The truth about Nintendo

[Zod95]

forest-spirit said:
Good grief. No, you won't learn much from playing Smash Bros. and neither will you from playing Soul Calibur, King of Fighters, Tekken and other fighting games. You might learn the names of a few moves and how a sword looks when you swing it but if you really want to learn about martial arts playing a video game is a waste of time. Get some good books on the subject instead, or watch TV. They are fighting games for crying out loud, not fighting simulators. They are made to entertain, not teach.
Let's also stop this nonsense about "realistic" fighters being superior. Games like Street Fighter, King of Fighters and Guilty Gear are highly regarded among fans of fighting games despite being cartoony and unrealistic.

I never talked about much or little. I said you could learn something. Sure the main purpose is to entertain and if I want to learn a certain martial art I will join a club to practice it myself and eventually buy a book.

As I said many times, I'm not calling them superior. I have already elaborated on this for several times and the posts were not small. I won't do it all over again. If you want, you can do some Ctrl+F for "realistic" and "realism" on previous pages to find my comments.