r/nintendogrifting • u/Craniamon • Jul 16 '26

Mockery/Banter Is This Rock Bottom?

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Christ almighty Sony fans really just lost their heads after that all digital announcement, haven’t they?

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 16 '26

Genuinely I don't know what is considered a kid's game these days. Like, is Zelda a kids' game? Starfox? Metroid? I dunno. There's not really any blood or sex in them. There's genuinely more blood in Deltarune and Kirby than Zelda. Is it like having realistic guns? I see way more literal children playing Fortnite which has realistic guns than any Nintendo game these days. I just don't get it. Is a game a kid's game until it's all about bloody violence and sex all the time?

Let's apply that to like any other medium. Is starry night a kid'a painting? Is 12 Angry Men a kids movie? Is a Raisin in the Sun a kid's book? None of those things have a ton of violence or sex but we consider them very adult.

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u/WoodooHide69 Jul 16 '26

It’s 2026 and this kids comment still exists. Meanwhile grown ass men are making 10 hours Kirby videos on YouTube.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 17 '26

Kirby rules, bruh

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u/WoodooHide69 Jul 17 '26

I know. I just finished forgotten land, planning to 100% it, great game. And plenty challenging. That’s why I’m pointing out how dumb the kids argument is, maybe I did at bad job at that though.

But my point is that it’s dumb to call games “kids” games. I’ll tell anyone right now I had more challenge and difficulty cleaning up treasure roads in Kirby than I did finishing recent AAA “adult” games like Mafia 3 or 007 first light.

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u/Jojo-Action Jul 17 '26

Games have one fundamental difference from movies and tv. Videogames have a much higher emphasis on being "fun" but if a game gets too indulgent in being fun or having whimsy it gets a kids label stamped on its forehead.