feature=related
Well I bought the Wii and started buying vc games and to my dismay I could only buy the european versions of the games. The games are really slow and megaman 3 is almost unplayable. After around 40 vc games I have to admit that I installed the homebrew channel to run NES and SNES emulators. This is the only way I can play the american versions of these games. I’m all for simplicity and buying games are far more simpler than installing homebrew, but there is one thing that is more important and that is access to buy games and I’m not getting that.
Why not give the customers access to both versions of the games? Then people could choose what version they want and maybe some would buy both. I dont see how region encoding will benefit nintendo in the market.
So my question is what could be the reason nintendo is region encoding vc games?
Sorry for any bad english, its not my first language.
Thank you for your time and keep up the good work. :)
Dear sir,
You have been a victim of insidious brainwashing by power demons at Nintendo.
“Everybody” knows that Mario 5 is a lazy game and should never have been made. In fact, the Wii shouldn’t have ever been made. What we need are three consoles that are exactly alike to one another.
Above is how the insidious and evil mongering Nintendo executives want you to see them. Smiling, happy, innocent looking. But thanks to reading IGN, I have realized that they have brainwashed us all. Here is Iwata’s true face:
Clearly, emailer, you have not realized how Nintendo is exploiting you by not putting in ‘epic stories’ and not making Link talk. I believe that the Power Demon Iwata above even eats kittens.
Above: What Power Demon Iwata eats
As to your question as to why NOE doesn’t offer VC games that run at their true speed, I have no idea. I suspect it is that they intend VC’s mission was to play the old games the exact same way they came out with. Even the American VC has slowdown coded in to match the original experience exactly.
However, I then enlightened myself with some IGN, and I realized that NOE was intentionally exploiting you and trying to destroy gaming itself.
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