IGN Editorial: Blinded by MARIO

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onishi said:

radiantshadow92 said:

Stefan.De.Machtige said:
I quess it sold to much according to IGN.

for the quality of the game...yeah, it also sold too much according to me

Wow and I thought I was the only one that escaped the hypnosis. the I applaud you for speaking truth and perhaps you will get bashed alot and me for agreeing with you. The gamers who love Mario have been somehow under the spell that just about anything with his name is the second coming. Now there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Mario franchise, especially the 2D platforming games. Yes Mario is fun, there is no denying that, but I hate to admit after Super Mario Bros. 3, it has begun to lose its magic to me and perhaps a few others. Yes I had the privelage to play Splosion man, and it has got to be one of the funnest times on a platformer I've had. This discussion reminds me of an argument I had many years back with my brother when comparing Super Mario World to an unknown Sega gem called Kid Chameleon. Funny enough when he finally played it he said hats off to the game that can finally dethrone Mario. The sad reality is much different and it doesn't only apply to Mario but several other games. COD series is an example, along with Zelda and Final Fantasy, among others. All are great series that have earned their rightful place in the pantheon of great games, but people adamantly refuse that there are in fact better games out there that may not have such a household name. I just wish people would give lots of other games a try and stop being close minded. Hell Vagrant Story pretty much blew every Final Fantasy game out the water for me (pretty much matched and surpassed VI). I just hope people give so many other games a chance one day and don't get blinded by the extreme bias I am starting to notice in my short time here. 

I have no problem with either people that love NSMBWii to death nor people who don't like it. To each his own. I am offended though when people consider their opinion to be "the truth", thus implying everyone else is a fanboy/blind/lying (to others or themselves). No radiantshadow wasn't speaking "the truth", he was speaking his opinion, which is perfectly valid.