ZombiePlatypus
Member
I know we are all discussing this app and set-up a lot, but I'm just trying to understand how this final product came to be and why it ended up the way it did. (I'm not looking to shift blame here. While I generally love Nintendo and their weirdness, I can easily admit that they've made plenty of stupid and poor choices.)
After holding out till trying it out for myself, I have to agree with basically everyone that, yeah, it's pretty crappy. When talking about this set up, I've seen several people state that this was part of a trade-off or deal with DeNA. Is this really true? Any more sources to elaborate or explain in more detail how this came to be? How does this even benefit DeNA (not to mention Nintendo) when it's so universally hated? It's kinda ironic as Nintendo seemed to embrace cell phone gaming without alienating its core fans, and yet now it turned around and poorly injected cellphones into the mix in a totally unexpected way. Hopefully they are listening to the feedback, but I wonder if ultimately DeNA or Nintendo will have more sway here. Or if either (or any) of them will be willing to roll this back to something gamers want.
After holding out till trying it out for myself, I have to agree with basically everyone that, yeah, it's pretty crappy. When talking about this set up, I've seen several people state that this was part of a trade-off or deal with DeNA. Is this really true? Any more sources to elaborate or explain in more detail how this came to be? How does this even benefit DeNA (not to mention Nintendo) when it's so universally hated? It's kinda ironic as Nintendo seemed to embrace cell phone gaming without alienating its core fans, and yet now it turned around and poorly injected cellphones into the mix in a totally unexpected way. Hopefully they are listening to the feedback, but I wonder if ultimately DeNA or Nintendo will have more sway here. Or if either (or any) of them will be willing to roll this back to something gamers want.