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My son who’s 7 won’t play Zelda or Mario on the NES with me. Might have to list him for adoption lol. Anyone else have kids not interested at all in old games?
My son who’s 7 won’t play Zelda or Mario on the NES with me. Might have to list him for adoption lol. Anyone else have kids not interested at all in old games?
Older generations never forced their media on me. I was allowed to explore at my own pace. I think it's really common for hipster types to want their kids to appreciate things like the NES, but that's silly. You already had your childhood with your games. Let your kids make their own memories independent of your nostalgia.
This is so true. I mean, I suppose I could dig the C128 from storage (if it works even anymore ) and force my 11-yo daughter to play Ultima V as much as I did way back (and having her to record what she does by hand, because in-game journals - luxury, I say!), but I don't think she'd enjoy it. It would help her lingual skills though, my English is pretty much from Ultima/Infocom/Magnetic Scrolls, but again, not going to force her.You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink. No point trying to force something on a kid.
Cant say i fully agree. I cant name a single "new" mario side scroller better than SMB3 or SMW and LttP is still a top tier zelda title.I'm 34 and I'd be hard pressed to play a NES or maybe even a SNES game start to finish.
Games have gotten so much better in pretty much every sense of the word that playing older games can be something jarring.
I'd rather play an indie game if I want a classic-like experience.
My son who’s 7 won’t play Zelda or Mario on the NES with me. Might have to list him for adoption lol. Anyone else have kids not interested at all in old games?
Haha, sounds like a plan.Might have to list him for adoption lol.
My son who’s 7 won’t play Zelda or Mario on the NES with me. Might have to list him for adoption lol. Anyone else have kids not interested at all in old games?
lmao i might think about doing thatBe a good parent and force your son to finish those NES-titles. When old enough, have him sit down and watch Cowboy Bebop and Ghibli-anime, the ONLY good anime amirite. When he starts being interested in girls around the age of 16, recommend him to show his girls how far video games have come on their first dates. Once his brain's wave lenghts have aligned perfectly, you can finally transfer your mind into his brain, thus gaining a new, younger body and another life. Just please don't date your wife anymore. People wouldn't understand.
I've been playing persona 5 and spending 40 hours so far in game. It's a great game but yeah more of a story, single player title. You could get him to watch the trailer and see if he's interested.perfectly normal... my son (12) is only playing Minecraft, Fortnite, COD, and sometimes Battlefield and some F2P Handy-Games even though we have a gameroom full of old and new gaming-systems and tons of games... it's actually only multiplayer-titles he is playing. story-games/singleplayer games he is not interested in at all. but I don't mind, I am perfectly happy to play Battlefield or Fortnite with him and I think when he comes of age, he will try something new/old, I am pretty sure. Just give him time...
My brother is four years younger than me and he despises the nes/snes style games (minus zelda) so i think im like a generation apart lol. (Im 26, the first game ive ever played was link to the past and sonic 2)
My 3 yr old niece on the other hand has hope. She already knows some nintendo characters and ive got her to play sonic on her mom's ipad
Cant say i fully agree. I cant name a single "new" mario side scroller better than SMB3 or SMW and LttP is still a top tier zelda title.
And we all know modern sonic games are shit compared to the old trilogy (barring mania, colors and generations of course)
I blame cellphones. They are destroying the youth gaming.
My son who’s 7 won’t play Zelda or Mario on the NES with me. Might have to list him for adoption lol. Anyone else have kids not interested at all in old games?