[feelslikeadream]

Super Mario Run requiring an internet connection to play SMR cancelled

[BadMonster]

Can't wait for the Switch. Never got a console close to release, always waited at least a year to get it, but I'm getting this one release week (Except if it's like €500+)

[Kanji]

Originally posted by feelslikeadream

Super Mario Run requiring an internet connection to play SMR cancelled

I'm pretty sure most mobile games require an internet connection?

[Mokichi]

They need to put it for pre-orders right now!!!! I NEED IT

[Jack. Bauer]

Mobile gaming is over tho, and gaming series need to stop reviving it.

Or: The Mobile Gaming Industry, a Hypothesis.

Consoles are selling just as well as ever despite the industry supposedly on it's "last generation", and games that were considered threats haven't been making headlines for ~2 years (Candy Crush/Temple Run) to ~4 years (Angry Birds/PvZ/Doodle Jump). Mobile gaming has finally established itself as a niche where games that aren't practical for proper games consoles can thrive.

If games studios stood their grounds and didn't make games for mobiles then there wouldn't be a problem imo. Keeping series exclusive to consoles is what sells the consoles, just like first party IPs were always what made Nintendo successful.

I think this 'compromise' with the mobile gaming industry is going to ruin console gaming, or at least hurt it more than if the gaming industry left it to do what it wanted.

[feelslikeadream]

Originally posted by Kanji

I'm pretty sure most mobile games require an internet connection?

I don't play a lot of mobile games so idk, but when I did play them in the past, I did so on the subway with my internet turned off

Originally posted by Jack. Bauer

Mobile gaming is over tho, and gaming series need to stop reviving it.

Or: The Mobile Gaming Industry, a Hypothesis.

Consoles are selling just as well as ever despite the industry supposedly on it's "last generation", and games that were considered threats haven't been making headlines for ~2 years (Candy Crush/Temple Run) to ~4 years (Angry Birds/PvZ/Doodle Jump). Mobile gaming has finally established itself as a niche where games that aren't practical for proper games consoles can thrive.

If games studios stood their grounds and didn't make games for mobiles then there wouldn't be a problem imo. Keeping series exclusive to consoles is what sells the consoles, just like first party IPs were always what made Nintendo successful.

I think this 'compromise' with the mobile gaming industry is going to ruin console gaming, or at least hurt it more than if the gaming industry left it to do what it wanted.

I think you're right in stating that the market isn't as competitive as it was made out to be at one point, but I don't see it hurting console gaming. A certain group of people might enjoy Super Mario Run, but as long as mainline games (like Galaxy) are only available on consoles, I don't see why console sales would be hurt. They're completely different experiences. If anything, going into mobile just helps Nintendo's visibility because now casual fans or older people might play SMR when there's no way they'd ever get a Nintendo console.

[Pop pop123]

Cute theory except literally in prolly 2 years from now you can dock your phone and it becomes a full pc.

We are already in the transitioning mode.

Not to mention the progress with VR regarding phones pushed by Samsung and Google. Y'all can bet iPhone 8 will come with some sort VR capability.

Your phone will be a console with you buying pro controllers. That's the future.

[lolzjustinwat]

I've had a Nintendo system close to release ever since the Super Nintendo, but I've never been as impatient as I am for the Switch. I need it NOW.

[Raster]

I skipped the Wii U (3DS and Wii filled the void for me) because there just wasn't any must-have games.

I'm sure as hell getting the Switch though!

[Jack. Bauer]

Originally posted by feelslikeadream

I think you're right in stating that the market isn't as competitive as it was made out to be at one point, but I don't see it hurting console gaming. A certain group of people might enjoy Super Mario Run, but as long as mainline games (like Galaxy) are only available on consoles, I don't see why console sales would be hurt. They're completely different experiences. If anything, going into mobile just helps Nintendo's visibility because now casual fans or older people might play SMR when there's no way they'd ever get a Nintendo console.

Idk I think the whole "general" market that Nintendo rely on to sell consoles (e.g. the majority of the Wii purchase base) won't be as compelled to buy console games. If Super Mario Run was waaaay cheaper then I can imagine the GP wondering why they should bother buying something like New Super Mario Bros when they "pretty much" have it on their phones.

I think the difference is only going to sway gamers which make up a relatively small portion of Nintendo's buyers.

@Pop pop it won't be happening that soon, considering most phones today are rocking 4GB of RAM which comes nowhere near the 8GB the PS4/XBONE started with three years ago.
Also, regarding VR, it's gonna be a gimmick long-term. Motion Controls were just as revolutionary 10 years ago and now people don't care. Fundamental gaming with a DualShock-like controller will always triumph.

[Kanji]

Sony franchises have done mobile gaming too and that hasn't hurt their sales at all. I'm pretty sure Ratchet and Clank and several other series have had mobile games. So I don't really agree with the whole mobile is killing consoles rhetoric

[Kanji]

Everyone be sure to pick up the one true game of the year on December 20th or December 27th



Let's all bop to the flawless music in this trailer in the meantime woo

[Attitude]

I just hope I don't get a faulty unit like I did with the Wii U.

[Kanji]

So what is everyone's most played 3DS games

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse | 50 hours 42 mins
Pokemon Sun | 47 hours 58 mins
Fire Emblem Fates | 34 hours 46 mins
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D | 27 hours 50 mins
Shin Megami Tensei IV | 24 hours 44 mins

I got a New 3DS semi recently so all my older playtime was lost. I know Pokemon X was my most played game with over 300 hours tho. RPG's are pretty much the only games worth playing on handhelds

[conseeded]

VR will never be a mainstay in gaming. It's too expensive, unnecessary, and too many people can't use it to medical reasons or something

[conseeded]

too lazy to go get my 3DS out of my luggage but my top 5 are prob New Leaf, Bravely Default, Final Fantasy Explorers, Fantasy Life, and Tales of the Abyss

[MonsterPaw]

Originally posted by conseeded

VR will never be a mainstay in gaming. It's too expensive, unnecessary, and too many people can't use it to medical reasons or something

It's not unnecessary and tbh I had more fun playing my games with VR than on TV. I own the Playstation VR. The problem is that it lacks good games and it isn't ready yet. The technology needs more time, maybe in 10 - 20 years.

A game like Mario would be perfect for VR. The Playstation VR Room has a Jump 'n' run game and it was my favorite experience.

[Kanji]

VR is a gimmick. People are stanning for it now. But in a few years you'll all be hating on it like everyone does with motion controls ()

[Eternium]

Originally posted by conseeded

VR will never be a mainstay in gaming. It's too expensive, unnecessary, and too many people can't use it to medical reasons or something

The truth. Look at how many people choose to use motion controls or turn on the 3D for their 3DS. It'll be a gimmick and only important when it plays well into gameplay. The majority of gamers prefer a traditional experience (hence the PS4 winning with absolutely 0 innovation).

Originally posted by Pop pop123

Cute theory except literally in prolly 2 years from now you can dock your phone and it becomes a full pc.

We are already in the transitioning mode.

Not to mention the progress with VR regarding phones pushed by Samsung and Google. Y'all can bet iPhone 8 will come with some sort VR capability.

Your phone will be a console with you buying pro controllers. That's the future.

This is exactly what I see happening. I think the Switch's successor will literally be the revival of Nintendo phones.

[conseeded]

Yooka Laylee got cancelled on the Wii U