And no, that headline is not meant to suggest that playing Nintendo games somehow makes you more attractive to the prettier sex. No, it actually refers to the fact that if you're playing Nintendo games, there's a reasonably good chance that you're female. The journey of self-discovery begins now!The Siliconera crew reports that, according to Club Nintendo membership information, the Touch Generation series in Japan has managed to grab a significantly large female audience. The games that were considered were Adult Brain Training (women are smart!), Nintendogs (women are responsible!), another puzzle-based title, Yawaraka Atamu Juku (women solve problems!) and Woman, Make Me a Damn Sandwich (women can laugh at stupid jokes!). Approximately half of the gamers that bought Nintendogs were girls, with the same holding true for Yawarka Atamu Juku. About a third of those who bought Adult Brain Training were women.
It looks like Nintendo is becoming quite adept at tapping into that mysterious and ethereal female market, an achievement that had previously been reserved for games like The Sims. What's the secret? Adorable puppies? Intuitive interfaces? Really good games?
[via Siliconera]
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12-29-2005 @ 10:35PM
Neko Tsukimi said...
That pink DS really helped me get into the DS... :D But aside from that, I think Animal Crossing... The cuteness overloads me.
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12-29-2005 @ 10:39PM
robotplague said...
My girlfriend is currently addicted to Animal Crossing. In fact today she said "Aww, yeah, I'll call you sometime after 4:30". What's going on after 4:30 I ask. "I have a visitor in Animal Crossing that wants to come over, I met him while planting flowers, his name is Elmer".
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12-29-2005 @ 10:50PM
silly said...
prettier sex??? not to all of us.
:)
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12-30-2005 @ 9:29AM
Squints said...
I love Woman, Make Me a Damn Sandwhich. If you're a guy and you go on the Wi-Fi service chicks just start making sandwiches for ya... naked.
Anyway, Seeing as how you women are smart and all, it would make sense for you to buy a DS, rather than wait through loading times and watch $30 movies on a one-inch screen.
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12-30-2005 @ 8:40PM
Bbird said...
OMG-zzorz My girl cant lay off it. My DS is beauty. I love my DS. But I want it back from my gf!!!!
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1-06-2006 @ 9:12PM
lain said...
the secret is really good games, of course! i think what attracts more females is the wide variety of games. quite obviously, ds has more than just shooting games, sports games, and driving games.
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1-15-2006 @ 4:09PM
Raiknii said...
I'm a girl, and I brought the DS because it had good games. (No! Impossible! It can't be!)
Then again, I'm addicted to Nintendo games, so my opinion is subjective.
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