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Nintendo Saddened By All The Shooters

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At E3 this year, I was a little sad to see tons of shooters and only four real fighting games being showcased. I thought that was just because I am a retro gamer who pines for the spritely days of the video games of old. Well, I’m apparently in good company, because Nintendo feels the exact same way.



President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, had this to say at a recent shareholders meeting: “Currently, in the western countries especially, war-themed gun-shooting games, which are not well-received in Japan, are very popular. It is a reality that some of these games sell 10 million units per year in those markets, and this is one valid type of video game genre. I would personally feel sad if all video games became something like that, but on the other hand, I do not think such games should disappear.”

At least this means we won’t be seeing Super Mario Theft Auto III any time soon.

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