I'm amazed that the editor of a respected magazine would fail to overlook certain obvious errors. Most of his points have been reiterated by others ad nauseam.
It's obvious that humans tend to look at proportions and not absolute values. Just because Nintendo decided to cater more to the casuals, doesn't mean the absolute amount of stuff catered to the hardcore has dropped.
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