I don't want to turn this into some machismo fest, but I can not only second this, but I'll go as far as to say that I've never gotten a single woman outside of my baby sister to play a single game with me that didn't have Mario in it. Not. One.

Oh wait - Pokemon. So only one.

Because the games are fun and for some of us, the graphics remind us of the games from our youth. I also find that a lot of these so-called kiddy looking games actually have more of an original art style as opposed to something like all the popular FPS games and third person action games which seem to use all the same colors, the same looking environments and the same protagonists. Mario, Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, Ratchet & Clank, and Banjo all have a distinctive look. You can tell those games apart from one another. You can tell those characters from one another. If you were to remove the titles from the games, could you really distinguish most Call of Duty games and most Battlefield games?

I've noticed that with movies too. I'll often go see a Pixar movie by myself and notice that it actually looks different than other movies and not just because it's an animated movie. It doesn't use that disgusting teal and orange effect that most live action movies use these days. Has anyone else ever noticed that. Most action movies these days look like a Micheal Bay film, even the good ones.

not feeling enticed by Nintendos offerings is one thing, denying that "adults" can like/love them is an entirely different one

the former means knowing what you want for yourself, the later means being unaccepting of other peoples differing tastes and to look down on them

It's actually very childish to state what you have.

It's Art. If it's not your taste then thats your taste. Just how I think shooting games are all the same and one is enough. It's not a fact. It's an opinion. Calling out people on my opinion would just be annoying. I also don't like Cartoony civilization games compared to the realistic looking ones, but again, just my opinion.

So you're an Ori > Mario kind of guy. I can respect that.

Without headset functionality and the entire multiplayer structure lacking compared to XB1/PS4 titles, Nintendo has a long way to go to make a competitive shooter that the rest of the industry is used to.

Ya know I had R&C in hand at best buy and was gonna buy if not for me at least my daughter, then I thought about it and was mehh, and put it back on the shelf.

Oh god...

Well, guess we're never being friends!

I wonder what you did during the my little pony phase the internet went through. I'll admit I used to think similarly of bronies but I quickly grew out of that thankfully. Hopefully you will too someday!

Well that's your problem. Not much more I can say on the subject...