I came here to interact with the NeoGAF community. You guys are welcome to disagree with me, but it's hilarious to watch the posturing and posing coming from people who decry my methods yet use the exact same ones to make their own arguments.
I respond to legitimate questions with legitimate answers, I respond to troll questions with troll answers, and I've been gaming long enough to know the difference. It baffles me why some of you think that just because I play football somehow means I'm not a gamer; or that my writing style invalidates any points I make. I like hyperbole, I like ludicrous wordplay, and I like to write honestly. If that offends you, well, my apologies.
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One could observe that there seems to be a bit of hypocrisy here, in that you openly state you love to write hyperbole, but behave archly towards hyperbolic responses to your hyperbole. Eh?
But more to the point; I think, honestly, the reason why your article is getting this reaction is probably in part subconscious.
Had a game like Xenoblade been released during the first 3 or 4 years of the Wii's shelf life, your uh, feelings ('rant'), would have actually seemed more contextually sensible to a lot of people. The Wii would be in its prime, and 'hardcore' games like Xenoblade would have been attempting to go toe-for-toe against the best games the HD consoles had to offer.
But all this is about a game which, however epic in scope for the hardcore enthusiast niche gamer, isn't even a widespread release in the US. Nintendo's next console, which has dem pretty HD graphics is just around the corner. Wii is a done deal. It's over.
So, such a rant about Wii ruining real gaming for real gamers seems pretty late to the party. Like the guy who shows up to make a point long after everyone has settled it no matter which side they landed on, and moved on to other things.
It comes across as attention seeking and pot stirring for no reason other than "look at me! I got opinions!"
Because, the plea to Nintendo to stop "punishing" its own games, and the people who play them, doesn't seem to have a solid hook in 2012. The offending console that so pained True Gamers is over, and as observed, we're practically in the eve of its replacement. A console that, even if it isn't precisely as powerful as Xbox Next Or Playstation Up Da Nose, will have the speed, resources, output, etc, to match modern technology more properly. (And modern displays.)
Picking nits with that further before we've even seen the final form of the damn thing is also, well, picking nits.