IGN review New Super Mario Bros. Wii

[theprof00]

Khuutra said:

theprof00 said:
I already wrote that my whole response was aimed at those upset at the score. I'm sure the game is really good, and probably the best game in November, to a lot of people.

I can't wait to play it myself, but beyond score it doesn't really affect anything except maybe a minority of purchases. On a somewhat less tangible level, it does kind of lower the Nintendo reputation, but it's very debatable, to the point where one could argue 100 pages and none would have the right answer.

I think it's pretty easy to argue that it doesn't:

Lots of people will be shown this game and buy it, and think it's awesome, and not care about online multiplayer.

Result: net gain in Nintendo rep

the point I was making was that it might become partly synonymous. Nintendo = offline. In that case, people who wanted online may move to a different system.

You asked me if there was anything else besides score. There really isn't. I'm just trying to give you something you asked for. It is a loss. It's just that the loss is covered up by the gain...but the loss is still there, it's just swept under the rug.