Purely Opinion: Why I play Nintendo games – A letter from a 10 year old
Recently my wife and I found out that we will be expecting a new mini-us. This has got me thinking, well about a lot of things, but more prominent to this post, about how I would be reacting and feeling about Nintendo if I was still a little nerdy gamer. I also remember the days when it was cool to send letters to your favorite companies or celebrities. In honor of my new child, and because I always wanted too, I have solved all the problems for time travel in-order to bring my little self back to experience current day Nintendo. Here is the letter I left myself to give to Nintendo.
Dear Mr. Nintendo,
Hi, my name is Little James and I am only 10 years old. I enjoy playing video games. In fact, I enjoy video games so much that I try not to be picky about the games I play, in order to play all the good ones. I enjoy all games like, FPS, Sports, Action/Adventure, RPG’s, platformers and more. But the games that I hold near and dear to my heart are Nintendo games.
I hear a lot of talk on the internet about how people think you should close down. I really don’t understand why people are saying this. I loved your exclusive games from 2013. Some of the top-rated games of 2013 were all yours; Pokemon X/Y, Pikmin 3, Lego City Undercover, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and New Super Mario Brothers U. That isn’t counting what will be out in 2014; Mario Kart, Smash Brothers, X and Bayonetta 2 – Even though I am not sure my mommy will let me play those last two games. For the life of me I cannot understand what everyone’s issue is with you guys. There are just as many great games out for your platform as there is for anything else. And I only mentioned a few games. There are a ton more!
Don’t’ get me wrong, I enjoy me a good shooter and action adventure game, but I can only take so much, and my mommy frowns upon me playing a lot of, what she calls, intense games. Nintendo games always offer a different and fun gameplay experience, something that the other guys don’t offer that much. Yes, I do wish you created Little Big Planet, one of my favorite games of last generation. But Little Big Planet, which I am not sure you know, was for the Playstation, and was so popular for being different.
Well Mr. Nintendo, I guess my main point is that I play games that I enjoy. My mommy got me a 360 for one Christmas and I really enjoyed that but I always find myself coming back to my Nintendo’s. I am sure some of your workers have other systems that they enjoy. I am sure yourself are a gamer and enjoy playing games. I know this because I am too and that is why I ask for multiple consoles, which gives me a variety of options to put on my Christmas list. My daddy always told me. Do things that you enjoy and make you happy. I always enjoy playing your games and that’s why I will always support your system.
Thank you,
Little James
January 22, 2014
Ha ha, great article James!
January 22, 2014
This is a great article! I like how you pointed out the family-friendly aspect of Nintendo. That’s one of the main reasons I love Nintendo so much. I can play 95% of their first party titles with my younger brothers without worrying about profanities, obscene violence or any of that stuff.
January 22, 2014
Congratulations! I had no idea : ]
January 22, 2014
Congrats! Good luck to your newborn and your family!
January 22, 2014
First of Congratulations on your news. I love this article, I love playing Nintendo games with my son. It is weird he is 11 and said or has said many of the things you wrote in the letter. Everytime he comes home from visiting a friend who has a Playstation and an X-box he says that he likes Nintendo because most of their games are not so violent.
January 23, 2014
You are most indeed correct. I can’t stand those Playstations and XBOXs, because they really are only there to advertise those violent FPS games, like COD and Halo. Nintendo really stands out by making their own unique first-party games, and most of the fans enjoy them. Also, fans of the PS4 and XBOX One may think of Trevor (GTA) of the Mario of their universe. Not in a billion years! Fans admit that they begin to share a bond with all of those lovable Nintendo characters such as Mario, Pikachu, Link, Kirby, Fox McCloud…and many more. Nintendo just needs to do a better job of advertising, and soon Nintendo will capture 80% of the gamer population. It may even exceed that. It’s a Mario time!
January 25, 2014
There are only a few franchises from Playstation that remember really enjoying. I really liked the first two- three Ratchet and Clank games for PS2,