Carl, so you're saying core gamers that might be interested by the game, they lost interest after watching the advertising? C'mon that's not true, a core gamer knows what's this game about and don't care of advertising or reviews. If he likes platformers knows very well what's Mario 2D about.
The advertising was clearly for the expanded audience, but the game isn't just for them.
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