Oops, I edited my post after you quoted it. Here it is again.
I guess you specificly don't have to recognize that Nintendo makes some of the best franchises around. But the games are both critical and comercial successes, and those in the video game community recognize them as such. You don't have to like them to admit that they are good.
I was never personally a fan of the 3D GTAs, but lots of people like them and call them the best sandbox games out there. Even though I think that The Hulk: Ultimate Destruction was the best sandbox experience I have ever had, I can still recognize GTA as a great game, even if I don't really understand why.
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