New Super Mario Bros. - Wii

The Fiancee didn't like Ghouls and Ghosts, eh

I watched bits of the Quick Look and was not impressed. I'd rather play this solo because you wouldn't have chaos and pausing every two seconds when people die. It does look better than the DS one though.

Parish is the poster boy for everything wrong with the gaming media.

I think that's the most harsh thing I have ever seen NZE post, and he's getting rep for it.

So Parish is admitting that his favorable appraisal of a game is based on its own merits, its ability to entertain him, and its ability to sustain the interest of people who don't normally give a shit?

OUTRAGEOUS!

Thank you for exposing this scandal, Yoshi.

If his audience is handicapped people that care what non-gamers think about the games they play, then he's doing a great job.

If you look at the reviews across the web, the only two that gave this above a 90 in the US were him and GameStop's official sales pimping rag.

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I think that's the most harsh thing I have ever seen NZE post, and he's getting rep for it.

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To his credit, he spelled fiancée correctly. Every time I see a male TNL'er spell it with one "e", it makes me think they're getting married to a guy. Or maybe they are. I don't know.

I'm still looking forward to playing NSMBWii. It's a shame Nintendo didn't the same effort into the visual presentation that they usually do, though.

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If you read enough of that hack's drivel to know that he's been talking about it for weeks, I trust your take as much as his.

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I didn't read anything, he's been on a few podcasts talking about what he likes about the game. I don't have any interest in this game but it sounds like something to check out if I get the chance to. Your hater meter is off the charts here.

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If his audience is handicapped people that care what non-gamers think about the games they play, then he's doing a great job.

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Have you considered that the goal of New Super Mario Bros. isn't to challenge to controller-chucking extents the 20+ years of gaming experience of Cave-playing, Japanese system-importing hardcore hobbyists? Most adults who consider buying Nintendo games have pieced this together!

Roger Ebert gave Synecdoche, New York and Finding Nemo the same four star rating. Should he have docked a star or two from Synecdoche because his nephew wouldn't get it, and should have have punished Finding Nemo for not being challenging or provocative? No, you fucking dipshit. They have different goals and intended audiences, just like Death Smiles and New Super Mario Bros have different goals and intended audiences. Can you really not understand this?

No, but he'd dock the game for having DS ass visuals and no online play despite the fact it's multiplayer-focused.

That is fair criticism. Especially the latter.