"No, in point of fact, I know no such thing about traditional gamers hating the water temples. I know that they are very much the causes of split opinion among core gamers, but they are far from an object of universal revile.
I don't think I get what you mean in the latter half. "It would not work to throw a different kind of gameplay"? "Mario areas"? I am lost, lik a child in the woods"
Monster Hunter focuses less on dungeon puzzles and more directly on the action. It's selling like hotcakes in Japan. Super Guide isn't the answer to tedious puzzles. They should be reduced or dropped period.
Mario used the SG for parts of the game people still wanted to play, not parts that radically change it.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
