DrFat32

I think it is a UK thing as others have said, probably better than me. I was never exposed to it. It was early pong boxes, ZX spectrum, Commodore 64, early PC's. than Sega Master System, Megadrive then Sony PS1 and then the PS2 just blew everything away. From there its been more modern consoles: PS3, Xbox 360 and PS4 (no Xbox one though) and PC so no exposure to Nintendo other than I knew they existed. I have never played or even touched a Nintendo product not even a Gameboy.

Not a problem. She is a very bright and intelligent Girl and knows that her dad is a Hero..... I am very very lucky.

I don't get Mario, to be honest I don't get Nintendo, I never have.

For some context I live in the UK, I have played Video Games since the mid 70's (yes I'm that old) and I have enjoyed many different styles and formats of games and played on lots of different consoles but never Nintendo. Maybe its a UK thing but for me they were never about or struck me as good games. I never played them at the time, I have tried to go back and play them but no, they just dont do it for me. Be it a Mario or Zelda or anything from there cataloge. I just dont get it.

Now I hear this Nintendo Switch thing is quite the machine and as my young Daughter (6 1/2) is interested in games, she didn't really have much chance not to be, I am thinking it is maybe wrong to foist my misgivings about Nintendo on to her. She may love Mario and all his pals. The Switch might be the console for her playing it for years to come and become ensconced in the Nintendo eco-system.

So I ask the venerable Giant Bomb community, what am I missing about Mario and Nintendo. Should I expose my Daughter to Mario and Nintendo. Am I missing out on the Switch and what it has to offer. I have less and less time to play games, but I still enjoy them and want my children to do so too.

What advise can you give an old man you young upstarts you.

Thanks.

UPDATE.

Thank you all for your considered and kind responses. I knew if I asked I would get and answer.

In essence I get the feeling that I should let her decide, not that I ever wouldn't THB. I will maybe expose her to Dans' Quick Look assuming it's not to laden with profanities, ( I dont mind the odd cuss but she is 6 1/2) and see what she thinks, Im sure she will tell me if its something she would like to play. I might even try and search out a shop with a demo unit, as long as the speed runners aren't hogging it and have a go with her. Maybe it will turn me around on Mario and Nintendo.

Again thank you. You guys are the best.

DrFat32

Me too. Forget all this fancy ooh-la-la 'I take it with a sprig of wild honey blossom and a smidgen of organic Orca milk' crap. Jar, teaspoon, hot water BAM coffee.

Anyway tea is much better.

This gave me a smile.

Whatever Drew does I alway saw him as a consummate professional at GB and would expect nothing less from him now he is on his own. I will be waiting patiently to see what he is turning his lense to.

Looking at the picture of possible games there is still nothing that would want me to 1: buy a xbox1 2: pay an extra $10 (£10?) for an added service. Yes PSN is crap but I don't see this offering anything better.

Yes it is worth it but I appreciate the cost aspect. I would wait a few months, even weeks and I'm sure the price will drop, even digital prices seem to be falling off quickly.

@hunkulese: Yes, I completely agree and I usually bounce off games that frustrate me but it keeps dragging me back. I should just uninstall and be done with it and play something else.

Now I'm not a violent man, not even hot headed. I'm passionate about things but that's it, generally a calm level head sort of guy.

Over 20 years ago in the early 90's i was playing Super Monaco GP for the Sega Master System. I played the hell out of that game. I could win every race, first place every time apart from the last race, probably the most challenging in real life as well as in the game, Monaco. I tried and tried and tried to win first place, over and over again but to no avail. Finally, after a marathon play session and still no first place, I took the cart out the system, found a hammer and smashed the cartridge into very small pieces. It felt so good. Needless to say I never finished 1st in Monaco, I don't think I even played many more games and I sold the system shortly after this violent outburst to get a shiny new Megadrive (Genesis).

So to my point. Recently Nioh makes me feel like this, and this is just the first Boss Onryoki. Luckily it is a digital copy so no disk to smash but the controller has come close. What have you done to vent your anger at a game; smashed a cart or disk, thrown a controller, flung a PS2 out a window. I must admit it did feel good to vent that frustration but what have you done to give you that sweet sweet release.

The worst place I ever lived in was Cranhill in the Eastend of Glasgow. My girlfriend and now wife comes from that area from the high flats (19 levels up) and me coming from a small village on the southern outskirts of Glasgow going into the Eastend was terrifying. TBH most of the people were okay but the reputation of Neds, gangs, Buckfast and Heroin Addiction scared the s**t out of me. Waiting on a bus hoping you weren't going to get, stabbed, mugged or at least into a fight was a real fear.

An example of the culture was if you had a car, I did, the wee boys, 8-10 would say "Is that your car mister" if you said yes they would ask for payment, usually fags (cigarettes) of cash, (50p) to look after it. I smoked at the time so a few fags was not an issue. If you said no and they knew it was yours, a tire would be slashed or a scratch would appear.

I don't live there and my wife's family lucky don't either. I miss some things of Glasgow but Cranhill in the early 90's, no. If you want a fairly realistic film reference, look at Trainspotting, although based in Edinburgh the context is very similar, some was filmed in Glasgow