IGN review New Super Mario Bros. Wii

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Khuutra said:

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Game would easily be a 9.5 with online multiplayer and some more features. It deserves in the 8.5-9.0 range without them.

Seriously guys, a 2d Mario game with no next gen features and a sloppy multiplayer implementation getting a 8.9 means that the rest of the game must be absolutely amazing. Think of it that way. I am, and I cant wait.

I have done my level best - my super duper best, to be honest with you - to not enter into this discussion on the point of rating a game based on what it isn't vs. rating it based on what it is, a practice which stops just short of setting my brain on fire. But for this? For this I will make an exception.

Tell me:

How do you equate a lack of online multiplayer with "sloppy multiplyer implementation"?

No. you're wrong. It has multiplayer, and its not a very good implementation of it.

It's 2009, soon to be 2010. No online multiplayer simply is not acceptable.

Of course you rate a game on what it is. Its a multiplayer focused mario player that does not have online features. Considering the amount of games on the platform that do have online multiplayer, it is simply unacceptbale.

Nintendo obviously is focusing their efforts somewhere else, its certainly not New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

That being said, I preordered and paid in full today and I cannot wait, don't take it the wrong way.

To sum it up:

Game is multiplayer focused
System has online capabilities

Any sane person adds those 2 together to add online features. This is not a nintendo 64. This is a current generation console and we are all about online gaming. Look at Mario Kart Wii.

EVEN THE DS HAS ONLINE MULTIPLAYER.

 

Part of critiquing a game is also including its short comings. You cannot just ignore online multiplayer as a letdown just because it doesn't have it. It's a MASSIVE let down, that almost breaks the game. If it wasn't so amazing otherwise, it wouldn't even be worth a purchase.