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I gave my 12 year old nephew a SNES classic yesterday
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If you want to get your kids to appreciate classic games, show them those games first or at least at the same time as newer ones. The excessive focus on graphics or online social interactions in today's games won't let them go back to anything more simple, especially single player side scrolling platformers.
well I mean you can't... but teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves... It's like... they're gonna make their own choices when away from home... and I'm sure they play minecraft and fortnite and who knows what else when at friends houses (which really isnt very often) and It's not like I'm against them playing the new hotness... I just want them to understand where games came from and have a deeper reverence and respect for games than just playing angry birds would get you.
I know for a fact my 15 year old plays whatever shooter is hot at his friends house whenever he's there... but at home it's breath of the wild ... (or sleep... which is something he'd rather do anyway)
Lol.
At least I wasn't an ass trying to make them play Ghouls n' Goblins hehe.
Showed my little brother SOTN and he was blown away.
The level design is literally like Dark Souls 1 which is amazing to say the least, he didn't know such impressive map design existed more than 20 years ago.
I've yet to show him REmake btw.
The level design is literally like Dark Souls 1 which is amazing to say the least, he didn't know such impressive map design existed more than 20 years ago.
I've yet to show him REmake btw.
Funny enough, I hooked up some of my old consoles to our main TV to show my kids what games were like when I was their age.
Mega Man absolutely obliterated us. I remember beating it way back in the day, and now I'm playing it wondering how the fuck I did that.
Mega Man absolutely obliterated us. I remember beating it way back in the day, and now I'm playing it wondering how the fuck I did that.
If you plugged an old console directly to a modern TV you probably experienced a shitload of lag.
Your post comes less of "Kids this day don't appreciate quality gaming" and more "Fucking kids have stupid tastes, let me yell at this cloud", i think it's funny how hyperbolic your reaction to your kid getting hooked on Fortnite is.
lol! I've seen this a few times before with various devices and never fails to make me smile.
I just said it was depressing, not sure how that counts as hyperbole and cloud-yelling, but you do you
Yup. Both of my kids. 10 & 5yo
I wasnt able to get the NES Classic in 2016, but I did get the SNES Classic last year. We played a bunch of Super Mario World and it was a bit too difficult for them. Same for Donkey Kong Country....just a tad too difficult.
But tomorrow my NES Classic arrives, and I already told my 10yo daughter that we're doing a SMB marathon gaming session over the 5-day weekend. I'm sure it'll be a great learning experience
I wasnt able to get the NES Classic in 2016, but I did get the SNES Classic last year. We played a bunch of Super Mario World and it was a bit too difficult for them. Same for Donkey Kong Country....just a tad too difficult.
But tomorrow my NES Classic arrives, and I already told my 10yo daughter that we're doing a SMB marathon gaming session over the 5-day weekend. I'm sure it'll be a great learning experience
It's just a game, hahahhaaha, how is calling it "depressing" not hyperbole? wow.
Says the "My nephew is into fortnite, im depressed, we'll never be able to connect!" poster.
I've been showing Kirby-related stuff to my nephews (4 and 6), mostly youtube videos but I also let them play some Kirby Super Star on the SNES mini with my assistance. I think Kirby games can serve as a nice introduction to classic gaming, especially titles that allow for 2 player cooperation. Not really retro, but I think the best game in that regard could be Kirby's Epic Yarn. You cannot even die in that game.
Oh, once I also played the first minutes of Link's Awakening DX on my 3ds explaining all the story to them as if it was a fairy tale. Narrative stuff may be also of interest to young minds, maybe I'll try point and click games in the future.
Oh, once I also played the first minutes of Link's Awakening DX on my 3ds explaining all the story to them as if it was a fairy tale. Narrative stuff may be also of interest to young minds, maybe I'll try point and click games in the future.
Got a Famicom Classic & a SNES Classic. The kids liked Kirby & the Mario games and that's about it. Oh and they like some of the RPGs (FF6, CT, Earthbound, SMRPG), but they already had played them on the VC.
Last year my nephew bought himself a SNES Classic with his birthday money (11 years old). He always loves classic game, which surprise me, considering he also play ipad, 3DS, WiiU and Switch. This year he ask me to help him buy a NES Classic, unfortunately we couldn't found it anywhere with reasonable price. So i told him to wait a little longer hoping with a relaunch NES Classic will bring the price down.
They said that they gave up trying to connect via video games. Which makes some sense if the only thing they play is Fortnite and that poster isn't interested in it at all. And if it's a hobby you're really into, I imagine it could be a bummer. Maybe 'depressed' is a slight bit of hyperbole just to get their point across but I don't get why you're harassing this dude over a minor bit of word choice. Geeze, man.
It's not harassment, i just found the hot take weird because to me it seemed like Era was above that sort of dumb cross generational elitism.
Let's leave that for Baby Boomers angry about dem millenials.
Never played NES or SNES games when I was young even though the consoles were popular when I was in middle school (PC only kid). I easily understand why kids nowadays won't be that interested because most of the games didn't interest me after trying them on the SNES mini with their limited graphics and gameplay. However, Mario games and SNES RPGs do easily stand the test of time. I loved Mario World, FF6, Zelda ALttP, Chrono Trigger. The other games not so much.
I don't have kids, but I've spent a lot of time with my 11 year old nephew. I let him play what he wants, for the most part, but I like to make sure he has some appreciation for the older stuff. He and I beat Turtles in Time a couple years ago. If we play an older game, it's usually something he's got an interest in already. I don't ever want to force him to play older stuff if he's not already interested in.
The one thing I noticed with the youngest gaming generation (that started with PS2 and on) is that they have a harder time do8ng two buttons at the same time using their thumb.
For example, let's say SNES classic wise:
X
Y A
B
A lot of kids I watched play NSMBU (or in this case, my ex playing MMAC on Xbox 360) literally couldn't hit Y+B at the same time to make Mario run and jump (or on the other case, having Megaman jump and shoot using Arm Cannon)
Has anyone here with little kids had this happen with the "Classics" while having the opposite with new consoles?
For example, let's say SNES classic wise:
X
Y A
B
A lot of kids I watched play NSMBU (or in this case, my ex playing MMAC on Xbox 360) literally couldn't hit Y+B at the same time to make Mario run and jump (or on the other case, having Megaman jump and shoot using Arm Cannon)
Has anyone here with little kids had this happen with the "Classics" while having the opposite with new consoles?
Cheers for the info! My wife still has a silver one she batters Spyro on.
My son did this when he was about 5 on Mario World (Saturday morning father son time on my weekends off) he then asked how I move so fast. So I taught him the trick (tip of thumb on Y, then use the base of the thumb on B while holding Y) helped him beat Kirby too lol
Honestly, it did seem laggy. I thought something was wrong with the controller a few times.
I've learned over the years that sometimes people who appear to be interested in videogames are actually just interested in one or two particular videogames. Superficially it can seem like you might share something with those people, but in reality it's like trying to talk about television with a person who only watches Wheel or Fortune.
That realization can be a bummer sometimes.
I played Atari with my uncles, and yeah it was alright but I was already past the NES and into the SNES/Genesis so it was kind of meh. Same thing basically I imagine, except a way bigger tech gap.
Then one of my uncles had an imported Dreamcast before it came out here and it blew my fucking mind.
Then one of my uncles had an imported Dreamcast before it came out here and it blew my fucking mind.
My 2 year old loves playing the original Sonic. By playing, I mean watching the demo and jamming the buttons.
There's a huge age gap between me and my youngest brother. I was 29(?), and he was about 12. I showed him a N64 cartridge (Mario Kart 64) and I asked him "Ever seen one of these in real life?" He goes "Ooooohhhh! Yeah that's for the first Nintendo."
It's fascinating but kind of sad to see how most of us are so excited to show our (future) kids the games we grew up with, only to realize that they are too hard or too archaic, or just not interesting at all to the new generation. I still think it's good to introduce them before they're even aware of what it is, because teaching kids patience and the satisfaction of improving is incredibly important.
But I just had a realization: Today, there are games for everyone, even for the regular people who don't have patience, who give up with everything after the first failure. Most people will only like these new failureless games, or watch someone else play online, and not get into harder games themselves.
But back then? Video games was not for everyone, and it was mostly just "nerds" playing. Those who are inclined to keep trying, to learn and improve. But a majority of kids/people did not have patience, back then either.
Whether it's genetics or how you're raised, you may end up with kids who don't care for retro styled games, but then it's better than nothing that they still enjoy phone games and minecraft, right? At least this is what I would tell myself...
But I just had a realization: Today, there are games for everyone, even for the regular people who don't have patience, who give up with everything after the first failure. Most people will only like these new failureless games, or watch someone else play online, and not get into harder games themselves.
But back then? Video games was not for everyone, and it was mostly just "nerds" playing. Those who are inclined to keep trying, to learn and improve. But a majority of kids/people did not have patience, back then either.
Whether it's genetics or how you're raised, you may end up with kids who don't care for retro styled games, but then it's better than nothing that they still enjoy phone games and minecraft, right? At least this is what I would tell myself...
I've tried before with my nephews, but anything before the PSN they'll stop playing almost immediately. Can't say I blame them as for me going back to the Sega collection or SNES classic has me regretting those purchases.
this would be like my uncle seeing me play mega drive and forcing me to play intellivision games
I haxored some games onto my nephews' SNES Classic when I gave them one for Xmas, and I found that their fave games were a) anything with Star Wars, no matter how shitty; b) any games they could play reasonably well against a grown-up--thus, Tetris with their mom, Super Mario Kart and Super Bomberman with me; c) Super Mario over Sonic. Nobody told them which way to lean, with each series' 2D classics loaded on the same box in the same directories. That's just an unscientific observation.
My kid wont touch anything older than PS3.... if he isnt busy watching other people play games on Youtube, that is. SMH
I bought an SNES Classic Edition for my brother, and it went over really well with him and his kids. I was surprised when my brother mentioned that he was playing A Link to the Past, as he didn't really ever show much interest in games like that when we were younger. Also, I did find it funny that he almost immediately asked if you could add more games to it, to which I responded that there was no official means of doing so (and I wasn't about to try to discuss the process of hacking it with him).
I'm actually kind of tempted to get an NES Classic Edition for him, but I only recently managed to get one for myself, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to find one for him.
I'm actually kind of tempted to get an NES Classic Edition for him, but I only recently managed to get one for myself, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to find one for him.
Which is funny because at the time it seemed so hand holding compared to previous games in the genre.