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11/04/09
Completely terrible WiiWare game that somehow costs 800 points. Frankly, it would still feel like a ripoff at the minimum of 500 points.
I think it's somehow still in the top 30 Wii Metacritic scores, which is just a travesty of gaming criticism. #domo
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11/05/09
The Square and Circle games were better, though I still wasn't blown away by them or anything.
Having the 3 players interact with each other was a neat idea, but I would've appreciated if you had a little more control on being able to interact with your screenmates. Instead, Square was the only one where the player could remotely predict when they might affect another player.
The bit where Mr. MaBoShi pops up and you have to get his score to a certain level was also frustratingly difficult, for reasons outlined in the previous paragraph: you can't really aim your attacks onto other people's screens, and that's the only way you can help him.
I think the game concept has potential, but I'm really not a fan of how it was implemented. I do occasionally get the urge to play Circle again, but it's quite rare. #domo
11/04/09
"2) Bank on the fact that Americans will be delighted that these mini-games star a Japanese pop culture icon.
3) Charge two bucks a pop."
"from the company you might forget brought you Super Mario 64, WarioWare and Wii Sports but that you might remember used to churn out the Mario Partys and sold NES games on the Game Boy Advance for $20."
"but the Domo games hurt the credibility Nintendo"
"Domo Games Micro-Review: No Thanks, Nintendo"
Does noone else think it odd that he spent almost half the review humoring the idea that Nintendo is an evil corporation? I mean, I know a lot of people think that and that's fine, whatever. But I read a game review to know the pro's and cons of said game. Not to read the reviewer make half-witted comments about the people who made the game.
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That isn't the point I was making at all.
If the quality of the games only calls for two negative paragraphs, that's perfectly ok by me. It's just that I don't think a review should be making jabs at the company. #domo
11/04/09
cute jabs at Nintendo should not be the first sentence of a serious journalist's review.
make sense?
it's by far not just you, by far not just this article and does NOT happen all the time.
but things like this happen too frequently to not question the site's integrity.
PS - I think you are quite correct about the quality of the game. so please keep in mind it's not what's said but how. #domo
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I find that understandable to an extent. I noticed you cited Nintendo's "dirty dealings" (if you will) with Mario Party and the Gameboy Advance.
Using a 10 year old example (Mario Party 2 in this case) makes about as much sense to me as pointing to the Microsoft monopoly debacle in the 1990's and using it as "context" in every bad game they publish.
While noting the context is perfectly sensible in a review, I feel your idea of context may be excessive.
Regardless, I appreciate you discussing this with me. I understand more of where you were coming from. #domo
11/04/09
wouldn't it need to be more like "The Ups and Downs of Nintendo, a DSiWare spotlight" and then name some of those titles with "innovation and value" as well? #domo
11/05/09
Notice he also said Mario+DK was a top notch game in the same article.
Tbh, if you dont like the way Totilo reviews, stop reading them.
I find his to be the best on kotaku due to his more human approach.
I'm sure there's no shortage of Domo reviews out there to read instead, why dont you try nintendo official magazine, they certainly wouldnt have anything bad to say about the company. #domo
11/12/09
"...makes this Gen unbearable is people that cant read anything negative about their beloved company..."
Another thing that makes this gen unbearable is that the moment someone DOESN'T HATE on a system, they are automatically assumed a fanboy. Either way, fanboyism didn't manifest this gen, I hate to inform you.
And TBH, I can read whatever reviews I want to. And if I have a problem with said review was handled and a comment board is made available to me, I think I'll use it, thanks. #domo
11/04/09
Demos... #domo
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11/04/09
The Pictobits review is the only reason this game was even under my radar but thanks for letting me know about Boxlife, I missed that one.
@all:
I give up. Cheers for the heads up. #domo
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11/04/09
...which nobody bought. I know because I probably picked up half of the set (both Zeldas, Castlevania, Xevious, Dr. Mario, and Ice Climbers) new for $5 or less a game. I think the entire series hit clearance racks, and quickly at that. Even now, they're still dirt cheap.
Nintendo has a long history of repackaging and rereleases, but that's only because they've been around longer than the other companies. Sega did it too (and still does), Sony and Microsoft do it when they can, and so does every company that pumps out retro compilations or has access to WiiWare, PSN, or Xbox Live. It's just part of the industry now, for better or worse.
Not that this justifies defiling the good name of Domo-kun, though.
11/04/09
Oh, and where's your Domo Clock, Nintendo? (Sorry if Nintendo reads this and gets any big ideas.)
I'm glad someone remembers the $20 NES/GBA debacle. At the time Nintendo was hoping that retro-gaming could carry a 400% novelty tax (assuming the reasonable current model). What's surprising is how many gamers thought the price was reasonable (at the time). Maybe it was just the "free market uber alles" folks coming out of the woodwork, but that pricing sucked. #domo
11/04/09
It's a little weird...
also, re: the title of the review--I see what you did there, Totilo!
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10/19/09
It could be so much more! #wiiware
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10/19/09
Yeah, what the hell happened to that? Wasn't it supposed to come out this fall? I see it listed at GameSpot for Q4 2009 which just ended... #wiiware
10/19/09
Play the controversy!!! #wiiware
10/19/09
I'll buy (some) of them anyway, but it's a cheap tactic. #wiiware
10/19/09
If I see one more "OMG I'M SO WEIRD" girl wearing that domo hoodie, I'll have to jump kick... Drake style. #wiiware
10/19/09
The maps and dictionary apps that turned up really gave me hope that somebody would be working on this, I mean it can't be that hard to programme surely?
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10/19/09
[www.nnooo.com] #wiiware
10/19/09
It's a shame because while all three companies tout their "mini-games" capability as a way of smaller companies getting stuff that wouldn't normally seen released into the public eye it seems that there are still some significant problems for the people trying to do that.
@ChivalRuss:
It's a start but 32 pages to draw on is hardly a calendar, diary or address book. #wiiware
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