If that makes you faint, the following will give you an aneurysm:
- I own Wii Fit and use it regularly.
- I think Okami is a better game than Ocarina of Time. (To be fair, it could easily be argued that Okami wouldn't exist if OoT had not come first. Some people have stated, perhaps with tongue in cheek, that Okami was a truer Zelda game than Twilight Princess.)
- I played and enjoyed playing Stepmania (the freeware PC clone of Dance Dance Revolution).
And if you're still standing, you might want to sit for this one: I think
The Legendary Starfy is fun. A tad repetitive and simple, but still fun.
It's 2009 and the lines between casual gamers and "core" gamers are continually blurring. Playing Guitar Hero doesn't invalidate that I beat Mega Man 9. Using Wii Fit doesn't "cancel out" playing Team Fortress 2 competitively.
Many gamers now run a wider spectrum (for lack of better phrasing) than in the past. Some may play "core" games like PC first-person shooters on a weeknight then play Rock Band on the weekend with friends. The "compartmentalized" view of the "average" gamer (whoever that is) will fall by the wayside eventually.
To use an analogy: Someone might read Foundation by Isaac Asimov and then go to see Transformers 2 a week later. Foundation is considered an important science fiction book and Transformers 2 is considered by many a junk action movie with robots. Enjoying one doesn't preclude enjoying the other. The same goes for video games.
And the trend is going to continue--if not for the general populace, then at least for me, personally. After my wife and I have kids, I'm going to want to preview any games before they play them. That means playing games like Pokemon (which, by the way, are popular among gamers older than 12) and the aforementioned Legendary Starfy.
On a side note, I have considered buying classic consoles (NES, SNES, Genesis, etc.) and buying classic titles (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, Sonic the Hedgehog 2) and having my future children play those games before buying them newer systems like the Wii, DS, or PS3.
I don't consider Ocarina to be the best single player game of all time either Tek. I just think it's a classic and probably one of the best games made for the N64.
Okay, that I can easily agree with. Ocarina is a masterpiece; I'm not disputing that.
As for Goldeneye, I never really cared for it, but I played it because my friends did. I think of it like the social gaming precursor to Counter-Strike: I didn't like the game, but couldn't get away from it.
I have never gotten why people like Guitar Hero nor will I ever.
Because it's essentially DDR for the hands? And a lot of people (myself included) find it fun?
With the degree of practice needed to be good at it
It actually doesn't take that much practice to start knocking out tracks on Medium difficulty. I don't ever anticipate being able to finish tracks on Hard or Expert, but playing on Medium is fun enough for me.
and the amount of money you need to pay for it (new that is) you can get a real guitar and learn to play it >.< .
A good guitar is still going to cost considerably more than a Guitar Hero game package with just a guitar. (Tack on microphone, drums, and a second guitar and it's a different story.)
( I tried it in a store and I can play a real guitar some so yes I can compare).
I don't play the guitar, though I know how to read music. At the first available opportunity, I plan to learn how to play the piano, then after I've gotten fairly proficient at that, go back to learning to play the saxaphone, and eventually learn how to play the guitar. Of course, all those plans are irrelevant until I can afford a piano--and that will likely be a long while.
