Irregardless of the fact that our "core" offerings thus far already equal or surpass what we got last generation. About the only thing GCN had that we're still missing is F-Zero.
People just can't co-exist with casual games without wetting their pants in terror.
They were expecting more.
How do you get more than record-breaking? You're just trying to justify gossip.
And it just generally gets a bad review, deservedly.
*EVERY* disc-based Wii game that is not titled, "Super Mario Sunshine" gets a generally bad review. And as much as I miss my Mewtwo, Brawl is a beacon of awesome in itself, let alone compared to the kick in the teeth that was Mario Kart Wii.
Brawl generally gets a bad rep from fans because they cannot fathom physics engines changing between titles (funny, you'd think somebody would have remembered how less than seamless the 64-to-Melee transition was). And it generally gets a bad rep from journalists for being a sequel.
In other words, the "fans" (read: tourneyfags) hate it because they changed it, and the editors hate it because they didn't. So whatever illusion of consensus you're trying to come up with is completely pointless.
« Last Edit: April 01, 2010, 09:24:17 PM by Shining Laser »
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