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Mandown on 08.09.2012 at 06:54#1

Nintendo's "Seal of Quality" explained...

SuperLink on 08.09.2012 at 11:48#2

So what do you think its relevance is in the modern industry? Is it just for traditional purposes or do Nintendo actually supply some kind of game insurance that other systems don't? (which idk I kind of doubt in this day and age where everything is supposed to be so user-friendly)

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Martin_ on 08.09.2012 at 15:38#3

I've just realized that Nintendo's logo hasn't changed one bit in all these years.

bornforthis43 on 08.09.2012 at 16:13#4

The reason Nintendo implemented their seal of quality was because they wanted to prevent another potential video game market crash, like the one in 1983. However, now, I think that it is tradition like SuperLink says. There's tons of shovelware on the Wii.

SuperLink on 08.09.2012 at 18:43#5

Martin_ said:
I've just realized that Nintendo's logo hasn't changed one bit in all these years.

Though I don't see it red as often as I used to..

bornforthis43 said:
The reason Nintendo implemented their seal of quality was because they wanted to prevent another potential video game market crash, like the one in 1983. However, now, I think that it is tradition like SuperLink says. There's tons of shovelware on the Wii.

Good point, they wanted to set themselves apart from what happened before to reassure people that things wouldn't go that way again.

But there was a fair amount of shovelware on both NES and SNES, probably just not as noticeable as it is now as the industry was smaller as was the variety and complexity in games.

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Mush on 08.09.2012 at 20:53#6

Martin_ said:
I've just realized that Nintendo's logo hasn't changed one bit in all these years.

It's such an iconic logo, known by every gamer and even non-gamers. Why would they change it?

SuperLink said:
Though I don't see it red as often as I used to..

I believe the colour of the logo was officially changed to grey/silver a few years back. (I know this is certainly true for Europe.)

( Edited 08.09.2012 20:54 by Mush123 )

TAG on 09.09.2012 at 00:25#7

bornforthis43 said:
The reason Nintendo implemented their seal of quality was because they wanted to prevent another potential video game market crash, like the one in 1983. However, now, I think that it is tradition like SuperLink says. There's tons of shovelware on the Wii.

Superlink said:
Good point, they wanted to set themselves apart from what happened before to reassure people that things wouldn't go that way again.

But there was a fair amount of shovelware on both NES and SNES, probably just not as noticeable as it is now as the industry was smaller as was the variety and complexity in games.

Shovelware is one thing. I think the seal was to keep outright broken games off of store shelves. It saves having to deal with customers complaining to Nintendo that their games don't work.

( Edited 09.09.2012 00:27 by TAG )