Is NSMB Wii worthy of the title Game Of The Year?

[The Ghost of RubangB]

Kantor said:

The Ghost of RubangB said:
Fact #1: New SMB Wii is the best platformer ever made.

Fact #2: Platformers are the best genre ever made.

Conclusion: New SMB Wii is the game of the forever.

To argue this, you must argue one or both facts. Good luck.

I challenge Fact 2. Zelda isn't a platformer.

It's just about every other genre ever, but not a platformer.

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link is a platformer, and The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening has several platforming areas as well, with lots of jumping, both from a sidescrolling view and the isometric view.  You even jump on goombas in that one, which is why it's the best Zelda ever made.

And Twilight Princess has platforming areas with tricky wolf jumps, and double clawshot sections.

Zelda games aren't pure platformers, but they dabble in platforming, which is part of why they're so good.  If you just walk from puzzle to puzzle without snowboarding, swinging, jumping, riding chickens, and launching out of cannons, games would be boring as hell.  Platforming is where all the fun and challenge comes from.