IGN Editorial: Blinded by MARIO

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Zucas said:

Well here's my comment I left IGN in that little article. I'm sure they'll appreciate it and know that people of logic will:

"Haha well this is a silly editorial. First and foremost, both games are very good, and show that platforming is still well and alive even in 2009.

Where you failed first is of course you didn't actually take down New Super Mario Bros Wii but simply boasted some of the features of Splosion Man. It's called a suppressed information fallacy and indeed illogical. If the author had thought on an analytical level rather than a purely biased one, they could have given a fair comparison.

I'm all for thinking that games get overhyped and overrated but none of that was proven here. Splosion man offers 4 player online co-op, but it is also plagued by lag. Splosion Man offers 100 levels, but none are even close to the same length as that of the NSMB Wii levels. Splosion Man is more original, simply becuase it is a new IP, but it doesn't mean that the game is actually a better one.

Sure if you simply find everything that Splosion Man has over NSMB Wii you can make it sound like you've actually stated something true. But all you've done is stated something completely illogical. You could have discussed which had better level design (key in platformers), which was more enjoyable, which had more replay value, which multi player worked better or more fun, etc. You could have gone over actual evidence and given a fair comparison but ya didn't.

It is because of that I can label this editorial as lazy. How ironic. Actually a lot of these so called articles IGN has written lately about all three hardware developers have been rather lately. Been all about shock value of what is being said rather than trying to say something that was well thought out. IGN you are lazy and selling out for hits. How funny."

10/10.