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The line between animation and video games has long been blurred. There was the Saturday Supercade on CBS in the mid-80s, where Frogger, Q-Bert and Donkey Kong starred in short segments. A handful of years later, Fox ran the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and NBC had Captain N: The Game Master. All of these shows were relatively short-lived marketing methods of pushing Nintendo further into homes and the minds of children. But lately, the animation and video game industries have united under the banner of nostalgia, appealing to adults whose childhoods were spent chasing down the aproned token keeper in the local arcade.
This nostalgic trip is partly due to a major shift in demographics. Generation X and Y, the first to experience video game-filled childhoods, have grown up, and many of them now have young children of their own. It explains the broad appeal of Wreck-It Ralph—a father who spent countless hours feeding quarters to a PacMan arcade game was just as likely to be entertained by the film as his child. In fact, Disney succeeded in creating faux arcade games that felt so real, adult audience members were convinced to the point of feeling nostalgic. Fix It Felix Jr., the game in which Ralph was the villain, felt ripped from your childhood arcade.
You could assume this nostalgia trend would’ve peaked with Wreck-It Ralph, but it shows no signs of slowing. Ratchet & Clank, the series of Playstation games initially released in 2002, is finally receiving the animated film adaptation that its fans have craved. Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment plan to produce the film for a theatrical release in 2015. Fortunately, the fan base has grown right along the game. Says one commenter on The Nerdist : “The twelve year old in me (currently 23) just stood up and yelled, ‘Finally!’”
Then there’s game developer WayForward, set to release a remastered version of DuckTales, Capcom’s hit that originally sold nearly 3 million copies on NES and Game Boy. It was and is exceedingly popular, with gamers still raving about the game’s tight handling. Among 8-bit musicians, who derive their tunes from the sounds of Nintendo, the DuckTales soundtrack is a unanimous favorite. Some even say that the Nintendo game eclipses all other aspects of the DuckTales franchise, including the animated series.
What’s most incredible about this project from WayForward is its unabashed pandering to a nostalgic audience. WayForward’s remastering remains true to the original, with whole levels of the game completely duplicated, save for enhanced background graphics. According to an article on the Verge, Disney even went so far as to provide original art assets and the voice actors from the DuckTales animated series, including 90-year-old Alan Young as Scrooge. “We’re really trying to make it play as identical to the original as possible,” says WayForward’s Austin Ivansmith. “We thought, well if the original developers could make this again today, what would they do?”
There is no doubt that DuckTales was a major keystone of early video game history—I even revisit my own copy once every few years. Young parents who grew up playing DuckTales on NES will leap at the chance to reintroduce the game to their kids on the contemporary consoles of today. These sorts of modern reinterpretations can certainly yield some fresh, artistic perspective. But the relationship between the animation and video game industries is becoming more blatantly based on the desire for financial sure-bets. And if we know anything about Hollywood, where movies based on boardgames are greenlit, audiences will continue to be encouraged to wallow in childhood nostalgia.
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I am SUPER thrilled to be a part of this fantastic show in Paris! If any of you are in the area (lucky!) be sure to check it out! If not, then at least check out the works online : D
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After passing along the biggest buzz out of the E3 [Electronic Entertainment Expo] in Essentials last week, we're excited to have an on-the-ground report from Youth Advisory Board member Chase Straight, who attended the event for his day job in the... Read the rest of this post
Ed. Note: Today's Ypulse Youth Advisory Board review comes from Michael Hayball, a die-hard Scott Pilgrim fan who has been waiting for ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ since the film was announced. As a viewer who already knew and loved the... Read the rest of this post
As we all know, tyranny of the mind is a condition where a force from outside overrides the internal voice and undermines trust in one’s own way of knowing. It enslaves people to something outside of themselves and becomes the arbiter of value and meaning in life. This is why Tonto went to the greatest lengths to uncover a plot by Wii to inculcate our children into devolving and accepting Nintendo as an artificial and external moral authority through the game of Simon Says in kindergarten classes across America. Simon Says today--New Super Mario Brothers tomorrow.
I was once an addict. Shocking, I know, but before you go calling Dr. Drew and booking a 20/20 interview, let me provide some clarification. My addiction was a common one for young’ns and agoraphobes and the pasty-skinned of this world . I was obsessed with video games. Many of my pre-teen and teenage years were spent slaughtering goblins and dunking over Larry Bird. Time, money and opportunities to chat up girls were wasted. And what do I have to show for it? An unhealthy knowledge of Kid Icarus and some undying regrets that involve never finishing Metal Gear. All things considered, not so bad. At least I’m not on a street corner, holding some cardboard, and talking about my “radio voice.”
Once an addict, always an addict, they say, but I’m going to dispute that. I set down the video game controller when I went to college, and aside from a few poor showings at Mortal Kombat and NHL Hockey, I didn’t pick it up again. It was an activity I associated with my whelps. College meant I was sophisticated, and did sophisticated things. Like drink Gatorade cocktails and run through campus in nothing but my skivvies.
After college, video games occupied the same place in my mind as amusement parks. Sure, I know they could be fun and they had gotten a lot bigger and better than they were when I was a kid, but I wasn’t about to spend my day riding The Great American Scream Machine and then writing fan fiction about it. I laid off the stuff completely for nearly 10 years.
Then my wife bought me a Wii for my birthday. I’m not sure why. It’s not like I was always comparing her to the masked love of my adolescence, Samus Aran. Perhaps I was talking in my sleep, mumbling, “look out about for Koopa…Paratroopa,” or “up up, down down, left right, left right…” In any case, she tracked a Wii down for me, in the days when they were kinda hard to get. And I was pleasantly surprised.
We had some friends over for a night Wii Sports, and it was just like a commercial. We were laughing and high-fiving as we plowed down bowling pins and beat the stuffing out of each other. The snacks were diverse and plentiful. Good times. And in the following weeks, I played a little bit on the weekends, perfecting my short game and my hook. It was fun, but I was definitely a recreational user.
Then I was reintroduced to Zelda. Just so you know, one of my greatest accomplishments was being the first kid in my 6th grade class to win the original Legend of Zelda. And I did it without the aid of hints and magazines. For a brief time, I was like some guru on a hill. Kids would come to me in the cafeteria with desperate queries and I would answer them in riddles.
“How do I defeat the Digdogger?”
“Well son. I ask you this. Do you have music in your heart?”
As games went, Zelda was bona fide – a top shelf, genuine issue classic. It’s hero, Link, was the sort of icon that Funyon-eaters and children in Kyoto tattooed on their necks. And years later, as I putted around the online Wii store, I realized I had missed out on almost all of Link’s other adventures during my hiatus from the gaming world. And my hands began to shake. I got cotton mouth. I downloaded
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Aaron, great post! I didn’t get into Nintendo RPGs (note the “insider” acronym), until the original Final Fantasy. Which was awesome.
But I confess (and I only do so because I assume my wife will not read this): I recently downloaded Monkey Island 2 onto my iPhone. Classic game. Anyone know that one?
Aaron said, on 3/11/2011 10:57:00 AM
Nerded out with plenty of FF back in the day. Never played Monkey Island, but I am intrigued, due to my love of mischievous primates (and islands, for that matter).
I had to Google Star Fox to even get the reference here, but even being clueless as to what was being parodied, I found this to be a funny pitch-perfect send-up of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.
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Today we bring you another installment of Youth Media Movers and Shakers. We’ve culled through industry publications looking for the recent executive placements we think you should know about. If you have executive news that you want us to... Read the rest of this post
When Nintendo claimed that the Wii would appeal to a broad audience of consumers, they were not kidding around. While the Nintendo Wii plays a favorite among little kids and grandmas, it has much love from the gay community. Gay people like to stay fit and games like Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and WiiFit allow them to keep in shape so they can look sexy in hopes of scoring with a handsome hunk. Now while gay people like to stay in shape, they are not exactly the most masculine and muscular people in the world. Most gay people wouldn’t choose an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 because it is too heavy for them to carry around. A gay person’s body is not built to carry around large, heavy consoles. The Wii is small, light, white, and sleek. Now, even though gay people might not like the Wii’s design and color as much as the GameCube’s purple purse design, it still looks nice to place in a home without worrying about it looking bad.
We did multiple polls on message boards such as Gamespot, 1UP, and IGN, asking if they were straight, gay, or bisexual. The results were astounding. The poll results showed that there were more gay owners who own the Wii more than any other console. After completely the study, we asked them why they like the Wii over the 360/Playstation 3. They told us they didn’t like how 360/PS3 games had so many dark games with brown/black/grey color palettes. Usually straight men like games with darker colors because it makes them feel more manly and adult. While we noticed that gay people tend to enjoy brighter color palettes such as red, yellow, orange, etc in games such as Super Mario Galaxy. I once knew someone who was gay and he always talked about the colors and art styles of videogames. The more stylish and artistic, the more gay people are more willing to play that game. While another friend of mine who was straight, cared more if the visuals were realistic and looked like real life. Straight people like graphics to look more like real life and less cartoonish. Straight tend to enjoy games involving killing people or sports, while gay people tend to enjoy games about running around in a colorful fantasy world full of talking animals, colorful creatures, and magic. Now, this doesn’t mean all people who enjoy games like that gay. But I believe most of them are.
Gay people love to make great gourmet food and the Wii allows them to do that in a videogame such as Cooking Mama. Cooking Mama is a great game for homosexuals because it allows you to be a great chef and create excellent meals. And best of all, there is a lot of pink in the game’s visuals which is another reason gays will feel right at home with this game.
Another game that the gay community will love in Animal Crossing: City Folk. This game is a gay person’s dream come. You can be a fashion designer without worrying about people calling you a derogatory names. Just the opposite. The animals condone you to make the best fashion around. Want to be an interior decorator and design wallpaper and decorate the inside of your home? This game has it. And not only that, the better you design the interior of your house, the better scores you will get. Another thing that gay people will love is the ability to invite their friends into the town they created, and have a voice chat session using Wii Speak technology to talk about all the cute guys at the mall, and talk about the tightness of the new pair of leather pants that they bought.
If these games do not suit you, there is one game called Cho Aniki that will make the blood of any homosexual man get horny. This game is called Cho Aniki for the Turbo Graphix 16 system. You can buy it on the Wii’s Virtual Console. I could describe what the game is about, but why should I when it only needs one picture to persuade the gay community to buy a Wii for this game.
If you need any more reason that the Wii is the most gay friendly system, Nintendo is one of the few companies to make a gay character. His name is Tingle and he likes to skip and hop around in a tight green costume and giggle when young boys ask him for advice about their quests and adventures.
When Nintendo claimed that the Wii would appeal to a broad audience of consumers, they were not kidding around. While the Nintendo Wii plays a favorite among little kids and grandmas, it has much love from the gay community. Gay people like to stay fit and games like Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and WiiFit allow them to keep in shape so they can look sexy in hopes of scoring with a handsome hunk. Now while gay people like to stay in shape, they are not exactly the most masculine and muscular people in the world. Most gay people wouldn’t choose an Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 because it is too heavy for them to carry around. A gay person’s body is not built to carry around large, heavy consoles. The Wii is small, light, white, and sleek. Now, even though gay people might not like the Wii’s design and color as much as the GameCube’s purple purse design, it still looks nice to place in a home without worrying about it looking bad.
We did multiple polls on message boards such as Gamespot, 1UP, and IGN, asking if they were straight, gay, or bisexual. The results were astounding. The poll results showed that there were more gay owners who own the Wii more than any other console. After completely the study, we asked them why they like the Wii over the 360/Playstation 3. They told us they didn’t like how 360/PS3 games had so many dark games with brown/black/grey color palettes. Usually straight men like games with darker colors because it makes them feel more manly and adult. While we noticed that gay people tend to enjoy brighter color palettes such as red, yellow, orange, etc in games such as Super Mario Galaxy. I once knew someone who was gay and he always talked about the colors and art styles of videogames. The more stylish and artistic, the more gay people are more willing to play that game. While another friend of mine who was straight, cared more if the visuals were realistic and looked like real life. Straight people like graphics to look more like real life and less cartoonish. Straight tend to enjoy games involving killing people or sports, while gay people tend to enjoy games about running around in a colorful fantasy world full of talking animals, colorful creatures, and magic. Now, this doesn’t mean all people who enjoy games like that gay. But I believe most of them are.
Gay people love to make great gourmet food and the Wii allows them to do that in a videogame such as Cooking Mama. Cooking Mama is a great game for homosexuals because it allows you to be a great chef and create excellent meals. And best of all, there is a lot of pink in the game’s visuals which is another reason gays will feel right at home with this game.
Another game that the gay community will love in Animal Crossing: City Folk. This game is a gay person’s dream come. You can be a fashion designer without worrying about people calling you a derogatory names. Just the opposite. The animals condone you to make the best fashion around. Want to be an interior decorator and design wallpaper and decorate the inside of your home? This game has it. And not only that, the better you design the interior of your house, the better scores you will get. Another thing that gay people will love is the ability to invite their friends into the town they created, and have a voice chat session using Wii Speak technology to talk about all the cute guys at the mall, and talk about the tightness of the new pair of leather pants that they bought.
If these games do not suit you, there is one game called Cho Aniki that will make the blood of any homosexual man get horny. This game is called Cho Aniki for the Turbo Graphix 16 system. You can buy it on the Wii’s Virtual Console. I could describe what the game is about, but why should I when it only needs one picture to persuade the gay community to buy a Wii for this game.
If you need any more reason that the Wii is the most gay friendly system, Nintendo is one of the few companies to make a gay character. His name is Tingle and he likes to skip and hop around in a tight green costume and giggle when young boys ask him for advice about their quests and adventures.
So you thought you used to play 2D games. If you had taken a look behind the screen, then you'd have seen this. The featured game is Donkey Kong from Nintendo, a classic 8-bit video game for the arcades, released in 1981.
So you thought you used to play 2D games. If you had taken a look behind the screen, then you'd have seen this. The featured game is Donkey Kong from Nintendo, a classic 8-bit video game for the arcades, released in 1981.
So you thought you used to play 2D games. If you had taken a look behind the screen, then you'd have seen this. The featured game is Donkey Kong from Nintendo, a classic 8-bit video game for the arcades, released in 1981.
enrolled agent course said, on 3/11/2010 12:01:00 PM
The wallpapers are very creative. Nintendo has been a name in the industry and kids know it, its good to once in a while be a kid again and check out this cool comic strips and wallpapers.
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The line between animation and video games has long been blurred. There was the Saturday Supercade on CBS in the mid-80s, where Frogger, Q-Bert and Donkey Kong starred in short segments. A handful of years later, Fox ran the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and NBC had Captain N: The Game Master. All of these shows were relatively short-lived marketing methods of pushing Nintendo further into homes and the minds of children. But lately, the animation and video game industries have united under the banner of nostalgia, appealing to adults whose childhoods were spent chasing down the aproned token keeper in the local arcade.
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Aaron, great post! I didn’t get into Nintendo RPGs (note the “insider” acronym), until the original Final Fantasy. Which was awesome.
But I confess (and I only do so because I assume my wife will not read this): I recently downloaded Monkey Island 2 onto my iPhone. Classic game. Anyone know that one?
Nerded out with plenty of FF back in the day. Never played Monkey Island, but I am intrigued, due to my love of mischievous primates (and islands, for that matter).