Pachter : SALES of New Super Mario Bros. Wii will “SHOCK” (in a "good" way)

[Larad]

RolStoppable said:

Larad said:
From the videos we have seen it doesnt look nearly as intricate or challenging a mario world. Hell, every iteration of nintendo's franchises were more challenging on the snes. Why would the hardcore care for this game when it doesnt look like its going be frustrating at all? Or tell me that you dont think nintendo games have become easier over the years...

A guy from the official Nintendo magazine already played through the whole game and said that it is easily as challenging as Super Mario World, if not moreso. He said there's frustration in the game, but in a good way. There's a Q&A thread in the Nintendo forum, if you are interested to learn more about the game.

Besides, what do the hardcore have to do with the success of this game? Them not buying the game won't prevent it from easily surpassing 10m lifetime.

Generally, all games have become easier over the years. Nowadays we have selfregenerating health and tons of checkpoints in many games. Oddly enough and contrary to popular belief on message boards, it's often Nintendo games which haven't been simplified to that level and reviewers confirm it by docking points, because the games are too hard. The prime example would be Mario Kart Wii where the majority of reviewers whined that the game depends too much on luck while it actually was them sucking at the game. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn got bashed for its brutal difficulty too.

In summary, I fail to see your point, because you have none.

Did they actually compare it to Mario World specifically? And were they talking about the singleplayer mode?