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11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It

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11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« on: July 27, 2009, 01:01:23 AM »
http://kotaku.com/5323178/11+year+old-exposed-to-contra-for-the-first-time-hates-it

The old-school gamers at Nerdballoon sat down with a slightly uncommunicative 11-year-old and asked him to describe his first experience ever with a platform shooter - the beloved Contra. Predictably, he hated it.

The graphics "suck," the music is "boring" and - I'm not sure if this is a positive or a negative - "it's not as easy as Halo 3 or Call of Duty: World at War," rating it "9 out of 10" on the difficulty-o-meter.

He also doesn't like the fact everything's a one-shot kill. What would he rather play than Contra? Why, Call of Duty and Halo, of course. I'm getting the idea that's all he does play. Well that, and hockey.





Huh, I actually found this fun when I played it.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2009, 02:56:55 AM »
you, are not 11.

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2009, 08:03:56 AM »
this is why kids these days are tools... i want to smack that 11 year old

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2009, 05:57:32 PM »
He needs to be neutered.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 12:15:50 AM »
Yeah the problem stems from he was a Kid who has seen better, Technology and what kids get accustomed to Does not work backwords usualy,

Like if he was a kid who hadnt played Halo or Xbox 360 or even xbox games
then maybe he would of delt with the games simplicity flaws grown and maybe even known to lookup codes and then figure out how to beat the game.

but hes seen better gets turned off by not looking at the game from its era but comparing it directly to modern world and then also expects a nintendo game to have similar play or learnability from somthing written by microsoft and has no desire to even attempt to work with the game learn how nintendo games usualy are beatable or anything he probably didnt even give a though to the game having a 24 lives code or anything. gave up and didnt care probably 2 min into play or less.

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 12:53:47 AM »
Wow, does that kid even know what the Nintendo is?! Contra is one of the best video games ever!!
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2009, 11:43:09 AM »
I doubt it.

Still it annoys me how he's not looking at this with an open mind, KNOWING its an older game instead of comparing it to games like Halo 3 and Call of Duty.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2009, 11:57:51 AM »
Yeah that part i agree with Shin.

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2009, 12:20:20 PM »
I read this was only the first part of a series the people are recording, having the kid play different types of games. Contra was only the first one.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2009, 01:59:24 PM »
Kids are just too spoiled these days.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2009, 03:01:19 PM »
Battletoads is next apparently.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2009, 04:41:33 PM »
I wanna see what he says to that. Haha.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2009, 04:42:19 PM »
Yeah the problem stems from he was a Kid who has seen better, Technology and what kids get accustomed to Does not work backwords usualy,

Like if he was a kid who hadnt played Halo or Xbox 360 or even xbox games
then maybe he would of delt with the games simplicity flaws grown and maybe even known to lookup codes and then figure out how to beat the game.

but hes seen better gets turned off by not looking at the game from its era but comparing it directly to modern world and then also expects a nintendo game to have similar play or learnability from somthing written by microsoft and has no desire to even attempt to work with the game learn how nintendo games usualy are beatable or anything he probably didnt even give a though to the game having a 24 lives code or anything. gave up and didnt care probably 2 min into play or less.

very good post tkoold! now that is a post!

and i agree  [asia]

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2009, 08:29:58 PM »
I'm just curious how he'll react when he starts playing Super Mario Bros.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #15 on: July 28, 2009, 08:37:23 PM »
"Why can't I use the wii-mote!?!" is probably what would happen.
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2009, 12:54:11 AM »
lol actually like what i find funny is that most people dont realise the the wii remote is a Nintendo controller once turned sideways which is how they setup paying 5$ for nintendo games

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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2009, 03:00:08 AM »
ok, hears what i think. me and my dad used to play contra way back in the day. it was fun. now i play halo3, and l4d, and ff11, and other such games. i found out you can download contra off of xboxlive, and thought "oh hell ya". so i did. played the game for about 30 minutes, and finally realized...the game isnt really all that great. its fun for short periods of time, but any longer than that, and the game gets tiring. the only reason why most of us here thought it was one of the best games, is because there was nothing better at the time. i grew up with contra, but now that im playing newer games, i cant really go back. i personally, do not blame this 11 year old, and most certainly would NOT smack him, neuter him, or put him to sleep


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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2009, 12:15:12 PM »
I never said anything about maiming that child--when I plug in the Nintendo (i'm 16, mind you) and put on Contra, I absolutely love the game every time I play. It never really seems repetitive since it's always a challenge for my and I use the Konami Code sometimes. No matter how many times I play it, I still love it--kinda like the NES Ninja Gaiden!
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Re: 11-Year-Old Exposed to Contra for the First Time, Hates It
« Reply #19 on: July 30, 2009, 06:32:07 PM »
yeah and Omatsu States Exactly how unless you were around in the era and Knew exactly what it was like back in the day you cannot go backwords in technology and aprecieate it at all, and it seems to work in all forms of technology like with kids and the original sony Tape walkman. but still sometimes with how Hatefull kids can be and stuff they can have such disrespect if they feel somthing was garbage that it Can greatly hurt those like us who tresure old stuff.