what i learned from NDS releases.

[BlueStar]

I'd imagine the people who moan about things like gem matching or diner dash games being a new and casual concept were still in their dad's scrotum when I was playing Columns, Klax and Tapper in seedy seafront arcades.

 

[Coto]

The first part of this sounds really sexist.

Actually, there are a lot of girl gamers out there. I'm one of them, and most of my friends are also female gamers. I grew up playing SNES and N64 as well as PS1, PS2, Gamecube, GBC, GBA, etc. Personally I never liked the stereotypical girly sort of game (and neither did any of my friends), but those are very obviously aimed at young girls that don't typically play video games. Just because your sisters didn't play video games doesn't mean that all girls don't.

Yeah, you´re right girl. My girlfriend had a Wii on launch day along Zelda Twilight Princess & Mario Kart Wii, also has a DS, and loves videogames almost as I do. And, guess that kind of opinion this guy put means he hasn´t met any girl gamer. Geez playing smash brawl with your girlfriend/boyfriend is priceless, or just dance XD

 

[Snailface]

-Casual gamers have ruined the gaming industry. how many bubble pop/jewel break games does there need to exist?
There are plenty of hardcore-approved releases in between the shovelware. Let the casuals have their junk, they're people too.
-japan has an obscene amount of Educational games. every second release is math training/kanji training. what are they planning?
Japan has a strong cultural emphasis on education, they don't seen to be ashamed of learning as much as the west is.
-Square Enix are astards
Back it up or it's a troll statement.
-there are a crazy amount of Japan only RPGs. even series that had a GBA release remain untranslated commercially on DS. why Retro Game Challenge 2 remains untranslated is a mystery to me.
Not enough people over here buy these games to justify the expense of localization. Learn Japanese, get to translating! For great justice!

-France culture is odd. there are almost as many french only games as there are Japanese games now. its like they live in a bubble, completely rejecting hollywood. they even have their own versions of survivor, amazing race, & cash cab games while America has no such games.
Can't argue with this.

-UK will continue to produce games for aging systems years after american executives have given up. chronos twin for example.
Import or "scene release" the games you want -- problem solved.
-Nintendo of America will Green light Anything. for every 1 good DS game there has to be 20 Crappy games.
See first reply.
-Girls play games? when did this happen? my 4 sisters refused to play NES, SNES or N64 games back when. now every second game is marketed towards girls. do women really like "princess pretty pink rainbow pony" type games. dont they insult their intelligence? its like executives have no idea what girls would like, so they just pump out every stereotypical nonsence they can think of.
You tend to dislike the games girls play? Maybe it's because your not a girl. They tend to like simple, cute games. I don't understand why my GF plays Cafe World all day but I'm just glad she's happy.
-who the hell keeps buying the "IMAGINE" series games. "imagine dentist", "imagine librarian", "imagine accountant", Good grief!
Soccer Moms who love their kids. Try not to interpret that as a threat to the hardcore. It's not.
-the only ones dumber than kids are parents. the amount of inane garbage that are marketed towards kids is staggering. a Movie tie-in will sell millions, but they wont release an RPG because its too risky.
There is still enough great RPGs released to keep you occupied constantly if you play them all to completion.
-the old adage "nintendo hard" from the NES days has been replaced with "Nintendo annoyance", as DS games are either childishly easy and short, or "throw at a wall" impossible.
I agree that games, even hardcore ones, are getting too easy. The ones that are too hard can be cheated to your liking.

 

[NGrapeD]

Has Imagine: Accountant been released yet?