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Nintendo: Parents love them because they strip all the fun out of competition by Fortinbras 03/30/2008, 7:44pm PDT
Holy shit, a good article from Slate


Nintendo's overpolicing even extends to protecting players' self-esteem. In an online interview, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata explained that the Wii's online service doesn't have a leader board because he didn't want less-skilled players to feel bad: "Those in the top five might feel pretty good about themselves, but what happens if you're number 15,398 in the rankings?"
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Nintendo: Parents love them because they strip all the fun out of competition by Fortinbras 03/30/2008, 7:44pm PDT NEW
    also: cannot talk to other players by FABIO 03/30/2008, 9:51pm PDT NEW
    I can think of a lot of good reasons I don't rank high on leaderboards and shit NT by Grumah 04/24/2008, 8:41am PDT NEW
 
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