OG Nintendo-fans: a dying breed

SuperMetalDave64 is a rare example of an OG (original gangster) Nintendo-fan that still supports Nintendo's new consoles and games. There are, by contrast, many Nintendo-fans that do not support Nintendo's newest offerings with the same passion they did during their youths, and instead stay up in the clouds of nostalgia where they are safer. Pat the NES Punk and the AVGN are two examples.

OG Nintendo-fans grew up with the NES and played all of Nintendo's systems from then on, chronologically, while they were relevant. This is not a bragging-point that I wish to bring up, but the truth. The truth is that elders are not given their due respect in the United States, and are instead sent to nursing-homes; it is simply the culture, and it seeps over into videogame-culture as well.

We are, however, far from the most vocal group of Nintendo-fans on the internet. The most vocal Nintendo-fans right now, are the younger ones, who probably grew up with Nintendo 64 or Wii. There's nothing wrong with that, but there is most definitely a gap of understanding between the two groups.

A problem I see often with a lot of these younger Nintendo-fans is that they can only care about themselves. When they talk about Nintendo, it's only in terms of what they like, and not what's in the best interest of the company. They are physically incapable of caring about anyone but themselves, but that's simply what a child is. That's why they're children, or just mentally-underdeveloped physical-adults.

I'm not trying to rag on the younger Nintendo-fanbase. They are the future, and share a love for the company we love the most.

What is a child? What is an adult? Is an adult someone who turns 18? No. It's someone who can care about someone other than himself or herself.

There are many people who are legally adults but mentally children, and there are remarkably mature children who have the maturity of adults.

This emphasis on numbers in the Western world is dumb and counterproductive. Numbers applies to not just age, but height, and salary as well. The higher the number, the better, says Western society. This needs to change.
The wiser Nintendo-fans care beyond just themselves and about the company itself. They may be wrong sometimes, but they criticize and advise the company as if they were running the company themselves. This is what people do not see about people like SuperMetalDave64. Immature people only see negative energy when it's more like the energy of a concerned parent.
Kids who grew up with Wii understand Nintendo to be an innovative and fun-loving company, but one that does not care about, nor is capable of competing for power. This couldn't be further from the truth.

We OG Nintendo-fans know all too well how Nintendo kept swinging right until Gamecube. Nintendo always cared about power, until the Wii. That's why it has been all the more painful to see them care more about controller-gimmicks and portable devices.

Many people react negatively to SMD64 because they can't relate to him; I painfully can, and it's saddening to see how we are a dying breed.

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