Activision brings back the old "Punch Nintendo" Ads with Blur

[theRepublic]

RolStoppable said:

theRepublic said:
Wait, so Blur is a kart racer that looks realistic? I did not get that at all from the ad. What I saw was, "Don't by a kart racer, buy our realistic racer!"

There is no kart racer subgenre, it annoys that many people seem to think that there is one. The correct term is fun racer, the subgenre is defined by items that make races competitive even if the skill level of the players greatly varies. Since it's possible for anyone to win a race every now and then, it makes racing games more fun, just as the chaotic factor that comes with it. The fun racer subgenre isn't limited to karts, this wrong impression simply exists because the Mario Kart series is so popular that nearly every other developer who gives it a go also chooses karts as the vehicles for their game. Blur, for a change, tries to do it with real cars.

Maybe they should have focused on that in their marketing instead.  I had no clue it was anything but a racing sim from that ad.