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....Nintendo is working on a gameplay system meant to ease the pain of completing a difficult game, without watering it down so much that it turns hardcore gamers off.
The new system, described in a patent filed by Nintendo Creative Director Shigeru Miyamoto on June 30, 2008, but made public today, looks to solve the issue of casual gamers losing interest in a game before they complete it, while still maintaining the interest of hardcore gamers.
The solution would turn a game into a full-length cut scene of sorts, allowing players to jump into and out of the action whenever they wanted. But when played this way, gamers would not be able to save their progress, maintaining the challenge of completing a game without skipping or cheating. It would also allow players to bring up in-game hint videos and skip directly to particular scenes in games....
I suppose in theory it'd work, and it'd draw more "casuals" in...but seems like a pretty stupid idea to me.
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I don't... understand. Does a specific example exist? Wait.
*goes to read article to see if it's made more clear*
Edit: Ok, now it makes more sense. The idea is... interesting I guess. But this concerns me:
That seems like a very real possibility and doesn't sound good at all.
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Don't even say "you don't have to do it if you don't have to", because the sole factor of it having to be there is retarded in the first place.
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Honestly, Metroid Prime's 'go to this room and do something' system is good enough for most gamers, so why come out with this?
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like i gave up on trauma center (i can't draw circles so i gave up at the very begining).
probably why my favourite games are things like PW and pokemon.
but i still think this is a stupid idea.
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Aw the Beatles were so innocent!
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I really don't care, because I'm just going to play it and not use the cutscenes...
but it's still a stupid idea.
(but seriously: you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Why get so worked up over someone else spending $50 for a glorified cutscene if you can have a good game?)
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