. Nintendo has always been about the kids. I know Nintendo is great and has adult (some) games also but still If I were buying a kid a console it would always have been a Nintendo. Now before everyone screams at me because you are not a kid and simply love Nintendo hear me out. The controller! You have obviously seen it right? How long do you think it will take little Timmy or Susie to loose that thing or parts of it? This will become a large problem and then parents will want to stop buying Nintendo products... I can see it now. Now if I where to buy a game console for a child I would take the new Nintendo controller in consideration and possibly not purchase it.
it's like any other controller only it's held differently and it has a little sensor or whatever at the end. Parents didn't complain about gameboy advance because the kids could lose the cartridges. I think its going to be great because you can download games for nintendo 64, gamecube, super nintendo, and nintendo onto its hard drive (which I hope is either big or can be easily replaced with a pc one). As long as its not like nintendo DS where they said that there would be thousands of third party developers and tons of cool features and there wasn't I will probably buy it.Blue said:
. Many others will share this attitude.
well thats y people want the shoot at a screen b/c they dont want to go the arcade and pay up to $1 everytime they play. have you ever played the duck hunting game from NES or got a gun controller for the PS2 and played area51 or residentevil? its soo much fun its like being at the arcade but in the home and no worring about having enough quarters.GamerGuy8899 said:If I wanted to shoot a gun at a screen I would go to the arcade... Unless the technology industry throws the most realistic combat simulator out, I really don't care about shooting things with a controller
no its not. the big N is not even trying to compete with PS3 or Xbox360.spamdos said:
thats the thing. parents who buy things for thier kid do not look at any of that most of the time. from what i see parents take a look at what the kids wants to buy and then decides quickly whether to buy it for the kid or not. and the major deciding facter is the price. Also there are many toys out there with removable parts that can easily get lost. but do the parents still buy it? yes. do comapnies still make toys like that? yes. becuase its just a toy, it sells, and kids have fun with it. well you might say the nintendo is too expensive to be just a toy but in the eyes of some parents and thier kids it is. and usually the parent is watching over the child as he or she plays and makes sure they dont ruin/loose such an expensive toy.
if the baby chokes and dies. is it Nitendoe's fault? i believe it would be the parents fault as they are not watching after thier own child. if the parts were a clear danger to a child there would be a warning label on the box saying something along the lines of "Keep away from small children" or "For ages 5 and up". Also if the parent sees the parts as a clear danger to thier baby then they should do something about it. like if the parts are not really important like asseccories that the older child wouldnt even notice if it were gone then the parent can place the parts in a safe place or teach thier older child to make sure he/she puts away the controller in the proper place.
well if the parent knew it was a potentially dangerous system then they would not have bought it in the first place. also it wouldnt be smart for a parent to just leave a child all alone at a young age of 5...if the parent is doing the dishes at least have the child play in the living room where the parent can just walk 2 steps to see the child. there are also other alternatives. like babysitters. most families now a days have both the mother and father working. so they leave it up to a babysitter.. or they can have thier child play at a friends house where the parent can watch over them. And like i said b4 if it was really dangerous for kids thier would be a warning on the box.
