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Has a Nintendo game's storyline ever made you feel anything?
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The ending of A Link Between Worlds. Because you have
That's some powerful stuff right here.
someone who is so desperate to kill the princess and hero of the other world to save hers, completely changing her inner personality. But when Zelda and Link, despite all the trouble she caused to the heroes, decide to help her saving the kingdom, she breaks down and just cries. Not sadness, but tears of happiness and gratitude.
That's some powerful stuff right here.
LiberaTeExInferis
Member
The ending of Baten Kaitos....
Mother 3 made me cry, the only game to ever do so.
The ending to Link's Awakening made me a little sad.
I thought Ganon's final monologue in Wind Waker was really effective and did more to flesh out his character than all the other games combined.
Mario Galaxy evoked a sense of wonder.
The ending to Link's Awakening made me a little sad.
I thought Ganon's final monologue in Wind Waker was really effective and did more to flesh out his character than all the other games combined.
Mario Galaxy evoked a sense of wonder.
NHarmonic.
Member
Oh, ok. Now i get it. Still, the point is made about storylines i think. Of course Nintendo games make you feel a lot of joy, happiness and overall fun tbh, but that has more to do with gameplay than anything regarding story or characters.
Neoleo2143
Member
Why is Gameplay divergent from the story a game tells? Of all the things games used to impart feelings on their players like narrative, visuals, and audio, why should gameplay not be considered in a equally valid category?
Sola Scriptura
Member
I'll admit to tearing up at the end of Skyward Sword.
No shame.
No shame.
NHarmonic.
Member
I always took storyline as something that's referencing the narrative and the character aspect of the game, not the way it actually plays. If we go for the latter, then nintendo games would probably have the best stories ever, when we really know it's not the case. I.e just watch Oddisey trailers and see how, for the 10000th time, bowser kidnaps peach. However, the gameplay shown is one of the most interesting (and probably really entertaining) one's we've ever seen.
If the question is, "Has a nintendo game's gameplay has ever made you feel anything?", then probably NO ONE could say No. Their games are just that good.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Dont worry, you have my axe
yup this game only.
polyh3dron
Banned
OP has never played all the way through any games from these series:
Legend of Zelda
Earthbound/Mother
Fire Emblem
Xenoblade
Mario & Luigi series
Legend of Zelda
Earthbound/Mother
Fire Emblem
Xenoblade
Mario & Luigi series
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Off the top of my head, Nintendo games capable of eliciting a powerful response out of me: Xenoblade Chronicles, Fire Emblem Awakening, Super Mario Galaxy, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and the absolute gut punch of them all: Earthbound and Mother 3, the latter especially.
thepenguin55
Member
I'm with you on the end credits stuff but also Super Metroid's ending is great. Seeing the baby Metroid sacrifice itself was one of the first truly effective moments I experienced in a game. Also, Link's Awakening had a great emotional ending.
Indecisive
Neo Member
I still consider Thousand Year Door to be one of the greatest examples of writing in video games. Not just for the charm or comedic factor, but for the way it utilizes the medium to it's advantage.
Many great stories in video games would have told an equal or even better story as a novel or movie, but not so for the Paper Mario and M&L franchises. They only work as games, and they're stronger for it.
Many great stories in video games would have told an equal or even better story as a novel or movie, but not so for the Paper Mario and M&L franchises. They only work as games, and they're stronger for it.