Summary
- Astro Bot was one of 2024's biggest successes, with its platforming prowess instantly being compared to Nintendo.
- Just as that fire started to die down, it's been restarted by former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé.
- While present at the New York Game Awards, Fils-Aimé admitted that Astro nearly "outdid" Nintendo at its own game.
The beloved former pre🍸sident of of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé, has spoken about 's massive success and admitted that it "almost" beat Nintendo at its own game.
Considering how many Game of the Yeꦍar award😼s it won, I don't think many gamers would disagree when I say that Astro Bot is platforming perfection and one✅ of the best releases we've seen from PlayStat♑ion in some time. Astro Bot is so good in fact, that it instantly drew comparisons to🌃 the genre's king over the past few console generations - Nintendo.
While Astro Bot's endlessly inventive levels, tight controls, and charming presentation are of its own making, a lot of platforming fans quickly poin🌺ted out that those elements are remin💙iscent of Nintendo's work with Mario. As you can imagine, that led to a lot of arguments about how original Astro Bot is and whether or🥃 not it's deserving of its Game of the Year wins.
Former Nintendo Of America Boss Says Astro Bot Nearly Outdid Nintendo
As silly as it is to say that Astro Bot doesn't deserve its moment in the spotlight because it has similar qualities to Mario and other Nintendo games, the comparisons are certainly there. That raging PlayStation vs. Nintendo fire had just started to die down after Astr🔯o's win at The Game Awards, but it 😼just got fired back up thanks to an unlikely source🗹.
Earlier this week, former president of Nintendo of America, Reggie Fils-Aimé co-hosted the New York Game Awards (), which esse꧋ntially forced his hand in talking about how great Astro Bot is. , that's exactly what he ended up doing.
While talking about one of the awards Astro Bot was up for that night, Fils-Aimé said 🎶that he "had to admit" that Astro Bot had almost managed to beat Nintendo at its own game, referring to the similarities between the two platformers. That nꦉod earned a nice laugh from the crowd, who has surely been hearing all of the comparisons too.
I have to admit it, Astro Bot almost outdid🧸 Nintendo at its own game. - Reggie Fils-Aimé
, the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game, and the Central Park Children’s Zoo Award for Best Kids Game (yes those are all real), it's worth noting that Fils-Aimé said "almost". 168澳洲幸运5开奖网🌠:Makes you wonder what Nintendo is cooking up thaꦡt could possibly counter the Odyssey-rivalling Astꦗro Bot.
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