I stopped reading when he started trying to criticize a Mario games story. I don't think anyone in the history of anywhere has ever said Mario has a brilliant story.

Also, he means figuratively, not literally. If you're going to bitch about writing, at least get that right.

I swear it's like a curse, none of them can get past 80 sheesh.

Well I find this guy's ideals strange and hard to see his points.

A really bigoted dev that is trying to call other people racist for some perceived nonexistent benefit.

I doubt he has any understanding of cultural differences. The plots you see from Japan are derived from there own cultural perspective and popular entertainment which is quite different than it is in the U.S. If anything, people berate them more for those differences than applaud them. In general, you will find more jounalist against Japanese games than for.

As the guy said on the first page, no one was appluading Bayonetta for it story.

Second, wouldn't one actually have to make a game like Bayonetta before saying they would get discriminated against? To my knowledge, there is no precedent of this occuring. He has created a nonexistent antagonist.

The only racist here is him.

As far as the youtube video. Why should Mario become a side scrolling hack and slash game?

The video was more about presentation, scenario, character development, and story. It's clearly a much more in-depth game in those regards, and I was wondering if that's what people wanted Mario to turn into. It was just a question. :P

No. Just no.