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bigtakilla said:
JWeinCom said:

Well, when you interpret everything in you're own special way, like "improved visuals" meaning "roughly the same graphics", you're bound to think that you're right. 

It's more of "same experience" but good try.

Oy.  You didn't see conjunction junction did you?  School house rock?  Conjunction junction what's your function?  You don't seem to grasp the basic fact that the "same experience" part and the "improved visuals" part are in separate clauses.  The "improved visuals" are specifically excluded from "same experience" by the conjunction "but".

Conjunctions are used to separate two clauses within a sentence.  the type of conjunction dictates what the relationship between the two clauses are.  The conjunction "but" shows contrast.  When the word "but" is used, that means the second part of the sentence goes against the first part.  

It's like if I said "I like fruits, but I hate peaches."  And you said " see, he likes fruits".

For a better example, if I said "Identical twins are the same, but they have different fingerprints" that means that the different finger prints clause goes against the same clause.  Does that mean that the finger prints are not very different?  No, of course not.  All we know is that they are different.  And this is the exact same sentence structure of the quote you provided.

If a Nintendo executive says "It's the same experience, but will feature improved visuals", the "but" part shows that the second clause (but features improved visuals) contrasts the first part (It's the same experience).  It tells us that the experience is the same with the exception of the improved visuals.  It in no way tells us how improved the visuals are.  

Your lack of understanding of how the word "but" functions illustrate a deep deficiency in your reading comprehension.  And, that's fine, we all make mistakes.  But arguing when that mistake is clearly pointed out to you is pretty embarassing, especially in such an arrogant manner.  

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/conjunctions-contrasting

Hope that helps.