While you might be in the small group who hasn’t played Wii Sports, there’s a high chance you’ve seen the Matt memes (about a particularly adept Wii sports non-playable character) circulating the internet for a few years now. Through meme culture and social media, we revitalise game titles in popular culture by returning to them and bringing them to the front of public discussion years after their release. Nostalgia allows us to simply remember the best instances of our experience, ignoring how frustrating aspects of the (now outdated) Wii could sometimes be.Īnother element that keeps Wii sports alive in our memory, one completely outside of the marketing strategy of Nintendo, is meme culture. Firstly, the games were good, very good in some cases, but many of the quality games came from later additions to the franchise such as Wii Sports Resort. While Nintendo has played its part in keeping the game alive, Wii sports has stood the test of time for a couple of reasons. This ode to the 2000’s kids’ childhood highlights this long-lasting love for the game, regardless of how awkward the Wii game system may feel now in 2022. Nintendo Switch Sports, to be released on April 29, will feature classics such as bowling and tennis, while also introducing games such as football that truly use the full capabilities of the joy-con controller pair. Wii Sports and all its reiterations have managed to stay popular and relevant in pop culture and collective nostalgia. The recent Nintendo Direct, Nintendo’s informational presentation on upcoming games and developments, highlighted the use of nostalgia as an unspoken buzzword in game advertisements.įor example, one of the standout titles of this year’s Nintendo Direct was without a doubt the reworking of Wii Sports for their Switch console. Sometimes this includes playing on what we know, the dependable and the nostalgic. Regardless of the industry, brands must always be rethinking and reworking their marketing strategies to turn the best possible profit. “One of the standout titles of this year’s Nintendo Direct was without a doubt the reworking of Wii Sports for their Switch console.” These brands are returning to older titles to rework them for newer game systems, or simply reusing the title in never-ending franchises. Nostalgia gaming has become a point of interest for a variety of gaming companies, most predominantly Nintendo. Our childhood games hold a special place for us, and it should come as no surprise that game companies are recognising and feeding into this. Ask someone what their favourite game is and more often than not the reply is “I love XYZ but I’ve always loved ABC”. The games we played as children create clear markers in our childhood memories and experiences. There is a reason that nostalgia can be incredibly impactful for those of us who grew up gaming. Gaming nostalgia is a powerful experience, as video games are designed specifically to elicit emotion, to spark the part of your brain that gives you satisfaction. Over a decade on, Nintendo is now in quite a unique position of being a source of real childhood nostalgia for a large chunk of consumers, and they are capitalising on that. We whiled away the hours happily, glued to the likes of Nintendogs, Super Mario Bros, and Pokémon. The advent of the Nintendo DS in 2004 and Wii consoles in 2006 brought gaming to a younger audience than ever before. So dust off those cartridges, type in those DOS commands, and get ready to remember the good old days before microtransactions were a thing.We grew up in somewhat of a golden age of childhood videogames. Today, we're going to be taking a look at 25 hilarious comics and memes based on classic video games. Whether it's to talk about some great aspect of those games that aren't present in modern games or take a jab at some weird mechanics from the past, there seems to be no end to the supply of comics, fan art, and memes based on classic video games. Of course, since many of the kids who played these classic games have now grown up, some have decided to pay tribute to these classics the best way they know how: with memes. Apart from some indie developers, you don't see a whole lot of new 2D platformers or point-and-click adventure games coming out. Whether it's out of revered respect for the classics or nostalgia-fueled blindness, the older gamers always tend to say "they don't make them like they used to." And for the most part that's true.
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