Thread:Aldo The Fox/@comment-31012996-20191205192550/@comment-31012996-20191205215607

Yes, the PlayStation and Xbox are now marketed toward more mature audiences, while Nintendo consoles are still relatively family-friendly (although in more recent years, there are still a few M-rated games beginning to appear on Nintendo consoles as well). For handheld games, Nintendo is my pick, whereas for home consoles, Sony PlayStation is my pick; everyone else in my family likes Microsoft Xbox. I like Microsoft for computers, but not for video games. Sony and Nintendo are what I like for video games. I don't really like M-rated games, either.

I also miss the good old days of the late 90s and early 2000s, when arcades were still popular in America (they're still popular in Japan, but not here). Arcades in the United States have been mostly phased out by online gaming, but I don't really like online gaming because you don't really know who you're playing against, and you have to deal with lag problems. In an actual arcade, you don't have to deal with lag problems, and you know exactly who you're playing against, because they're literally right next to you. Dave & Buster's arcade-restaurant locations in shopping malls, as well as arcades in amusement theme parks, beachside towns with boardwalks (like those of the Northeastern United States), and casino hotel cities (Atlantic City, New Jersey being a notable example of both a beachside boardwalk town and a casino hotel city). I live in Northern New Jersey, close to New York City, and Atlantic City is only two hours away from where I currently live by car drive, and my family and I typically go to AC about three times a year.

And yes, Japanese RPGs such as Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts do take quite a long time to finish, but there's a lot of stuff to do in those games, so it will keep you busy. Leveling up can be quite tedious, though, and boss battles can also be quite hard, especially when you have to keep healing yourself over and over again, because you're constantly taking severe damage from your opponent's attacks, and are constantly on the verge of getting knocked out and defeated. I get it.