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| Why Zelda Still Rules the Action RPG Posted: 08 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT
Feature  Why Zelda Still Rules the Action RPGThe Legend of Zelda games may not be perfect, but they still define the genre.By: Jeremy Parish May 8, 2012 1UP, we confess, has not been the kindest friend to the Legend of Zelda series of late. In fact, one might even assume that we have some sort of dark agenda against the games. That we're out to perform a cruel hit job. To poison the shape of public discourse about Nintendo's work and undermine the very foundations of the franchise by eroding the world's affection for and confidence in Zelda! But let's not be silly. We've had some critical words for Zelda over the past few months, it's true, but those criticisms come from precisely the opposite place of whatever grim land of hatred Zelda's more ardent defenders may have concocted in their minds. We tend to put Zelda under harsh scrutiny not because we want to trash it but rather because we love it. Bob Mackey won't shut up about how Majora's Mask is probably the greatest game ever to spring from human minds, and I can bore you with hours of nonstop reminiscence about my experiences with the original NES game. We love Zelda, and we want it to be wonderful. Sometimes it falls short of our expectations; and sometimes in the process of starting up a conversation about these things, you have to play the role of devil's advocate, and then people misinterpret your opinion as being a lot more negative than it really is. |
| Complete Gacha Ban Would Spell Bad News for the Social Games Business Posted: 08 May 2012 03:28 PM PDT The social games business is still very young, meaning there are a lot of things still to be worked out as certain Japanese companies are finding out right now. A highly profitable sales tactic employed heavily by companies like GREE and DeNA may soon be deemed illegal in Japan, a move which would certainly put a damper on what is a rapidly-expanding portion of the industry in that country. The issue involves complete gacha, also referred to as compugacha or konpu gacha in Japan. Gacha on its own involves money being handed over in exchange for a random item; this is acceptable in a legal sense. Where complete gacha becomes problematic is in the way it rewards players with a special item for completing a set of items which are obtained randomly. This can, as you might imagine, become an expensive proposition as attempting to collect all the parts of a set can require countless transactions. Comparisons have been drawn between it and gambling, which is largely illegal in Japan. |
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