Comments on: New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Video Game Nostalgia http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/02/20/new-super-mario-bros-wii-and-video-game-nostalgia/ Responses to Media and Culture Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.7.5 By: retro http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/02/20/new-super-mario-bros-wii-and-video-game-nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-19267 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:15:12 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=2036#comment-19267 I go back to some of the older NES games and I feel like a kid all over again. Nostalgia is great.

]]> By: John V. http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/02/20/new-super-mario-bros-wii-and-video-game-nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-738 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:17:59 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=2036#comment-738 Nice write up, Mike. I love reading the opinions of new gamers; there’s none of the cynicism and bitterness present in the words of long-term core gamers. Very fresh.

As long as you’re exploring the virtual console, you should check out: Super Metroid, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past, Kirby’s Adventure, Bubble Bobble, and Contra 3.

]]> By: amanda klein http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/02/20/new-super-mario-bros-wii-and-video-game-nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:57:56 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=2036#comment-645 When we were considering getting a Wii an experienced gamer friend of mine said the Wii is the game system for people who don’t like video games. I have to agree–I loved my Nintendo as a kid but the current crop of video games turns me off. Wii definitely taps into those old (happy) feelings.

]]> By: Tim Anderson http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/2010/02/20/new-super-mario-bros-wii-and-video-game-nostalgia/comment-page-1/#comment-630 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:17:34 +0000 http://blog.commarts.wisc.edu/?p=2036#comment-630 Nice post. I think nostalgia is employed not only because you can make a family appeal, but because such an appeal needs to be made. This recession is partially about job loss, but it will ultimately be about contraction at every level for most Americans. What that means is that if you are going to drop anything above $100 for a luxury item, then it better serve the needs of the entire family. I think the Wii’s push for older, more classic titles is part of this, as is their current embrace of Netflix as well: if you buy a system you absolutely must get more boom for buck. And one of those features is the console as time-machine.

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