Gamasutra Feature Articles: Persuasive Games: Wii Can't Go On, Wii'll Go On

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Persuasive Games: Wii Can't Go On, Wii'll Go On Nov 27th 2012, 05:00 What is Nintendo really attempting to do with the Wii U? Game designer and researcher Ian Bogost, in the latest installment of Persuasive Games, looks for the answer. For a century and a quarter, Nintendo has devoted itself to an unspoken mission: making games safe, stripping them of their risk and indecency. The company started as a hanafuda playing card manufacturer in the late nineteeth century. Like most gambling, hanafuda was closely tied to organized ...