The Guidelines of How to Deal With Nintendo Haters

Person: Nintendo games are for babies!

Me: No they are not. Nintendo games are for the entire family. Just because it isn't violent and it has vibrant colors and happy places does not mean it is babyish.

Person: But the series they have are kiddie!

Me: No. Mario is usually pretty light, but Super Paper Mario is a very dark game. And the Legend of Zelda can be just plain scary sometimes. Majora's Mask and Twilight Princess are both very dark. The ReDeads from Ocarina of Time are creepy. It is definately not for kids.

Person: The games are too easy!

Me: Oh yeah? Try playing the Grandmaster Galaxy: The Perfect Run without dying.

Person: Well, you can't do it!

Me: I know. I never said I could. You said the games were easy though, and if they were so easy, then you wouldn't have died.

Person: Nintendo systems are less powerful!

Me: Not necessarily. The Gamecube was a bit more powerful then the Playstation 2, and the Wii U is rumoured to not need a hard drive.

Person: Most of their games are the same thing every time.

Me: No. Super Mario World and Super Mario Sunshine are both Mario games with Peach getting kidnapped, but they are definitaly not the same. Same with OoT and TP, and Kirby 64 and Kirby's Return to Dreamland.

Person: List a GOOD game that they made.

Me: Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario World, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7, Mario Party, Mario Party 2, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Four Swords, Skyward Sword, Spirit Tracks, Kirby's Dreamland, Kirby's Adventure, Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong 64, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Play Motion, Metroid, Super Metroid, Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Pokemon Black and White, Pokemon Red and Blue, Super Mario 3D Land, Pilotwings Resort, New Super Mario Bros, etc, and those are just games that I have played.

Person: ...they aren't that revolutionary.

Me: The Super Famicom revolutionized saving in games. The Nintendo 64 revolutionized 3D graphics/games. The Wii revolutionized motion controls. They revolutionized actually giving games stories and getting from Point A to Point B instead of getting high scores with Super Mario Bros. Ocarina of Time, Super Mario 64, Super Mario World, and A Link to the Past are often praised as the best games of all time.

Person: ...oh I give up.

Me: FINALLY!