What has gaming come to?!?

Relax, man. Main Nintendo audience are just little kids and casual gamers. Don't compare their skills and abilities to hardcore gamers experience and skills. We can pass some crazy games on very hard levels, but a little 6-7 year old kid or an adult casual gamer can be really frustrated with a simple (for us) game. Matters of taste and preferences. Different consoles for different customers. PS3 - for hardcore gamers, Wii - for little kids, casual gamers, even any grandma can play that.

As for REALLY hard games, sadly, but I don't see a lot of them now (back in eighties or early nineties was a golden age for some hard games).

Even for hardcore gamers things are getting if not easier, but routine. FPS games didn't have anything new since 90-s (sure better graphics, physics and other stuff, but the concept hadn't changed since Quake or Doom). Racing games - same thing (as for a lot of other genres). In the midst of thousands of current video games only few deserve to be played. The rest - pop crap. Most of developers are interested in making $, not the idea. It's like a pop music or stupid Hollywood blockbusters - it's not the art of music, cinema or gaming anymore, it's just business, feeding consumer pigs with their daily dose of McDonalds-Microsoft junk.

Relax. This is kind of frustrating, but I can kind of understand why they're doing it.

You don't see many hardcore gamers spending most of their time on the Wii, right? They either get the PS3 or Xbox 360. Some have all 3, but they still don't play their Wii as much.

Who likes to play the Wii the most? Casual gamers. Those are many little kids, or those who just get the Wii to kill time, or just for "family fun". Not for serious gaming.

Not long ago, my friend (a casual gamer), was playing Super Mario Galaxy with me (that game is easy), and he's been having troubles at doing the simplest things ever. I had to jump in and help.

I don't think that they will put that in-game helper in every game they make, I mean, Nintendogs or Hannah Montana aren't games that you need help on.

Everyone is trying to change gaming. Let's just thank them for not making it an automatic in-game helper, cause that would be just stupid.

I think you are reading some kiddy blogs or threds like the other person said. Think of your age man. Where you able to get through those old games from NES, SNES with out any help? all of them? On games like Pokemon, some people try to collect everything. Even though you can beat the game with out any help, it is a little harder to collect everything. Maybe they are trying to unlock certain things that require certain things. I thought the first Mario Brothers for NES was HARD before. Now it is one of the easiest games. I played ninja Gaiden Sigma for PS3 and that game was actually kinda hard. not all games are easy. games for DS and Wii are mainly targeting smaller kids who probably do not have good hand and eye cordination as you do. Some people need help. Some don't. If you don't then just forget about those sites. Many games you can set the difficulty. Have you ever tried Devil May Cry 4 on its hardest difficulty?

While I agree that most of the stuff that has come out for the Wii and DS is complete and utter crap, there have been some gems.

Why are you bashing Mario Kart? That's one of the best party games around, and there's a pretty competitive online scene.

As for the PS3 and 360, there's way too much emphasis on style over substance. While pretty graphics are nice, a good meaty story and solid gameplay will always triumph.

That's why the NES, SNES, and Genesis are still so revered by gamers. What the NES lacked in hardware, it made up for in gameplay. The SNES and Genesis was the golden age of gaming. Tons of quality titles, compelling stories, solid gameplay, etc...

I buy more games via PSN (for my PS3) or Wii Shop (for my Wii) than disc games because a lot of the current gen stuff sucks.

I feel your pain.

they made all these games to attract a larger audience for their system. a lot of 6-10 year old kids are addicted to pokemon and little girls go crazy over hannah montana. boom blox is kinda like a weird game so idk but what i used to use brain academy for is when i was with my friends and really bored during summer we would see who could finish in the least time(i know nerdy right?) i honestly dont see why ur so pissed off. if ur into gaming u can get the 360 or the ps3. to me the wii is for the kind of ppl that arent really into gaming and only play around 1-3hours a week or when friends visit. if u look there arent that many hardcore games nintendo for a while so i see nintendo as a kid-friendly company. not everybody likes to see blood everywhere and zombies poping out of corners

I totally agree, man. It's freaking stupid. Super Mario Bros is just Point A to Point B, you don't need any help. And even if you do need help, that's what Gamefaqs is for!

This is why I'm not regretting selling my Wii for a 360. Just a bunch of casual games meant for 5 and 70 year olds.

Wow, someone needs to grow up a little.

I'll solely admit that older games were HARD as hell back then compared to some of the new games. To be honest, newer games that are out now are a lot easier for me because there's more things to do in them then having to jump at the right time. I mean take Sonic for instant. It was a run, jump and spin game. Making sure not to run into other monsters. But still you ran into them, fell into pits losing your rings over and over again and sitting there thinking. Why the hell is this so hard?! SERIOUSLY!

And honestly some people like you probably don't sit in their mothers basement and play video games 24/7 and get good at video games and then sit and biker and whine how the youth population is sucking so bad. Some people just aren't good at games, but they still play them because it gives them good enjoyment...and that's what a game is about. :/

If people need help with some games who cares, it doesn't affect you. I don't see why it would even bother you that someone else is getting help with easy games, maybe not everyone is that good at playing games and needs help with stuff that seems simple to most people especially nintendo games as they are being geared towards a very casual market not avid gamers.

what really sucks is that our childhood Nintendo or whatever you used when you started gaming the ATARI is now today's generation's Wii

so when today's kids grow up they will be used to a Wii mote rather to a controller and in the future they will probably want to play with a Wii mote instead of a controller and well you get the point

i hope that does not happen but it is just a theory i have which will suck

In my opinion you are way too advanced to be reading some of these blogs. And IMHO ( In My Humble Opinion ! ) if you didn't have problems with Ninja Gaiden PS3, you should be a game tester, or sign up for the air force to fly UAVs or something, because your hand-to-eye coordination is incredible.