Just so you know, I have a grudge against Nintendo. I regretted getting the GameCube because they didn’t have the games I wanted to play (except for Metroid Prime). However, inspite of my grudge, I would still like to get the Wii because its controller seems to hold a lot of promise and might be able to compensate for the possible lack of mature games.

Another thing I want to address is that being mature does not mean M rated. It means having mature elements. Unreal Tournament is’nt “Mature”, but it is M, while other games such as Ico are rated T. There are more out there, but the point Im making is that Mature doesnt neccisarilly mean 17 . It just means it caters to the more thought hungry minds, after they have had their fair share of brain cell killing Halo 2 (which I do love BTW).

It’s not occurred to a lot of people just what they’re suggesting and the rather inept adjective they’re using to symbolise their desire to see gratuitous sex/violence/etc in Nintendo’s library.

Mature suggests *depth*, content fitting of a developed mind, not those who find the, “Governator’s” films engaging.

Mature *themes* is a different matter. Taking a darker approach opens both the plot and characters up to some deeper development. In essence, getting past the whole clear-cut, “good vs. evil”, cliché allows the spawning of those bitter-sweet flawed characters, the mark of the truly realized and great stories.

However, “dark”, is not to be confused with, “mature”, it’s merely a tool for creating a truly mature story, one where the recipient’s mind is challenged as much as their reflexes and their perception altered, translating beyond the game/book/film and into thier lives as the person grows from that which they have learned. Dark isn’t necessary to achieve maturity but it can help.

This *should* be the mark of a good game and the goal of a developer and I’ve heard similar statements regarding, “changing one’s perception”, from some of gaming’s great alumni, including Shigeru Miyamoto and Aonuma.

Look deeper into the games Nintendo and others have been making, perhaps you’ll find what you were really missing all along.

Or maybe I’m full of crap, gore me up!

“No systems have been specified, but it’s safe to assume The Darkness is being developed for PS3, Nintendo Revolution and Xbox 2. Those eager for a glimps of The Darkness in action will have to wait just a bit longer. The Darkness makes its debut at E3 2005 in Los Angeles May 18-20.”

Of course, since it has apparently been confirmed that it’s only coming out on PS3 and Xbox 360, so I was wrong when I posted anyway… Either way, with Darkness replacing it, lowers the status further. Darkness is the pet game of Greg Nichols of CSE, and in VERY early development stages… In fact he hasn’t really confirmed a desire to make it a Wii title… It was vaguely indicated that they’d like to bring Darkness to as many people as possible and whiule Greg Szemiot, producer of Orb seems to be nudging him in the direction of Wii with some ideas for Wii controls, nothing about Darkness has been shown to truly be Wii-specific…

All the same, congratz on getting dugg.

Sadness is from Nibris, out of Poland. http://nibris.net/
Also doesn’t appear to be a large company (notice that they categorize their DS game “Raid Over The River” a “Shotter” (I think they mean “Shooter”)).

You can’t look at 3rd party games to tell the direction Nintendo is going. I don’t see they are hitting any more adult than they did with the GC (see RE4).

I agree with Phyltre.

So yes, it’s going mature, but not to the exclusion of every other single demographic imaginable.