20th January 2005, 5:02 PM
Okay then, I see what you are saying.
However, again NOA having control over these other companies would be bad (I never said they weren't a part of Nintendo really, just that I consider them not part of NOA). NOA has no game designers in it. Shigeru Miyamoto having creative control is fine, but I'd rather not see ad executives have any control at all over what games they make.
On the other hand, letting Retro make it's OWN decisions on what games to make, THAT wouldn't be a bad idea at all. They learned a lot in making Prime, though honestly I really don't think Prime would have been nearly as good without Miyamoto ordering them around. Anyway, give Retro, for example, free reign over itself. NOA can have free reign over advertising, but I do not think NOA should be telling Retro what games to make, not until NOA itself because a software developing part of Nintendo that's proven itself anyway.
Oh, as to why I seperate NOA from Retro and the other American Nintendo developers? Well, I do because Nintendo seems to. They don't call the Retro development house "Retro of NOA", just "Retro" of Nintendo.
However, again NOA having control over these other companies would be bad (I never said they weren't a part of Nintendo really, just that I consider them not part of NOA). NOA has no game designers in it. Shigeru Miyamoto having creative control is fine, but I'd rather not see ad executives have any control at all over what games they make.
On the other hand, letting Retro make it's OWN decisions on what games to make, THAT wouldn't be a bad idea at all. They learned a lot in making Prime, though honestly I really don't think Prime would have been nearly as good without Miyamoto ordering them around. Anyway, give Retro, for example, free reign over itself. NOA can have free reign over advertising, but I do not think NOA should be telling Retro what games to make, not until NOA itself because a software developing part of Nintendo that's proven itself anyway.
Oh, as to why I seperate NOA from Retro and the other American Nintendo developers? Well, I do because Nintendo seems to. They don't call the Retro development house "Retro of NOA", just "Retro" of Nintendo.
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