| Bodhesatva said: Why is this title particularly insulting, though? Because it's aimed at girls? It's really no different than a Dragonball Z or One Piece or Transformers game.
I think we tend to give the shovelware games at our demographic (young males) a passover, and relentless mock the shovelware for other demographics (Barbie games, Hannah Montana, this game). The worst, however, is that we somehow manage to relentless mock the good games aimed at these other demographics (The Sims got tons of flack back in the day, Nintendogs still does, and Wii Fit, if it turns out to be as good as I expect). |
I will make fun of The Sims all day, even though it is quality, simply because of the people I know who play it.
Nintendogs actually looks fun to me. Wii Fit looks like it could be pretty cool too. Those games at least have some more stringent quality assurance standards.
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