On 5ch’s hardware/industry (“Geha”) board, a thread went up titled “If you’ve got normal sensibilities, you grow out of Pokémon and Mario by middle school.” Posts dismissing Nintendo titles as kids’ stuff drew a wave of pushback, with users arguing it’s “just the mindset of people who grew up on the Super Famicom and moved on to PlayStation.” The thread spiraled into back-and-forth citing specific titles like Xenoblade, and eventually into a circular debate over what “games for adults” even means in the first place.
Grown adult gaming on a Switch instead of a PS5 (lol)… seriously, it's about time you realized how bad that looks lmao
Another old-timer having a meltdown, convinced that whatever was popular when they were a kid must automatically be "for kids"?
>>3
Seriously, this is exactly it. It's only the old guys who grew up on the Super Famicom and switched to PlayStation to play Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy who are still stuck thinking "Nintendo is for kids."
Seriously, this is exactly it. It's only the old guys who grew up on the Super Famicom and switched to PlayStation to play Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy who are still stuck thinking "Nintendo is for kids."
>>1
Did you buy Fire Pro Wrestling ("Toukon")? What about Marathon? Show us your trophies.
Did you buy Fire Pro Wrestling ("Toukon")? What about Marathon? Show us your trophies.
Normal people be like: "Adults don't play video games."
Don't you dare mock Xenoblade, that has-been game for creepy otaku.
Don't you dare mock Xenoblade, that has-been game for creepy otaku.
Says the guy starting threads like this at his age — you're probably over 60, aren't you?
Too much hassle to argue, so I'm just going by CERO ratings! Ask me if Mario Odyssey and Paper Mario are for adults, and I'll say yes! Because they're rated CERO B! (Japan's equivalent of a Teen rating)
You're really hung up on this… did you go through something traumatic or what?
I mean sure, you drift away for a bit in middle school, but every other game ends up feeling so shallow that you come crawling back to Nintendo.
Same thing every time — people throw out specific names like Pokémon and Mario, and all the other side can counter with is a vague phrase like "games for adults." You're not even standing on the same ground. Next time, put actual game titles in the thread title.
It's not like "the adult-oriented lineup went multiplatform and hit Switch too, so now it's PS5's turn!" Please update your worldview — we're not still living in the PS2 era.
>>13
It's pretty wild that you think PlayStation is somehow the one exception to all this.
It's pretty wild that you think PlayStation is somehow the one exception to all this.
What exactly counts as a "game for adults," specifically?
>>44
A game that flips Nintendo the bird.
A game that flips Nintendo the bird.
AAA titles that never come out on Switch.
So it's Switch-exclusive AAA titles specifically, >>45? If any AAA game that released on other hardware counts as an "adult game," then yeah, you really are an idiot… lol
>>45
Games that never came to Switch but still sold well on PS in Japan — isn't that basically just Chinese mobile games, FF, and Monster Hunter? Is that seriously all there is to "adult games"? If there's more, you guys clearly aren't even buying them properly.
Games that never came to Switch but still sold well on PS in Japan — isn't that basically just Chinese mobile games, FF, and Monster Hunter? Is that seriously all there is to "adult games"? If there's more, you guys clearly aren't even buying them properly.
Seriously, what even is a "game for adults"?
>>52
Some mysterious thing that nobody actually buys.
Some mysterious thing that nobody actually buys.
That kind of thinking from top to bottom is exactly why things have withered down to the state they're in now.
>>87
Well, they're basically bandits at the end of the day. The boss just throws some random underling under the bus and bolts.
Well, they're basically bandits at the end of the day. The boss just throws some random underling under the bus and bolts.
Honestly though, if you saw some middle-aged guy playing Pokémon or Mario in public, you'd cringe a little, right?
>>95
Fair enough. But if you've got a family, there's barely any stigma attached… guess being single really is the crime here!!
Fair enough. But if you've got a family, there's barely any stigma attached… guess being single really is the crime here!!
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry, “Geha”) thread “If you’ve got normal sensibilities, you grow out of stuff like Pokémon and Mario by middle school and play games for adults.”
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