

Unaware of the sickness of the platform we so loved, my brother and I were confused as to why nobody else was playing the amazing games we had gotten that Christmas. and other Wii U games built with great care and of love scrounged for scraps amidst the populous gaming industry, only receiving a small portion of attention from the hardcore Nintendo fans and a few gaming publications. Shallow online shooters and yearly sports games seemed to hold the entirety of the gaming industry in their hands. All they were talking about was FIFA (ew) or the latest Call of Duty (yes, in fourth grade.) Alas, these were dark times. I knew only one other kid at school that had it, and aside from them I was unable to relate to the other kids my age who played video games. The Wii U was Nintendo’s latest console and it had flopped horribly. Alas, the poor kid was me in the 4th grade.

“Isn’t Mario for little kids?,” says one. A kid is scoffed at after mentioning that they play Mario.

There was once a time when Nintendo was not a household name. This is purely from a game design perspective and is not in any way related to our morality evaluation. ⭐ Games that receive this star have a score of 95% or above.
