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[Rhazer Fusion]

What is the first thing that honestly springs into your mind whenever a particular game company is mentioned? These are only a few things that I immediately think of.



Capcom:

Street Fighter
zombies, zombies
Resident Evil
sequels


Namco

Tekken
Ridge Racer
Sony


Squaresoft:

RPG's
Final Fantasy
Japan
pretty, pretty boys


Sega:

Sonic
Dreamcast
Virtua Fighter
arcades
great systems that were neglected unfortunately resulting in early demises.


Konami:

MGS series
great soundtracks
Silent Hill series
Contra 30 men code(up, up, down, down, left, right....you know the rest)


Sony

Playstation
World's greatest televisions
Ken Kutaragi


Nintendo

Mario
portable systems(Gameboy, DS, etc)
family oriented games
hardcore fans
Reggie


Microsoft

XBox
XBox Live
microtransactions
high definition gaming
J Allard/Bill Gates
Halo


EA

yearly updates
mainstream/casual gamers
Madden
sports games


Rockstar

controversial games
GTA
violence


Tecmo

Itagaki
Dead Or Alive
Ninja Gaiden
bouncy bouncy/ chest tremors
DOA girls


SNK

Neo Geo
$200-$300 cartridges
Mai
memorable fighting games
Iori


Midway

Mortal Kombat
fatalities
Sub Zero
blood and gore


Bungie

Halo
Halo
Halo
Halo 2
Halo 2

 

[Tunesmith]

You seem to be covering this thread pretty good on your own.

Spoiler

add Myth/Marathon to Bungie and Windows to MS!

 

[AniHawk]

Capcom:
Mega Man
Street Fighter
Castlevania

Sega:
Sonic

Nintendo:
Zelda
Fire Emblem
Mario

Square Enix:
Final Fantasy
Dragon Quest

Microsoft:
Halo
Rare

Sony:
Shadow of the Colossus
Gran Turismo
Failure

 

[Tieno]

Capcom:
Japan
SNES
Street Fighter

Squaresoft:
Final Fantasy

Sega:
Sonic
France

Konami:
Japan
Kojima
MGS


Sony
Playstation



Nintendo
Mario
NES, SNES

Microsoft
Windows
Bill Gates
Xbox

EA
Sport games
Production line


Rockstar
controversial games
GTA
violence


Tecmo
Tech
Sea
Ninja Gaiden


SNK
Wikipedia
Arcade

Midway
Mortal Kombat

Bungie
Halo
Master Chief
Frankie

 

[jimbo]

Microsoft - money
Sony - Ken
Nintendo - kiddy(last gen haters got it imprinted in my head)
Bungie - bungie jumping
Square - FF
Konami - Tsunami
Sega - Sega
Capcom - gun holes and cowboys
Namco - Vietnam
Epic - war battle
Rare - rare, as in hard to find
Bandai - BANZAAAIII! Mr Miagi
EA - two red letters and a circle on a white background
UBI - Rayman
THQ - Marijuana
Tecmo- Itagaki's ninja clan
Rockstar - A rock star
Midway - Mortal Kombat
SNK - 2D fighters

 

[Dahbomb]

Capcom:

Phenomenal action/game play experience
Crappy story writing
Devil May Cry
Resident Evil
Street Figther
Mega Man
Kamiya/Itsuno/Kobayashi/Mikami/Inafune


Squaresoft:

RPG's
Final Fantasy
Japan
Dragon Quest


Namco

Excellent 3D fighter maker - Tekken/Soul Calibur
Ace Combat
Tales Of Series
RIIIIIIIDGE RACER!
King of the PSP and PS1 and Joke of Next-gen
Pacman


Sega:

Sonic
Genesis
Virtua Fighter
Arcades
2K sport games > EA sport games


Konami:

Kojima
Metal Gear Solid
Kojima
Zone of the Enders
Kojima
Castlevania
Kojima
Contra
Kojima Productions
Silent Hill

... Did I mention Kojima?


Sony

Playstation Legacy
Great 1st Party game support/Great game publisher (SCEA)
Ken Kutaragi
4D/1080P/120FPS/RIDGE RACER/GIANT CRABS/GTHD
Nice but very expensive technology for TV


Nintendo

Zealous fanbase
Mario/Metroid/Zelda - Amazing 1st party games
Miyamoto
Whoring out franchises
Kiddie image


Microsoft

Money Hat
Windows
XBox Live/Xbox
Microrapeages/$50 Controllers/2 Console SKUs
J Allard/Bill Gates/Balmer



EA

Yearly updates
mainstream/casual gamers
Sports games
King of Microrapeages



Rockstar

Controversial games
GTA
Social Commentaries


Tecmo

Itagaki
Ninja Gaiden
Breasts
DOA girls


Midway

Mortal Kombat
Blitz


Bungie

Halo
Halo 2
Halo
Halo 2
Oni

 

[Terrell]

Capcom:

Mega Man
Fighting games
Resident Evil
"The Capcom Curse"
"Have really sucked at making games until recently"


Squaresoft:

Final Fantasy
Bushido Blade
Mana
"I remember when their games were more than just elaborate movies with user input and they made characters I actually gave a damn about"


Sega:

Sonic
Space Channel 5
Jet Set Radio
Rez
"You used to have creativity and balls, Sega... where did that go?"


Konami:

Castlevania
Parodius (greatest shooter EVER! *LOL*)
Q-Bert
DDR
"Get off Kojima's **** and start making something awesome for yourselves!"


Sony

Hubris
Lies
Faulty hardware
Devoid of original ideas
"You make some great first-party games... it's just a shame that you boned yourselves with PS3."


Nintendo

Mario
Zelda
Kid Icarus (I really like this franchise!)
Hardware risk-takers
"Way to go with becoming the industry dark horse and making DS a success... just don't screw up the Wii."


Microsoft

First-party titles made by 3rd-parties

"Quit trying to buy your way into the industry, and maybe I'd have a little more respect for you. Maybe Japan would, too."


EA

Sports games
Licenses
"Contratulations on sucking less frequently, EA! Keep it up, and you may actually get my money one day!"


Rockstar

Unapologetic
Deceptive
GTA
Disturbingly violent games for the sake of being disturbingly violent
"C'mon, you guys originally made Lemmings! What's with all the guns and violence all the time? Being type-cast isn't gonna get you very far when you decide to try branching out."


Tecmo

Ninja Gaiden
Monster Rancher
DOA (read: softcore VG porn)
"Seriously... do you think anyone takes you seriously anymore? DOA has pretty much ruined that for you."

SNK

Neo Geo
King of Fighters
Samurai Showdown
Metal Slug
"So... how about some new franchises, guys? I mean, if people make fun of Nintendo for never making new franchises, what do you think they say about YOU?"


Bandai Namco

(ruining) Pac-Man
(overproducing and underdelivering) multiple Tales games
Soul Calibur
Ridge Racer
Tekken
"C'mon guys, it's next gen already. Smarten the **** up! Oh, and we don't need 100 Tales games produced while I'm still in my 20s."

 

[gutter_trash]

Capcom:
Street Fighter series
Mega Man II's soundtrack
Strider
Final Fight
Q Sound

Squaresoft:
Final Fantasy and an entire genre that I refuse to play

Sega:
Sonic
Streets Of Rage
Shinobi
Daytona USA
After Burner
Outrun
Super Hang On
Shenmue
Nights
Saturn Controlelrs beign the best controlelrs on planet earth
awsomness
greatness
gods

Konami:
Castlevania (NES trilogy)
Contra
Life Force
Metal Gear series
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A , Start
TMNT the arcade game and their othr 4P arcade beat em ups
DDR

Sony
Playstation
Exensive TVs
Walk Man

Nintendo
Mario
Donkey Kong
NES
SNES
pissing me off since 1995 not being as cool as they used to be in NES and SNES days

Microsoft
Windows
PCs
Office
Media Player
Bill Gates

EA
Madden
Need For Speed
low common doniminator casuals

Rockstar
GTA
bad management
bad animation
great immersive sandboxes

Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden
DOA Boobies
Itagaki feeling inferior to Virtua Fighter and taking his fustrations out on Tekken

SNK
Art Of Fightering' 1st stage's awesome theme
KOF
Fatal Fury
Samurai Showdown
Metal Slug

Midway
Mortal Kombat
NBA Jam
Hydro Thunder
San Fransisco Rush
Fatalaties

Bungie
Halo that is all

 

[firex]

I'm just doing this as like a free association exercise.

capcom: fun
konami: castlevania, mgs, awesome games
square-enix: FF/DQ
nintendo: mario, zelda (first things that pop into my mind)
sega: old school fun (seriously, first thing into my head this time was phantasy star, but it's almost always any old 8/16 bit era franchise)
sony: expensive, big 3rd party games (that's 2 separate thoughts, not an extra description for big 3rd party games)
MS: windows, PC, xbox
bioware: baldur's gate
bungie: halo (such a shame when they made other awesome games that get overshadowed!)
EA: whiny haters
rockstar: awesome

 

[mikeGFG]

Time to kill this thread.

Nintendo:

Sony:

Microsoft:

Capcom:

 

[Drensch]

Capcom:

Street Fighter
Resident Evil
Megaman


Namco

Pacman

Squaresoft:

Final Fantasy


Sega:

Sonic
Demise

Konami:

MGS series
The code

Sony

Playstation
Mostly negative stuff

Nintendo

Mario
The best

Microsoft

Green
Halo


EA

yearly updates
More negatives


Rockstar

Try too hard


Tecmo

Boobs
Ninja
Bo Jackson

SNK

Neo Geo
2D

Midway

arcade

Bungie

Halo

 

[nubbe]

Capcom

MegaMan
TRUE INNOVATION

Microsoft

Monopoly
Buy out

Nintendo

Zelda
Pokemon

Sony

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIyEqpYnEaU

Konami

Work out

Squenix

RPG with girly men

EA

Sadness

SEGA

lol

Team Ninja

Ninjas with bobis

 

[perryfarrell]

 

[MrSardonic]

Capcom:

Street Fighter
Resident Evil

Namco

A lot of shit games

Squaresoft:

A lot of very boring games

Sega:

Sonic
AV's involvement in FZero GX
Bad decisions

Konami:

MGS
Were better in the old days

Rockstar

overrated games

EA

sports series
more interested in money than providing worthwhile gaming experiences
non-risk taking

Sony

Walkman
Playstation
Arrogance

Nintendo

Mario
Gameboy
Wacky ideas

Microsoft

Bill Gates
Buggy OS
XBox

 

[Borys]

Microsoft
Let's Destroy PC Gaming With Its 25 Year History!
Speevy
crazy Ballmer
Windows XP SP2
Axapta
MCP

Sony
Gran Turismo
Casuals
Final Fantasy
Metal Gear Solid
FIFA
Playstation

Nintendo
Mario
Zelda
Metroid
GameBoy
Tetris

 

[djtiesto]

Capcom - Mega Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Zombies
Namco - Pac Man, Riiiiiiiidge Racerrrrrr! Tekken, Galaga
Squaresoft - Final Fantasy
Sega - Sonic, Phantasy Star, doomed consoles, Dreamcast <3
Konami - Contra, Castlevania, Metal Gear, The Code
Sony - electronics, Walkman, PlayStation
Nintendo - Mario, Zelda, the best system ever (SNES), "kiddie"
Microsoft - Windows, Office, Bill Gates
EA - sports, roster updates, cookie cutter licensed games
Rockstar - overrated games that try to be controversial just to sell
Tecmo - Ninja gaiden (oldskool), Tecmo Bowl, Mighty Bomb Jack
SNK - Same sprites over and over again, Neo Geo, KOF
Midway - Mortal Kombat
Bungie - Halo

Some more:

Enix - Dragon Quest
Atlus - Scarce and underproduced RPGs
Bioware - Dialogue Trees
Q? - Electronic dance music <3
Psygnosis - Lemmings
tri-Ace - amazing RPGs
Hudson - Bomberman
Activision - Tony Hawk, Spiderman, Pitfall, the first 3rd party
Atari - 2600, ET, video game crash
Ubisoft - Rayman, Prince of Persia

 

[Oneself]

Capcom
Milking, really good new games

Namco
Great games with quality intros, slick interface and cool loading

Squaresoft
Too long, good reviews, spiky hair and boring tasks

Sega
Killing franchises, singing cheesy rock soundtracks

Konami
Kojima and Castlevania

Sony
Bow down to the / bow down to the king

Nintendo
teh kiddy, innovation

Microsoft
Windows, money, Peter Moore photoshops, assholes, broken products

EA
Every year I swear

Rockstar
Violence, controversy

Tecmo
shitty Super Nes games

SNK
500$ a game

Midway
Good old days

Bungie
Dude in a green armor