Nah, that's not him. Craig Harris is actually pro-Nintendo. One of the few, apparently. Forgot what the other guy's name was, the one you meant, but it's definitely not Harris.

I never hated IGN.

It's just apparently every single damn review website on the internet is hated by the Chartz and I always found IGN good enough.

Wow... so many people come here to dampen the excitement. Have we asked for your majestic visit?

To clarify, I meant that purely in regards to IGN and its rating system.

If you're talking about the douc...er guy who wrote the article "Blinded by Mario", then that would be Daemon Hatfield.

I strongly disagree with everyone of those opinions.

The day Nintendo forces a story into a Mario game, one with a brooding masculine lead role, exciting edge of your seat quick time cut scenes, a plucky/snarky side-kick, ridiculous plot contrivances and witty banter between the lead characters, is the day that it stops being a Mario game and I stop playing it.

They might as well release Godfather IV: The Godfather's Son, a new romantic comedy starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.  Sticking a story into a Mario game now, after 25 years would simply change the game into something that it isn't.

You may feel that Galaxy is overrated but you would be in the minority in that belief and likely your skepticism would only be shared by those others who felt the first game was overrated.  Of course Mario Galaxy 2 is similar on the surface to the first game, it's a platformer......starring Mario, that doesn't mean the level design and underlying mechanics are exactly the same, and more importantly, any less satsifying. 

Too many gamers these days seem to be falling into the trap of seeing games as a checklist of features and are convinced by the hype and the PR that the sequel to their favourite franchise is better because it's got more stuff.  You get fed a game that's superficially different but is fundamentally the same game.  Mario games may always be superficially similar but they are different enough underneath to provide a fresh experience, read the reviews and that is the one thing that nearly everyone agrees on about MG2.

Even if this was the same game with new levels using almost exactly the same mechanics as the first game, it's still a sequel to a game with pretty much the highest Metarating this generation, a title of debatable merit....but that's a discussion for another thread.

really, iit's the first 10 rated wii game in ign, so don't ruin our party

wii game don't get a good score
wii fans reaction: the review system is flawed and is populate by man child, reviewers suck

wii game get a good score
wii fans reaction: reviews are so important and they matter when I decide which game to buy

OR possibly

1. Wii owners unhappy that great games aren't getting the recognition they feel they deserve.

2. Wii owners happy that a (probably) great game is getting the recognition they feel it deserves.

I still wouldn't let reviews from most of the major gaming websites determine my purchases.