Post by Ace_ETP on Jan 13, 2005 1:25:36 GMT -5
Let's just pretend all games and systems ever made by Nintendo are water-proof, sand-proof, heat-proof and have an average durability of several years.
At first glance this always seems to be a hard question, then I think I'll be able to answer it, but after that I realize that it is actually harder than I ever thought.
When asked this question, some people go for the repetive, never-ending games. Tetris, Puzzle Bobble, Tetris Attack, Pong, anything you can find in their cell phones, you name it. Those may seem like good options, but I'm sure the monotony would eventually kill me, and just about anyone else
. The same goes for any monotonous multiplayer "party" games with a single-player mode that lacks the magic the games have when there is more than one player. These can become the most frustrating (ever tried to get the Crazy Hand Trophy in SSBM? 
), and make you want to destroy the system, and you'll want to kill yourself later if you destroy your only source of entertainment at a deseted island.
Another option and a completely oppossite one to the above are the extensive, difficult Adventure, Strategy and Role Playing Games with lots of ways to finish them. I dislike Strategy games, so I won't bother to elaborate on them. A game like The Wind Waker would be entertaining, if one took the time to finish all the side quests, but sailing and searching for sunken treasure more than a hundred times could get boring. And I don't think one wants to play a game about a kid in a boat sailing, and sailing away when one is stuck in a deserted island. Maybe Ocarina Of Time (which I never finished) would be a better choice. An RPG like Pokémon could play out more nicely in an island if you set the goal of getting all catchable Pokémon (even early evolution links!) to Level 100 and into the Hall Of Fame.
So both single-player monotonous/multiplayer monotonous games and RPG/Adventure/Strategy games have their advantages and disavantages. Something in between is needed. And that is Platform games.
So what game would I take? I'd take Super Mario 64. I was never extremely good at it, so I guess I could take it easy, and not get more than star on the same day, and take some time out to get familiar with every single thread of the texture it consists of.
Or I could just pull a George Costanza from "Seinfeld". I think the conversation in question went something like this:
Jerry: If you could only take one book to a deserted island, what would it be?
George: Ehhm..."The Three Musketeers"
Jerry: Have you read it?
George: I'm saving it for the island.
Following that philosophy, I guees I'd have to take Ocarina Of Time.
At first glance this always seems to be a hard question, then I think I'll be able to answer it, but after that I realize that it is actually harder than I ever thought.
When asked this question, some people go for the repetive, never-ending games. Tetris, Puzzle Bobble, Tetris Attack, Pong, anything you can find in their cell phones, you name it. Those may seem like good options, but I'm sure the monotony would eventually kill me, and just about anyone else
. The same goes for any monotonous multiplayer "party" games with a single-player mode that lacks the magic the games have when there is more than one player. These can become the most frustrating (ever tried to get the Crazy Hand Trophy in SSBM? 
), and make you want to destroy the system, and you'll want to kill yourself later if you destroy your only source of entertainment at a deseted island.Another option and a completely oppossite one to the above are the extensive, difficult Adventure, Strategy and Role Playing Games with lots of ways to finish them. I dislike Strategy games, so I won't bother to elaborate on them. A game like The Wind Waker would be entertaining, if one took the time to finish all the side quests, but sailing and searching for sunken treasure more than a hundred times could get boring. And I don't think one wants to play a game about a kid in a boat sailing, and sailing away when one is stuck in a deserted island. Maybe Ocarina Of Time (which I never finished) would be a better choice. An RPG like Pokémon could play out more nicely in an island if you set the goal of getting all catchable Pokémon (even early evolution links!) to Level 100 and into the Hall Of Fame.
So both single-player monotonous/multiplayer monotonous games and RPG/Adventure/Strategy games have their advantages and disavantages. Something in between is needed. And that is Platform games.
So what game would I take? I'd take Super Mario 64. I was never extremely good at it, so I guess I could take it easy, and not get more than star on the same day, and take some time out to get familiar with every single thread of the texture it consists of.
Or I could just pull a George Costanza from "Seinfeld". I think the conversation in question went something like this:
Jerry: If you could only take one book to a deserted island, what would it be?
George: Ehhm..."The Three Musketeers"
Jerry: Have you read it?
George: I'm saving it for the island.
Following that philosophy, I guees I'd have to take Ocarina Of Time.
