Hehe, I love reading some of the posts along the lines of "it is her opinion!!! Don't bash her". Well if an opinion makes very little sense, has very little basis to support it, and further information contradicts this specific opinion I can't help but laugh at how much credibility that person has lost. Opinions surely can be bashed, if they are senseless ones. The core of the matter is that she either made a stupid assumption that the next Mario game would be more "mature", she is trolling, or she is too dumb to clarify her thoughts before she speaks them. Then furthermore they are all nice and dandy and give the game a 5/5? What? Opinions are worth something, and if you don't present them in the right way they lose their value, and in my opinion, if somebody doesn't know what they are talking about and can't even sort their thoughts then they deserve to be bashed just so they learn in the future. She should know better than to use descriptions like "it is cartoony", considering how long she has been doing this. There are many explanations for this odd behavior, but I think the most likely one is that they are trying to suck up to everybody. They don't want to lose their credibility among the "hardcore" so they dwell on graphics(and later bring up some non-existent "expansion" comment), but as a consolation for fans of the game or reviews from others they give an inconsistent 5/5. If you can't make up your mind then your opinion is worth nothing. If you can't support your opinion with observations, evidences, or facts then it is worth nothing. That is how most people go about things, and this is no different. 

no it doesn't make her a hypocrite! it's just an OP. if it makes her a hypocrite than it should spell the same for all gamers. it' all about perception, and thats how she seees it.

People have issues with it cause she takes a very ignorant stance on the subject.  Basically Mario being kiddy and cartoony and she's too old for that like at a certain age maturity is about only reading and liking gritty realistic things.  A lot of people wonder why I still watch cartoons and I ask them why don't they?  Many people don't get involved with "kiddy" things not because of what they think of it but what they think others will think of them if they watched/liked something seen as childish, look at all the in the closet pokemon fans... ever been in high school with people going "you still play pokemon?" when in all likelyhood the person asking still plays it.

The reason why people attack that point is because she isn't really saying "I don't like it because I don't find the fun in it, it's not for me" I believe if she left it with that, no one would say a word, but she rants about the game all the time and talks about it being a kiddy game.  When the series is known for its challenge for kids and adults, just like a pixar film will have those themes that older people can pick up on while kids cant that make the movies enjoyable Mario games have the presentation that is fine for everyone but also gives challenge for everyone as well, some of the puzzles kids might not even think of the innovative ways to solve them, while others kids might solve faster cause they're more likely to think outside the box.

good read, but i dont know. gamers make OP's that are found base less all the time. perception is the key here. in this thread i found alot of assumetions about her OP that where unfounded. she never said it was a bad game so her OP on how it looks is just visual perception. we don't and won't see things the way others do, but for your OP to be respected you haft to respect others OP's as well.

CS Lewis... I knew it was SOMEONE who's "first" name was two initials.

Yeah that second one was what I was talking about.

The argument that Mario Galaxy 2 is an add-on type game to the first one... Pu-lease.

You mean it's not the same for Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2?

God of war 1, 2 and 3?

Ratchet and Clank Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty and A Crack in Time?

Shall I go on and on?

The entire rant about Galaxy 2 is completely devoid of logic and seems to me like it's more a vendetta or agenda against Nintendo than anything else.

Of course they do, but gamers aren't paid to give them, she is. If that was my job I would make sure I explained myself with thorough consideration, and if it isn't possible to verbalize it, I won't give it. Simple as that. 

Xplay is like the worst Wii hating, HD biased game information media available to man.

This is just a continuation of a generational trend by G4, I don't see what this whole uproar is about. Nothing's really changed, now did it?

I just read his post twice and at no point did he say she was not allowed to have an opinion, so I am confused as to the purpose of this post.