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       Re: Re: Media decolonization
       By: rp Date: August 10, 2025, 11:33 pm
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       [quote author=Killthebank link=topic=410.msg7197#msg7197
       date=1623894391]
       [quote]I recall my peers would often ridicule Nintendo games for
       being "childish" compared to most of the games that were popular
       in the post-9/11 era, so I take it as a compliment from them
       that I was a fan of "childish" games.[/quote]
       Indeed. There are a few reasons for that. In the early to mid
       90's, Nintendo and Sega's marketing focused on different age
       demographics. If you look at Sonic, you'll notice his shoes and
       "attitude" that catered to the adolescent "hip" crowd.
       Nintendo's biggest blunder was to censor the blood in the SNES
       port of Mortal Kombat to please members of Congress. Like the
       game or not, Mortal Kombat was definitely a counter culture game
       at the time.
       The other reasons for Nintendo's "kiddie" image are more benign:
       No first person shooters, more colorful palette, the "purple
       lunchbox" GameCube, just a lack of graphic violence in general.
       [B]I feel like most of these moves by Nintendo were not done to
       please the kids but to please the adult parents.[/b] They didn't
       have to make violent games themselves, but they could have
       allowed other developers to publish violent games on their
       platform.
       [/quote]
       Here is an example I found of what you are referring to:
  HTML https://youtube.com/watch?v=uEYS0CmgJL4
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       Re: Recommended games to play
       By: rp Date: August 12, 2025, 9:26 pm
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       Metroid Zero Mission and Fusion for Switch Online:
       www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycEceMUwRfc
       www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o-1bhvB1qk
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