I'm not reading the article, but let me just say I agree with what he has to say. There really is no way an article that is critical of Nintendo's silly online service can be wrong.
One of the most ridiculous things in recent memory is how Brawl doesn't track your online record or stats. I know Sakurai said it was so people wouldn't feel pressure when playing online, or become discouraged by getting whipped a lot, but that's not going to cut it. Smash Bros is a series that is now known for ridiculously detailed stat-tracking, yet we don't even get a simple won/loss record for online play. Besides, if people get discouraged from getting beat online, it's not from looking at the stats resulting from the beatdowns, it's the beatdowns themselves that would be discouraging.
"I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."
