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JWeinCom on 06 February 2013
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SxyxS said:
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I think the same games published by nintendo and mario instead ofa sly would be rated around 90% and called a super innovative nintendo stealth jump'n'run.

Unlikely, critics often criticize Mario games.

and then give them great ratings using such objective decriptions as "It'll bring back childhood memories" and "Nintendo magic".  Ummmmm ok how about getting someone to review it who didn't grow up playing Mario or can simply put his personal feelings aside from his childhood?

NSMB 2 got reviews about the same as what Sly is getting.  Paper Mario Sticker Star too.  NSMBU was slightly better but still not great.  Dunno where these Mario games that critics fawn over are.


Remember, if a Sony game doesn't get great reviews it can't be because it's not a great game.  It's because the media is biased.

Of course, Ninteno fans will say the same thing in reverse too.

your last 2 sentence are right,but

the mario games rated so low were either because of too much recycling in a too short period(nsmb(u)) or because of the dissapointment that paper mario was not what it should be:an Rpg.

but you will nowhere read such overwhelming critics for sly than you will for mario.

 

just take any 90% review from the latest rayman(nothing to do with sony) and mario.the rayman game is described more in a professionell way by the raters,mario reviews always sound like magic,phantastic,jesus returns etc.And i'm pretty sure the same will happen with the soon released rayman wii U exclusiv.

as result:rayman3ds sales=10000,mario2d 3ds=5mio(that's why i'm pretty sure that 

Rayman's lower sales have little or nothing to do with its sales.  The fact is that Rayman is a B level franchise at best.  Mario is a franchise that's been around for 25 years and includes some of the best and most innovative games in gaming history.  It's unrealistic to expect Rayman to compete with that.

By the way, NSMB 2 had an average review score of 78% and Rayman Legends was 88%.  I've read a lot of reviews for bothand I really don't recall reading much overwhelming praise for NSMB 2, much less Jesus returns reviews.  Those may be in your head, but if you have any feel free to post them. 

And it's not hard to see why NSMB 2 sold better.  Rayman was absolutely beautiful, but to be quite honest I felt its level design wasn't quite as strong as other contemporary platformers.  The levels just weren't as memorable as some of the best 2-D platformers (like Donkey Kong Country returns or NSMB Wii) and even fall below some of the somewhat lesser 2-D platformers like NSMB 2.  In addition, Rayman was a lot less accessible, and didn't feature a hyper popular protagonist.  If reviews were a main factor, the game would have sold alot better.  Rayman definitely deserved better sales, but honestly I enjoyed NSMB 2 a bit more.