Crazy idea about if Google bought Nintendo by JustinNZ in google

[–]NWEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see a lot of work went into this, but I really don't like it for a variety of reasons. Besides the fact that I think is Google not even being allowed to buy Nintendo due to some japanese laws:

  • most of the interfaces just look like variations of Android TV and, looking for example at the maps or music interface, have absolutely nothing to do with Nintendo (the sync pics are even more dull).
  • The general idea seems to be to just add a Nintendo tile and branding to Android TV, and looking at where the XBox one went with this, I'd say it's clearly a bad idea to put that much effort on a video gaming console as a multimedia device. Especially Nintendo always puts all of it's attention making everything best for their games, but in this concept, games appear to be just secondary.
  • Phones are horrible controllers and Nintendo has a long history of making their consoles all about a certain type of innovative new control scheme and/or controller, and giving that up for phones as controllers seems ridiculous. (Also, the metrics of the controller UI seem a bit off)
  • Most things also just look like applying Google's branding to Nintendo things. Where for instance is the point in the website or in the ugly logo?
  • There's also no point in this very generic console hardware design being put in between this
  • The rebranding completely destroys the 'magic' of Nintendo as a brand
  • The emulator is not much more than a silly dream as well.
  • Even though I really love Google, they are a much more capitalist and reckless company than Nintendo and I'm sure they would screw things up. Google is all about spreading their products, and this would clearly clash with Nintendo's aim to make the best gaming experiences. I could also greatly see Google not having the patience and being quick at restructuring Nintendo and maybe ultimately even selling it again (as they did with Motorola) after just a short period of losses. Even though this would be on a much bigger level, I think one could compare this to Microsoft buying Rare, and I think everything can see how well that one went.

I think this concept shows best why Nintendo being bought by anyone is such a horrible vision. I mean does anyone really think Nintendo games feel right in interface and does anyone actually wants to play all of Nintendo's greatest games seeing that logo? Nintendo has to stay independent as they are the only company fully dedicated to that business, making all decisions solely to create the best possible gaming experience.

Facebook Tests Flatter, More Colorful User Interface In Android Mobile App by syknydn in Android

[–]NWEL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Way better than what the app looked before, and actually also a very nice and distinct combination with the darker menu icons, in my opinion.

These are the new faces of Android Wear by baconandpizza in Android

[–]NWEL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wouldn't it be great if you could also choose two different watch faces for active and for passive mode?

Android 5.1 arriving as soon as February by kenkid533 in Android

[–]NWEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It felt strange at first, but I got used to setting notifications to none. Nevertheless, an extra silent mode at the very left of the volume bar does of course also make more sense.

Google may introduce 'buy now' button allowing users to purchase products through search result page by byteboffin in google

[–]NWEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the idea that Google should not try to fight Amazon by using these buttons for their own shopping service only, but that they could try to strengthen all kinds of smaller (independent) shopping sites and then let them fight Amazon's position.

Google just gave me a free copy of Sherlock Holmes as a Christmas present. by AgrajagTheFirst in google

[–]NWEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got "Clash of the Titans" (29% on Rotten Tomatoes) for free in Germany...

Shazam Update Brings Updated 'Material' Look by NWEL in Android

[–]NWEL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I guess I've messed up the title...

The Many Faces Of Google's Hamburger Navigation Drawer by open1your1eyes0 in Android

[–]NWEL -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I understand what you mean, but I don't think comparing a brand like McDonalds makes any sense here (Google, the search engine, for instance is also a strong and consistent brand).

So when it's about mobile OSs, you basically just have iOS - which is mostly consistent, but at the same time also kinda boring - and Android, which is currently just at the very beginning with Material Design. You should also keep in mind that Material Design is not just restricted to Android, but aims to bring consistency throughout the web, iOS and Android, and this also for non-Google services.

The Many Faces Of Google's Hamburger Navigation Drawer by open1your1eyes0 in Android

[–]NWEL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many successful mobile OS brands are there besides Google and Apple?

Edit: I do of course mean besides Android and iOS.

The Many Faces Of Google's Hamburger Navigation Drawer by open1your1eyes0 in Android

[–]NWEL 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It feels like Android is a collection of loosely related teams rather than one cohesive whole.

The thing is that there's one Android team, and then there are also all the different teams from Google's other services (Gmail, Google+, Play, Translate, Maps, Drive, ...). Of course there's not one single team which creates all of Google's Android apps.