| NintendoPie said: My post was so special you included it even though I posted after you. /s Anyhow, I do enjoy seeing her at Nintendo events and I'm sure she's happier there, but now, like you said, there's only Otero who is at least slightly on Nintendo's side and that means we only get one point of view on Nintendo from IGN that's not completely dumb. |
I listen to NVC sometimes, Peer Schneider and Brian Altano are usually okay. All of them have opinions I disagree with, which is fine. What bothers me about IGN's Nintendo coverage is their total indifference towards it. Jose reviewed practically every Nintendo release last year. If something doesn't interest him specifically, it probably won't get covered at all. It's not really his fault, but it's ridiculous all the same.
| Dulfite said: I'm with the rest of you all, ever since Audrey left the awesome articles/videos on Nintendo have been absent. I still go to IGN frequently, but typically it is far behind news compared to other Nintendo news websites. |
I have to be honest, I didn't think Audrey was a great reviewer. But her previews were very good. She was always clearly excited to be playing and writing about all of the games she covered. She had a good personality when she wrote too. Overall I think she is better suited to Nintendo Treehouse where she can be genuinely excited to play Nintendo games all the time without trying to force herself to be critical of them.
Also, even when Audrey and Rich were around the Nintendo coverage wasn't great. I remember in 2011 it felt like they kept re-posting the same few articles about Zelda every other month, and I recall Rich actually mentioning that they had to tell Audrey to dial it back a bit because she was producing too much Nintendo coverage. They just didn't know what to talk about, and still don't.
